PRS Slides for PowerPoint Ch. 2 The Biological Perspective Copyright © Pearson Education, 2012.

PRS Slides for PowerPoint

Ch. 2

The Biological Perspective

Copyright © Pearson Education, 2012

Definitional and Application Slides

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The entire nervous system is divided into two major parts: What are they?

1. Peripheral and somatic

2. Central and peripheral

3. Somatic and autonomic

4. Sympathetic and parasympathetic

LO 2.1

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The entire nervous system is divided into two major parts: What are they?

1. Peripheral and somatic

2. Central and peripheral (p. 47)

3. Somatic and autonomic

4. Sympathetic and parasympathetic

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The part of the neuron responsible for carrying the neural message from one end to the other is the:

1. Soma

2. Dendrite

3. Axon

4. Glial cells

5. Myelin

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The part of the neuron responsible for carrying the neural message from one end to the other is the:

1. Soma

2. Dendrite

3. Axon (p. 47)

4. Glial cells

5. Myelin

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________ is a fatty substance that forms a protective

coating around the axon of a neuron.

1. Dendrite

2. Soma

3. Terminal branches

4. Neurilemma

5. Myelin

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________ is a fatty substance that forms a protective

coating around the axon of a neuron.

1. Dendrite

2. Soma

3. Terminal branches

4. Neurilemma

5. Myelin (p. 48)

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The gap between neurons is called a(n)

1. Synapse

2. Receptor

3. Threshold

4. Axon terminal

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The gap between neurons is called a(n)

1. Synapse

2. Receptor

3. Threshold

4. Axon terminal

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_________ are sections on a dendrite onto which neurotransmitters attach so a message can be received by a neuron:

1. Synapse vesicles2. Synaptic gap3. Receptor sites 4. Action potentials5. Resting potentials

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_________ are sections on a dendrite onto which neurotransmitters attach so a message can be received by a neuron:

1. Synapse vesicles2. Synaptic gap3. Receptor sites (p. 52)4. Action potentials5. Resting potentials

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The ___________ nervous system is made up of the brain and spinal cord.

1. peripheral2. autonomic3. somatic4. parasympathetic5. central

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The ___________ nervous system is made up of the brain and spinal cord.

1. peripheral2. autonomic3. somatic4. parasympathetic5. central (p. 56)

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While jogging, you notice a shiny object on the ground, reach down, and pick it up. Information about the

object reached your brain by way of __________, and your hand was commanded to reach down by __________.

1. Motor neurons; motor neurons

2. Interneurons; interneurons

3. Sensory neurons; motor neurons

4. Motor neurons; sensory neurons

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While jogging, you notice a shiny object on the ground, reach down, and pick it up. Information about the

object reached your brain by way of __________, and your hand was commanded to reach down by __________.

1. Motor neurons; motor neurons

2. Interneurons; interneurons

3. Sensory neurons; motor neurons (p. 57)

4. Motor neurons; sensory neurons

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This section of the nervous system is responsible for

calming the body after a stressful response:

1. Sympathetic

2. Central

3. Parasympathetic

4. Autonomic

5. Sensory neurons

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This section of the nervous system is responsible for

calming the body after a stressful response:

1. Sympathetic

2. Central

3. Parasympathetic (p. 60)

4. Autonomic

5. Sensory neurons

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Which of the following techniques uses X-rays?

1. PET scans

2. MRI

3. CT scans

4. EEG

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Which of the following techniques uses X-rays?

1. PET scans

2. MRI

3. CT scans (p. 67)

4. EEG

LO 2.6


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_________ is a technique used to study the brain that

involves injecting radioactive glucose to detect activity in

the brain during various tasks.

1. MRI scan

2. PET scan

3. CT scan

4. EEG

5. Deep lesioning

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_________ is a technique used to study the brain that

involves injecting radioactive glucose to detect activity in

the brain during various tasks.

