Summary Neuropsychology course quizzes and questions from the book
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Course
Neuropsychology (SOWPWB224)
Institution
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (RU)
Book
An Introduction to Brain and Behavior
Summary for the course Neuropsychology embedded in the bachelor program Pedagogische Wetenschappen at the Radboud University (RU) Nijmegen. The summary is based on the literature for this course which consists of obligatory selected book chapters (1, 2, 5-12, 14) from the following study book: Kolb...
The summary is based on the literature for this course which consists of obligatory selected book
chapters (1, 2, 5-12, 14) from the following study book:
Kolb,B., Whishaw, I. and Teskey G.C., An Introduction to Brain and Behavior, 6th International
Edition, ISBN 978-1319243562 (Hardcover).
This document contains the answers to the quizzes from the course and the questions from the book
for the course Neuropsychology. The questions of the quizzes are divided by week, where the
corresponding chapters are given. It also contains pictures from the book. The answers are high-
lighted with a light blue color. The questions of the book are divided by chapter and the answers are
high-lighted with a pink/purple color.
Written by Floor Quinten
September 2020
,Neuropsychology quiz and book questions 2020-20201
Quiz week 1 (chapter 1 & 5)
Question1: The somatic nervous system includes the cranial nerves and spinal nerves, whereas the
autonomic nervous system includes the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions.
Question 2: Which letter points towards the frontal lobe? A.
Question 3: Which letter points towards the cerebellum? D.
Question 4: Which letter points to the amygdala? D.
Question 5: Phenotypic plasticity refers to how an organism’s genotype can be influenced by
environmental factors.
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, Neuropsychology quiz and book questions 2020-20201
Question 6: Which of the following is NOT involved in the four critical steps of neurotransmission?
Synaptogenesis
Question 7: The function of myelin is to speed up the transmission of the action potential over the
axon membrane.
Question 8: Habituation and sensitization are both forms of synaptic learning. Which of the following
statements is/are correct?
1. Habituation results in stronger responses to stimuli after repeated presentation.
2. Sensitization can be the result of an increase in the number of synapses.
Statement 1 is incorrect, statement 2 correct.
Question 9: What is the predominant inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain? GABA
Question 10: An action potential is a large, brief reversal in the polarity of a membrane.
Question 11: Symptoms of depression may be related to decreased activity in serotonin neurons.
Question 12: Chemicals released by a neuron onto a target with an excitatory or inhibitory effect are
called: neurotransmitters.
Question 13: Which letter corresponding to the pictures shows the dopaminergic neurotransmitter
system? B.
Question 14: Mentalism involves the idea of behavior as a function of a non-material mind.
Question 15: The caudate nucleus and the putamen are part of the basal ganglia.
Question 16: The set of brain structures responsible for most of our unconscious behaviors is called
the brainstem.
Question 17: A change in the resting potential from –70 mV to –65 mV is called depolarization.
Question 18: Which letter points to the synaptic cleft? A.
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