Psychology exam 2

Randolf is walking down the street of his hometown, after being away for several years, when he smells the scent of freshly baked pie coming from a local baker. He suddenly has vivid memories of walking down this street as a child, holding both of his parents' hands, and swinging between them, feeling relaxed and happy. This is because the sense of smell projects directly to the ________, which is responsible for ________ memories.
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Randolf is walking down the street of his hometown, after being away for several years, when he smells the scent of freshly baked pie coming from a local baker. He suddenly has vivid memories of walking down this street as a child, holding both of his parents' hands, and swinging between them, feeling relaxed and happy. This is because the sense of smell projects directly to the ________, which is responsible for ________ memories.
limbic system
Changes in behavior and cognitive processes over time are studied by ________.
evolutionary psychologists
Human eggs and sperm each contain 23 ________, which are composed of long strands of ________.
chromosomes; DNA
Elaina has been diagnosed with a small brain tumor. She first went to see her doctor after experiencing symptoms such as feeling very cold, almost fainting, a reduced appetite, and reduced sexual desire. Which of the following structures is her tumor most likely affecting?
hypothalamus
gyri and sulci are the ____ and ___, respectively, which characterize the surface of the human brain.
folds; grooves
Parsons and her colleagues are doing a study comparing differences in brain activity levels between patients with schizophrenia and controls with no psychological disorders. Their hypothesis requires a high level of detail and good detection of differences over time. Which of the following is the best brain imaging technique to use?
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Kelsey had a CT scan that showed a tumor in the right frontal cortex. Which of the following behavioral symptoms most likely prompted the scan to take place?
motor skill deficits in the left side of her body
Which is the main type of chemical messengers secreted by the male gonads?
androgens
which of the following brain processes is not a function of the cerebral cortex?
breathing
Hyperpolarization means that the ____
membrane potential becomes more negative than resting potential
the somatosensory cortex is responsible for processing _____Temperature, touch, and painSelective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) are drugs commonly prescribed for _____depressionwhich of the following conclusions can be drawn from the case study of phineas gageas accident, which led to brain injury?injury to the brain causes changes in behavior, and specific brain areas are linked to particular behaviors.The space between two neurons is called the ________.synapseAn ____ is the electrical signal that typically moves from the neurons cell body down the axon terminalsaction potentialone example of ____ is the difference between hemispheres in the areas underlying language functionlateralizationWhich two neurotransmitters have roles in appetite suppression?dopamine and norepinephrinewhich one of the following processes does not occur to excess neurotransmitters in the synapsecollection by scavenger vesicles left over form the neurotransmitter releasewhich of the following is not a part of sympathetic activation during the fight or flight response?digestion functions become more activeTerri Schiavo went into cardiac arrest and her brain was deprived of oxygen, leaving only her brainstem functioning. Which of the following functions could Schiavo still accomplish?groan and move her eyespeople who have their corpus callosum severed for medical reasons would be able to tell you about which images shown toonly the right visual fieldWendy's mother has blue eyes and her father has brown eyes. The allele for brown eye color is dominant (B) to the allele for blue eye color (b), but Wendy has blue eyes. Therefore, Wendy's ________ must be ________ and her father's must be Bb.genotype; bbThe theory of ________ states that organisms that are better suited for their environment will survive and reproduce, while those that are poorly suited for their environment will die off.evolution by natural selectionwhich of the following senses is not first routed through the thalamus?smellassets that our genes set the boundaries within which can operate, and our environment interacts with our genes to determine where within those boundaries we will fall.range of reaction