Question 1

A patient reports difficulty falling asleep and repeated night awakenings for several weeks. Which sleep disorder is most likely?

Accepted Answer

Insomnia

Question 2

Synaptic vesicles filled with neurotransmitter are located in which part of the neuron?

Accepted Answer

Terminal buttons

Question 3

Natural pain control in the nervous system relies on which chemical?

Accepted Answer

Endorphins

Question 4

Interneurons are specialized to:

Accepted Answer

Connect sensory and motor neurons

Question 5

The receptors that convert sound waves into neural signals are:

Accepted Answer

Hair cells

Question 6

Color vision for fine detail relies most on which type of photoreceptor?

Accepted Answer

Cones

Question 7

Making sense of incoming sensory data is called:

Accepted Answer

Perception

Question 8

EEG activity in REM sleep most closely resembles:

Accepted Answer

Quiet wakefulness

Question 9

Recognizing a door’s shape as rectangular whether open or closed demonstrates:

Accepted Answer

Shape constancy

Question 10

Sebastian missed a man in a chicken suit while counting passes in a video. This best illustrates:

Accepted Answer

Inattentional blindness

Question 11

A man failed to notice a worker was replaced while giving directions because two experimenters passed between them carrying a door. This illustrates:

Accepted Answer

Change blindness

Question 12

The commonly accepted five basic tastes include:

Accepted Answer

Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami

Question 13

The autonomic system controls:

Accepted Answer

Heart rate and gland activity

Question 14

A patient shows fluent speech that lacks meaning and poor comprehension. The pattern suggests:

Accepted Answer

Wernicke’s aphasia

Question 15

Failing to notice a change in a scene after a brief interruption is called:

Accepted Answer

Change blindness

Question 16

The fastest reflex pathways are processed by the:

Accepted Answer

Spinal cord

Question 17

Along an axon, signals are mainly:

Accepted Answer

Electrical then chemical at the synapse

Question 18

Rapid heartbeat and sweaty palms right before a speech indicate activation of the:

Accepted Answer

Sympathetic division

Question 19

Missing a background event while focusing on a counting task best reflects:

Accepted Answer

Inattentional blindness

Question 20

EEG is best for measuring:

Accepted Answer

Real-time electrical activity at the scalp

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