Test Bank For Biological Psychology, 14th Edition, James W. Kalat ||All Chapters || Complete Guide A+. ISBN: 9781305105409 Test Bank For Biological Psychology, 14th Edition, James W. Kalat ||All Chapters || Complete Guide A+. ISBN: 9781305105409 Test Bank For Biological Psychology, 14th Edition, ...
TEST BANK FOR BIOLOGICAL
PSYCHOLOGY, 14TH EDITION,
JAMES W. KALAT
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1. Dendrites contain the nuclei, ribosomes, mitochondria, and other structures found in most cells.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False . E
2. Neurons receive information and transmit it to other cells.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True . E
3. Santiago Ramón y Cajal used special staining techniques to reveal that the brain is composed of individual cells.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True . E
4. An efferent axon carries information away from a structure.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True . E
5. The greater the surface area of a dendrite, the more information it can receive from other neurons.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True . E
6. Neurons are distinguished from other cells by their shape.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True . E
7. The role of glial cells is to act like ―glue‖ or scaffolding to support the neurons.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False . E
8. Glial cells transmit information across long distances.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False . E
9. There are two types of glial cells that produce myelin sheath. In the central nervous system, Schwann cells fulfill this
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role and, in the periphery, oligodendrocytes produce it.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False . E
10. The blood-brain barrier is made up of closely packed glial cells.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False . E
11. The difference in voltage in a resting neuron is called the resting potential.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True . E
12. Increasing the electrical gradient for potassium will reduce the tendency for potassium ions to exit the neuron.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True . E
13. At the resting potential, the potassium channels are completely closed and the sodium channels are almost closed.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False . E
14. Dr. Skinner is working in the lab measuring the voltage of neurons, and during one condition, she tried to depolarize the
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neurons from -70 mV to -80 mV.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False . E
15. Action potentials can be produced in the dendrites of some neurons.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False . E
16. The two basic kinds of cells in the nervous system are
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a. neurons and glia .E .E
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17. Santiago Ramon y Cajal demonstrated that .E . .E .E .E .E
a. at rest, the neuron has a negative charge inside its membrane
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b. neurons are separate from one another .E .E .E .E .E
c. neurons communicate at specialized junctions called synapses .E .E .E .E .E .E
d. action potentials follow the all-or-none law .E .E .E .E .E
ANSWER: b .E
18. Both and shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1906. .E .E .E .E .E .E .E .E .E
a. Golgi and Cajal .E .E
b. Cajal and Sherrington .E .E
c. Sherrington and Golgi .E .E
d. Cajal and Kalat .E .E
ANSWER: a .E
19. Dr. Kimi studies the plasma membrane of neurons. He specifically researches the specialized
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important things like water, oxygen, sodium, and so on.
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a. lipid channels .E
b. protein channels .E
c. lipid receptors .E
d. protein receptors .E
ANSWER: b .E
20. Neurons differ most strongly from other body cells in their
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a. temperature
b. shape
c. osmotic pressure .E
d. mitochondria
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21. What do neurons have that other cells do not?
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a. A plasma membrane
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c. Protein channels .E
d. An endoplasmic reticulum
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22. Dr. McLaughlin’s lab studies how newly formed proteins are folded inside neurons. They would be most interested in
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studying the
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a. endoplasmic reticulum .E
b. mitochondria
c. ribosomes
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