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Biological Psychology, 14th Edition, James W. Kalat Test Bank

Biological Psychology ISBN: 9780357798126

Table of contents 

1. The Cellular Foundations of Behavior
2. Synapses.
3. Anatomy and Research Methods.
4. Genetics, Development, and Plasticity.
5. Vision.
6. Hearing, the Mechanical Senses, and the Chemical Senses
7. Movement.
8. Wakefulness and Sleep.
9. Internal Regulation.
10. Reproductive Behaviors.
11. Emotional Behaviors.
12. Learning, Memory, and Intelligence.
13. Cognitive Functions.
14. Psycholopathology

Sample Exam Questions in Kalat's Biological Psychology

1. Dendrites contain the nuclei, ribosomes, mitochondria, and other structures found in most cells.

a.   True

b.  False

ANSWER: False

2. Neurons receive information and transmit it to other cells. a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

3. Santiago Ramón y Cajal used special staining techniques to reveal that the brain is composed of individual cells. a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

4. An efferent axon carries information away from a structure. a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

5. The greater the surface area of a dendrite, the more information it can receive from other neurons. a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

6. Neurons are distinguished from other cells by their shape. a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

7. The role of glial cells is to act like “glue” or scaffolding to support the neurons. a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

8. Glial cells transmit information across long distances.

a.   True

b.  False

ANSWER: False

9. There are two types of glial cells that produce myelin sheath. In the central nervous system, Schwann cells fulfill this role and, in the periphery, oligodendrocytes produce it.

 a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

The blood-brain barrier is made up of closely packed glial cells. a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

The difference in voltage in a resting neuron is called the resting potential. a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

Increasing the electrical gradient for potassium will reduce the tendency for potassium ions to exit the neuron. a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

At the resting potential, the potassium channels are completely closed and the sodium channels are almost closed. a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

Dr. Skinner is working in the lab measuring the voltage of neurons, and during one condition, she tried to depolarize the neurons from -70 mV to -80 mV.

True

False

ANSWER: False

Action potentials can be produced in the dendrites of some neurons. a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

The two basic kinds of cells in the nervous system are    .

neurons and glia

dendrites and axons

ribosomes and lysosomes

neurons and axons

ANSWER: a