Physiological psychology
Practice questions
Unit 4: Chapter 8 and 11
Ch 8
1) The case of G.O. is a good example of which
principle of sensorimotor function?
A) The sensorimotor system is hierarchically
organized
B) Motor output is guided by sensory input
C) Learning changes the nature and locus of
sensorimotor control
D) Parallel processing of functionally homogeneous
subregions
E) None of the above
Ch 8
2) Major outputs of dorsolateral prefrontal
cortex go to the __________.
A) Primary motor cortex
B) Secondary motor cortex
C) Posterior parietal cortex
D) Cingulate cortex
E) All of the above
Ch 8
3) Secondary motor cortex includes ___ subareas in
SMA, ___ subregions in the premotor cortex and
___ newly discovered regions in the cingulate
cortex.
A) 1, 2, 3
B) 2, 2, 2
C) 3, 2, 1
D) 3, 2, 2
E) 3, 2, 3
Ch 8
4) Lesions of primary motor cortex do not
____________ presumably because parallel
pathways descend from the secondary motor
cortex.
A) cause astereognosis
B) impair independent finger movement
C) cause paralysis
D) reduce the force and speed of movement
E) reduce the accuracy of movement
Ch 8
5) The biceps are __________ muscles whereas
the triceps are ________ muscles.
A) fast; slow
B) slow; fast
C) extensor; flexor
D) flexor; extensor
E) antagonist; agonist
Ch 11
6) H.M. was not impaired on _________
memory tasks.
A) habit
B) implicit
C) short-term
D) Both A and B
E) All of the above
Ch 11
7) Tests of recognition memory in animal models
of human amnesia include the
_________________.
A) Delayed non-match-to sample task
B) Negative patterning task
C) Water maze task
D) Both A and B
E) All of the above
Ch 11
8) R.B.’s selective damage to the CA1 region of
the hippocampus _____________.
A) was caused by ischemia
B) likely produced dysfunction in rhinal cortex
C) was transient
D) Both A and B
E) All of the above
Ch 11
9) O’Keefe & Nadel’s theory of hippocampal
function was influenced by the single unit
activity of ________ cells.
A) mirror
B) object
C) place
D) pyramidal
E) Dentate granule
Ch 11
10) LTP is a form of ____________ that involved
the activation of __________ receptors.
A) neural damage; cholinergic
B) synaptic plasticity; NMDA
C) cell death ; GABA
D) rehabilitation; cholinergic
E) All of the above
Answer key
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3)
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5)
B
E
E
C
D
6) E
7) A
8) D
9) C
10) B