Question:

Answer: njuries to the brain can affect personality and behavior

Question: During the prehistoric era of human development, women were most likely to calm everyone down and band people together when faced with a threat. According to S. E. Taylor, what hormone is associated with this response?

Select one:

1. serotonin

2. b. oxytocin

3. c. dopamine

4. d. epinephrine

5. Answer: oxytocin

6. Question: According to Galen, an excess of yellow bile would cause a person to most likely ________.

7. Select one:

8. a. hold a grudge after an argument

9. b. be thoughtlessly rude and cold

10. c. be friendly and cheerful at a party

11. d. isolate themselves from others

12. Answer: hold a grudge after an argument

13. Question: What neurotransmitter is NOT typically associated with the substantia nigra?

14. Select one:

15. a. dopamine

16. b. oxytocin

17. c. serotonin

18. d. norepinephrine

19. Answer: oxytocin

20. Question:

21. Answer: The left frontal lobe seems to be more active when a person is approaching something pleasant.

22. Question: What part of Phineas Gage’s brain was damaged in his accident?

23. Select one:

24. a. cerebellum

25. b. brain stem

26. c. hippocampus

27. d. frontal lobes

28. Answer: frontal lobes

29. Question: According to DeYoung’s theory, which neurotransmitter is the foundation of stability?

30. Select one:

31. a. serotonin

32. b. monoamine oxidase

33. c. oxytocin

34. d. dopamine

35. Answer: serotonin

36. Question: What brain structure in conjunction with dopamine works to form the Go system in Gray’s model?

37. Select one:

38. a. ascending reticular activating system

39. b. amygdala

40. c. nucleus accumbens

41. d. substantia nigra

42. Answer: nucleus accumbens

43. Question: Chemicals that facilitate communication between neurons are called ________.

44. Select one:

45. a. synapses

46. b. hormones

47. c. neurotransmitters

48. d. inhibitory communicators

49. Answer: neurotransmitters

50. Question: Someone inflicted with Capgras syndrome would likely ________.

51. Select one:

52. a. have wild emotional swings in response to loved ones

53. b. be unable to experience fear

54. c. spontaneously produce curse words

55. d. fail to feel an emotional response to loved ones

56. Answer: fail to feel an emotional response to loved ones