1. MRI scan

2. PET scan (p. 68)

3. CT scan

4. EEG

5. Deep lesioning

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This section of the brain is located at the top of the spinal

column and is involved with life-sustaining functions such

as heart rate, respiration, and swallowing:

1. Pons

2. Reticular formation

3. Medulla

4. Thalamus

5. Hypothalamus

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This section of the brain is located at the top of the spinal

column and is involved with life-sustaining functions such

as heart rate, respiration, and swallowing:

1. Pons


3. Medulla (p. 69)

4. Thalamus

5. Hypothalamus

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A patient in a hospital has difficulty controlling fine motor

movement, coordinating simple movements that are

involved in more complex movements (e.g., walking), and

has difficulty with balance. The brain area that is most likely

damaged is called:


2. Cerebellum

3. Medulla

4. Pons

5. Thalamus

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A patient in a hospital has difficulty controlling fine motor

movement, coordinating simple movements that are

involved in more complex movements (e.g., walking), and

has difficulty with balance. The brain area that is most likely

damaged is called:


2. Cerebellum (p.70)

3. Medulla

4. Pons

5. Thalamus

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Thought of as the master gland of the endocrine system, the action of the __________ gland is controlled by a

small structure in the brain.

1. Hypothalamus

2. Thyroid

3. Pancreas

4. Pituitary

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Thought of as the master gland of the endocrine system, the action of the __________ gland is controlled by a

small structure in the brain.

1. Hypothalamus

2. Thyroid

3. Pancreas

4. Pituitary (p. 72)

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The __________ is involved with responses related to fear

relatively quickly, allowing people to respond to danger

sometimes before even being consciously aware that it

exists:

1. amygdala

2. thalamus

3. hypothalamus

4. hippocampus

5. pons

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The __________ is involved with responses related to fear

relatively quickly, allowing people to respond to danger

sometimes before even being consciously aware that it

exists:

1. amygdala (p. 72)

2. thalamus

3. hypothalamus

4. hippocampus

5. pons

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This area of the brain is responsible for higher mental

functions, such as planning, personality, memory, and

decision making:

1. Temporal lobes

2. Parietal lobes

3. Frontal lobes

4. Occipital lobes

5. Motor cortex

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This area of the brain is responsible for higher mental

functions, such as planning, personality, memory, and

decision making:

1. Temporal lobes

2. Parietal lobes

3. Frontal lobes (p. 76)

4. Occipital lobes

5. Motor cortex

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________ is an association area located in the left

temporal lobe that is responsible for understanding the

meaning of language.

1. Broca’s area

2. Wernicke’s area

3. Somatosensory cortex

4. Corpus callosum

5. Motor cortex

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________ is an association area located in the left

temporal lobe that is responsible for understanding the

meaning of language.

1. Broca’s area

2. Wernicke’s area (p. 77)

3. Somatosensory cortex

4. Corpus callosum

5. Motor cortex

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The area of the brain that connects the two cerebral

hemispheres and is often severed in split brain patients is

called:

1. Temporal lobe

2. Parietal lobe

3. Occipital lobe

4. Frontal lobe

5. Corpus callosum

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The area of the brain that connects the two cerebral

hemispheres and is often severed in split brain patients is

called:

1. Temporal lobe

2. Parietal lobe

3. Occipital lobe

4. Frontal lobe

5. Corpus callosum (p. 78)

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Critical Thinking & Student Opinion Slides

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What do you think?

Should someone who is accused of a crime be able to plead not guilty on the grounds of brain dysfunction or hormone imbalance?

A. Yes

B. No


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What do you think?

Should someone who is accused of a crime be able to plead not guilty because he or she was under the influence of drugs?

A. Yes

B. No


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With which statement do you agree?

A. Children younger than 10 years old should be given medications to correct emotional and/or behavior problems.

B. Most childhood behavior and emotional problems (like ADHD) are not really disorders, but are a function of just being a kid.


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With which statement do you agree?

A. Men and women are destined to behave differently because of differences in their brains.

B. People can consciously modify their behavior to overcome sex differences in the brain.


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What do you think?

Should it be legal to perform brain surgery or to administer electroconvulsive shock to control behavior in adults?

A. Yes

B. No


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What do you think?

Should it be legal to perform brain surgery or to administer electroconvulsive shock to control behavior in children?

A. Yes

B. No


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What do you think?

Should it be legal to perform brain surgery or to administer electroconvulsive shock to control behavior in habitual criminals?

A. Yes

B. No


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What do you think?

Should it be permissible to clone animals?

A. Yes

B. No


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What do you think?

Assuming we had the technology, should it be permissible to clone humans?

A. Yes

B. No


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What do you think?

Should it be illegal to use animals in experimental research?

A. Yes

B. No


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