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Test Bank For Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, Enhanced Edition 4th Edition By Mark Bear; Barry Connors; Michael A. Paradiso|9781284211283| All Chapters 1-25| LATEST UPDATE.
Test Bank For Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, Enhanced Edition 4th Edition By Mark Bear; Barry Connors; Michael A. Paradiso|9781284211283| All Chapters 1-25| LATEST UPDATE.Test Bank For Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, Enhanced Edition 4th Edition By Mark Bear; Barry Connors; Michael A. Paradi...
,. Why are a broad perspective and an interdisciplinary approach required for
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understanding the brain? Choose the correct option. ji ji ji ji ji ji
A) Understanding the brain is a focused area in natural science with the brain serving ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
as the common point of focus.
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B) Understanding the brain requires knowledge about many things, from the structure ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
of the water molecule to the electrical and chemical properties of the brain.
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C) Understanding the brain requires the study of the different species of the brain. ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
D) Understanding the brain requires the analysis of one approach at a time to yield a new ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
synthesis. ji
2. Galen's study of sheep brains was the basis for a theory of brain function that prevailed
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for almost 1500 years. Which of the following represents this view? Choose the correct
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option.
A) The heart as the center of intellect and the brain as the cooling system
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B) Localization of brain function in the cerebrum and cerebellum ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
C) Mind–brain duality ji
D) Parceling the cerebrum into lobes ji ji ji ji
3. What is ―mind–brain problem‖? Choose the correct option.
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A) Individually, human mental capacities exist in the mind that is outside the brain. ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
B) The mind is the same as the brain. ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
C) Both animals and people possess intellect and a God-given soul.
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D) The pineal gland is a spiritual entity.
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4. What notion was displaced by the concept of nerves being described as wires? Choose
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the correct option.
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A) Nerves are channels that communicate with the brain by the movement of fluids.
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B) Muscles can be twitched when nerves are stimulated electrically and the brain itself
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may generate electricity. ji ji
C) Signals to the muscles causing movement use the same wires as those that register
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sensations from the skin. ji ji ji
D) Nerves conduct electrical signals to and from the brain. ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
5. The combined work of Bell and Magendie revealed a fundamental fact about the spinal
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nerves. Choose the correct option.
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A) Spinal nerves are myelinated. ji ji ji
B) Spinal nerves are bundles of sensory and motor nerves, and in each sensory and
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motor nerve fiber, transmission is strictly one-way.
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C) Spinal nerves are not hollow tubes carrying fluid. ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
D) Both humans and animals have spinal nerves. ji ji ji ji ji ji
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,6. For what purpose did Franz Joseph Gall study the dimensions of the human head?
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Choose the correct option.
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A) To understand the propensity for certain personality traits
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B) To demonstrate equal participation of all regions of the brain in all cerebral
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functions
C) To show that nerves conduct electrical signals to and from the brain
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D) To show that unique human mental capabilities exist outside the brain
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7. On what basis did Broca defend functional localization of the brain? Choose the correct
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option.
A) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the right
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frontal lobe ji
B) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the occipital
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lobe
C) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the left frontal
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lobe
D) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the cerebellum
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8. To whom can we attribute the theory that behavior is among the heritable traits that can
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develop? Choose the correct option.ji ji ji ji
A) Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens ji
B) Charles Darwin ji
C) Gustav Fritsch and Edward Hitzig ji ji ji ji
D) Franz Joseph Gall ji ji
9. Which of the following is a correct explanation of a disorder that affects the nervous
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system? Choose the correct option.
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A) Cerebral palsy is a motor disorder caused by damage to the cerebrum before,
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during, or soon after birth. ji ji ji ji
B) Epilepsy is a progressive disease that affects nerve conduction, characterized by
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episodes of weakness, lack of coordination, and speech disturbance.
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C) Stroke involves a loss of feeling and movement caused by traumatic damage to the
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spinal cord. ji
D) Alzheimer's disease is a severe psychotic illness characterized by delusions, ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
hallucinations, and bizarre behavior. ji ji ji
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, 10. A neuroscientist is investigating how different neural circuits in the brain analyze
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sensory information, form perceptions of the external world, make decisions, and
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execute movements. At what level of analysis is this research conducted? Choose the
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correct option. ji
A) Molecular neuroscience level ji ji
B) Cellular neuroscience level ji ji
C) Systems neuroscience level ji ji
D) Cognitive neuroscience level ji ji
11. What is the rationale behind the use of animal models to understand the human brain?
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Choose the correct option. ji ji ji
A) Animal brains are identical to human brains but only smaller in size.
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B) Brain mechanisms that motivate any reaction are identical in animal and human
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brains.
C) The nervous systems of different species of animals and humans share many
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common mechanisms. ji
D) Animal brains are easier to obtain than human brains. ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
12. How do neuroscientists identify the parts of the brain that are specialized for different
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behavioral functions related to the niche a species normally occupies? Choose the
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correct option. ji
A) By studying the similarities in response pattern to fear in different species
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B) By studying neurons one at a timeji ji ji ji ji ji
C) By comparing the specializations of the brains of different species
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D) By systematically destroying each part of the brain and studying its implication
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13. At which level of analysis do neuroscientists study the different types of neurons and
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their functions? Choose the correct option.
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A) Cellular neuroscience ji
B) Cognitive neuroscience ji
C) Molecular neuroscience ji
D) Behavioral neuroscience ji
14. What is the difference between replication and verification? Choose the correct option.
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A) Replication tests a hypothesis, whereas verification rechecks the hypothesis. ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
B) Replication can only be done once, whereas verification can be done many times. ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
C) Replication is repeating the experiment in other subjects to rule out the possibility of ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
chance. In verification, the experiment is repeated and the same observations are
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obtained by any scientist following the same protocol as the original observer.
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D) Replication and verification are not essentially different. ji ji ji ji ji ji
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