Solutions and Test Bank For Biological Psychology 13th Edition By James Kalat
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. Dr. Lattimer studies how the neurotransmitter dopamine is synthesized from tryptophan from the diet.
a. True
b. False
2. Most of the known neurotransmitters are synthesized from amino acids.
a. True
b. False
3. At synapses, the cell that receives the message is called the presynaptic neuron.
a. True
b. False
4. The amount of temporal summation depends on the rate of stimulation.
a. True
b. False
5. Neurons communicate with both electrical and chemical signals. Scientists have shown that chemical communication
the preferred form as it is faster.
a. True
b. False
6. Generally speaking, a neuron will release a greater number of neurotransmitters than what it will respond to with its
own receptors.
a. True
b. False
7. Most of the brain’s excitatory ionotropic synapses use the neurotransmitter glutamate.
a. True
b. False
8. Inhibitory synapses actively suppress excitatory responses.
a. True
b. False
9. A reflex arc contains specialized motor neurons that detect and execute the reflex.
a. True
b. False
10. Nitric oxide (NO) can function as a hormone.
a. True
b. False
11. Whether or not a neurotransmitter is excitatory depends on the response of the postsynaptic receptor.
a. True
b. False
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12. Metabotropic synapses use a large variety of transmitters.
a. True
b. False
13. Spatial summation is the result of synaptic inputs from different locations arriving at the same time.
a. True
b. False
14. Professor Wick is teaching about neurotransmitter release and told his class that each neuron releases one kind of
hormone.
a. True
b. False
15. Transmission of information between neurons occurs in the same way as transmission along an axon.
a. True
b. False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
16. Toshia is working in the lab trying to produce an IPSP in her cultured neurons. What should she do?
a. Encourage sodium ions to enter the cell.
b. Encourage potassium ions to enter the cell.
c. Encourage chloride ions to leave the cell.
d. Encourage chloride ions to enter the cell.
17. The primary method for disposal of peptide neurotransmitters is ____.
a. inactivation
b. reuptake by the presynaptic neuron
c. diffusion
d. reuptake by the postsynaptic
neuron
18. The research that firmly established synaptic communication as chemical was ____.
a. Elliot’s adrenaline mimicking sympathetic activation
b. Loewi’s transfer of fluid from stimulated frog hearts
c. Sherrington’s study of reflexes
d. Eccles’s measurement of IPSPs
19. In addition to influencing other neurons, ____ increases blood flow to a specific area of the brain.
a. endorphins
b. glycine
c. nitric oxide
d. acetylcholine
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20. An EPSP is to ____ as an IPSP is to ____.
a. hyperpolarization; depolarization
b. depolarization; hyperpolarization
c. spatial summation; temporal
summation
d. temporal summation; spatial
summation
21. Depolarization is to ____ as hyperpolarization is to ____.
a. excitation; inhibition
b. inhibition; excitation
c. increasing the threshold; decreasing the threshold
d. decreasing the threshold; increasing the threshold
22. Sherrington found that repeated stimuli within a brief time have a cumulative effect. He referred to this phenomeno
as ____.
a. temporal
summation
b. spatial summation
c. synaptic summation
d. saltatory summation
23. Charles Sherrington would most likely agree with which statement about reflexes?
a. The overall speed of conduction through a reflex arc is faster than conduction along an
axon.
b. Repeated stimuli occurring within a brief time can have a cumulative effect.
c. Each neuron physically merges with the next one during a reflexive response.
d. Excitatory synapses are more important than inhibitory synapses.
24. Glutamate opens sodium gates, enabling sodium ions to enter the postsynaptic cell. What type of effect is this?
a. Metabotropic
b. Ionotropic
c. Modulatory
d. Orthodromic
25. Many neurons release neuropeptides mostly from the ____.
a. vesicles
b. nodes
c. axons
d. dendrites
26. Dopamine and norepinephrine are classified as ____.
a. second messengers
b. purines
c. proteins
d. catecholamines
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