1.Why are teenagers more likely to throw temper tantrum?

(a.) Because their frontal lobe is not well developed yet

b. Because their temporal lobe is not well developed yet

c. Because their occipital lobe is not well developed yet

d. Because their parietal lobe is not well developed yet

2. The neural message being delivered in a synaptic transmission is carried across the synaptic gap

by ________ substances.

a. electrical

b. ionic

c. syntonic

(d). chemical

3. Which of the following best describes how information is transmitted within a neuron?

a. cell body → dendrite → axon

(b.) dendrite → cell body → axon

c. axon → dendrite → nucleus

d. nucleus → dendrite → axon

4. Which part of brain determines the gender difference of touch effect?

• frontal lobe
• amygdala
• cerebellum

• hypothalamus

5. The ________ gland regulates all the other glands.

a. pituitary

b. adrenal

c. pancreatic

d. thyroid

6. Which of the following neurotransmitter plays an important role in addictive behavior?

a. norepinephrine

b. oxytocin

c. dopamine

d. serotonin

7. ________ is a neurotransmitter that is produced in insufficient amounts in many Alzheimer’s

patients.

a. Norepinephrine

b. Serotonin

c. Acetylcholine

d. Dopamine

8. The physical space between two neurons is called the

a. node of Ranvier.

b. synapse or synaptic gap

c. myelin sheath

d. interneuron

9. According to the Special Health Double Issue (TIME, Feb. 23 - March 2, 2015), leading experts

in cognitive aging pointed out,

• brain games keep our minds young
• brain games keep our brains young
• playing brain games is an effective way for dementia prevention
• the learning effect of playing brain games cannot be transferred to the operation of other mental task

10. Following the question a, experts recommend which of the following to slow down aging

process?

a. Weight training for strengthening our bodies, which are the temples of our brains

b. Aerobic exercise, which can produce brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)

c. Playing brain games over and over again to strengthen our neural circuitry

d. Playing brain games to upgrade our mental software, even though we cannot replace the

degenerated (brain) hardware

• All of the above

11. When a child is stressed out,

a. her immune system is compromised by corticosteroid

b. her physical growth slows down because her pituitary gland produces less growth hormone

c. her brain development would be negatively affected by insufficient amount of fat to grow

myelin, since fat has been used as a fuel to produce energy for coping with stress

• all of the above

12. Social success (e.g., defeating others) would enhance a male monkey’s status in his

organization hierarchy, and increase his testosterone by enlarging his testes, because

• higher status would make his life less stressful so that his pituitary gland can concentrate on

testes’ structure and function

• higher status provides better chance for him to mate more females, and thus he needs more testosterone to serve the reproductive function
• higher status demands more assertiveness, aggressiveness, and dominance, which need to be substantiated by testosterone
• all of the above

13. Which of the following is not an underlying mechanism that may explain the critical stage of

language learning?

• Myelination
• Neural migration
• Synaptic pruning
• Synaptogenesis

14. Which of the following is more likely underdeveloped for a 7-month-old pre-mature baby?

• hearing
• vision
• cognitive function
• motor function

15. Why can selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors be used as anti-depressants?

• Because they can block the reuptaking route of serotonin
• Because they stimulate the secretion of serotonin
• Because the can enhance the sensitivity if the receptor site
• Because they speed up the neural transmission process

16. When a person is under stress,

• hypothalamus process the information first
• cerebral cortex directly interacts with pituitary gland
• andrenal cortex receives commands from pituitary gland to produce cortico-steroid
• all of the above

17. Which of the following neurotransmitters carries memory message?

a. epinephrine

b. serotonin

c. GABA

d. acetylcholine

18. Which of the following is incorrect about neural transmission?

• nerve impulse carries neural messages
• nerve impulse can jump over the synaptic gap to reach the receiving neuron
• young babies’ neural transmission does not follow one direction
• myelin sheath can facilitate neural transmission

19. Based on the video “Responsive Brain”, which of the following is the most promising treatment

of Parkinson’s Disease?

• Grafting stem cells to grow neurons in certain brain areas such as hippocampus
• Medication that can increase neurotransmitters, such as dopamine, in the patients’ brains
• Physical exercise that can stimulates the secretion of Brain-derived neurotrophic factor that in turn stimulates neurogenesis
• Mental exercise that can thicken the patients’ cerebral cortex

20. Why do professional athletic associations ban the use of steroid, which can enhance

Performance (Please see slide#15 of the PowerPoint file#5 on Neuropsychology) ?

a. In order to level the playing field

b. Because they are afraid that young athletes would imitate the professional athletes to take

steroid for muscle enlargement and performance enhancement while becoming dumber and

dumber

c. Because it would not be fair to those athletes who cannot afford this drug

d. Because taking steroid can become addictive

21. In the video Responsive Brain (https://www.learner.org/series/discovering-psychology/the-responsive-brain/),why can mechanical touch have stimulating effect on mice but not on human babies (Please see slide#4 of the PowerPoint file#5 on Neuropsychology?

a. Because there are not enough mother mice to touch so many baby mice b. Because mice are more sensitive than human babies c. Because mice’s limbic system is too small to sense the difference d. Because mice do not have the frontal lobe to feel the affection involved in touch

22. How can physostigmine improve memory(Please see slide#23 of the PowerPoint file#5 on

Neuropsychology and the video on Behaving Brainhttps://www.learner.org/series/discovering- psychology/the-behaving-brain/ ?

a. It inhibits the effect of an enzyme that breakdowns postsynaptic acetylcholine, which can be

reused again to carry memory message

b. It increase the amount of presynaptic acetylcholine to carry more memory message

c. It inhibit the reuptake of acetylcholine

d. All of the above

23. According to the video Responsive Brain (https://www.learner.org/series/discovering-psychology/the-responsive-brain/),

a. social-emotional dwarfism is a genetic rather than an attachment problem

• b. social-emotional dwarfism cannot be caused by institutionalization
• c. social-emotional dwarfism can be caused by the deprivation of affection/attention

d. social-emotional dwarfism is incurable

24. According to the TIME cover report (4/11/2016, please check file#8 Neuro-desensitization in

Blackboard Course Information) on porn-induced erectile dysfunction (PIED), which of the

following neurotransmitters is most likely involved?

a. Acetylcholine

b. dopamine

c. serotonin

d. endorphin

25. Following the question above, whose brains are more like to have permanent damage due to

the indulgence in watching (maybe playing as well) noporgraphy online?

a. Old people, because their brains have started deteriorating already

b. Children, because their neurons are most plastic or malleable

c. Adolescents or young men, because many of their brain cells are still plastic or malleable

d. All of the above

26. Following the question above, functional MRI indicates that the brains of heavy nopor users

become

a. smaller, due to over-stimulation that may have led to neuronal wear-and-tear

b. bigger, due to stimulation-induced neurogenesis

c. same size

d. none of the above

27. Following the question above, which of the following psychological mechanisms can best

explain PIED?

a. Myelination

b. Synaptogenesis

c. Synaptic pruning

d. Desensitization

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