TEST BANK For Biological Psychology 13th Edition, James W. Kalat| Verified Chapter’s 1 – 14 | Complete

TEST BANK For Biological Psychology 13th Edition, James W. Kalat| Verified Chapter’s 1 – 14 | Complete

TEST BANK FOR BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY,
13TH EDITION, JAMES W. KALAT.

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Chapter 01

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.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

10. The blood-brain barrier is made up of closely packed glial cells.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: False
11. The difference in voltage in a resting neuron is called the resting potential.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: True
12. Increasing the electrical gradient for potassium will reduce the tendency for potassium ions to exit the neuron.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: True
13. At the resting potential, the potassium channels are completely closed and the sodium channels are almost closed.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: False
14. Dr. Skinner is working in the lab measuring the voltage of neurons, and during one condition, she tried to
    depolarizethe neurons from -70 mV to -80 mV.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: False
15. Action potentials can be produced in the dendrites of some neurons.
    a. True
    b. False
    ANSWER: False
16. The two basic kinds of cells in the nervous system are .
    a. neurons and glia
    b. dendrites and axons
    c. ribosomes and lysosomes
    d. neurons and axons
    ANSWER: a
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17. Santiago Ramon y Cajal demonstrated that .
    a. at rest, the neuron has a negative charge inside its membrane
    b. neurons are separate from one another
    c. neurons communicate at specialized junctions called synapses
    d. action potentials follow the all-or-none law
    ANSWER: b
18. Both and shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1906.
    a. Golgi and Cajal
    b. Cajal and Sherrington
    c. Sherrington and Golgi
    d. Cajal and Kalat
    ANSWER: a
19. Dr. Kimi studies the plasma membrane of neurons. He specifically researches the specialized that allow
    inimportant things like water, oxygen, sodium, and so on.
    a. lipid channels
    b. protein channels
    c. lipid receptors
    d. protein receptors
    ANSWER: b
20. Neurons differ most strongly from other body cells in their .
    a. temperature
    b. shape
    c. osmotic pressure
    d. mitochondria
    ANSWER: b
21. What do neurons have that other cells do not?
    a. A plasma membrane
    b. Large, branching extensions
    c. Protein channels
    d. An endoplasmic reticulum
    ANSWER: b
22. Dr. McLaughlin’s lab studies how newly formed proteins are folded inside neurons. They would be most interested in
    studying the .
    a. endoplasmic reticulum
    b. mitochondria
    c. ribosomes
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