Neurons generally cannot fire at rates exceeding 100 impulses per second. This maximum firing rate can be largely attributed to ____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Adopted children’s similarity to their biological parents is generally attributed to_____________; adopted children’s similarity to their adoptive parents is generally attributed to____________________.

   A. heredity; the environment
   B. the environment; heredity
   C. the environment; the environment
   D. heredity; heredity

2. The local fire department sounds the 12 o’clock whistle. The process by which your ears convert the sound waves from the siren into neural impulses is an example of:

   A. Transduction
   B. Sensory adaptation
   C. Parallel processing
   D. Accommodation

3. ______ receive information from other neurons; _________ transmit information other neurons.

   A. synapses, cell bodies
   B. Dendrites, axon buttons
   C. Axon buttons dendrites
   D. Axon; cell bodies

4. Certain neurons in one of the following parts of midbrain appear to influence transitions between sleep and wakefulness and the rate and pattern of breathing:

   A. Medulla
   B. Pons
   C. Cerebellum
   D. All of these

5. Sound vibrations in the ear create neural impulses received in which of the following cortex locations?

   A. temporal lobe
   B. occipital lobe
   C. parietal lobe
   D. frontal lobe

6. Auditory sensations are transformed from ‘air waves’ to nerve impulses by the _________________?

   A. vestibular system
   B. pinna
   C. round window
   D. cochlea

7. Which of the following is true of personal construct theory? 1: George Kelly developed personal construct theory to examine how individuals view the world. 2: Personal construct theory portrays people as victims of unconscious desires and impulses. 3: Personal construct theory does not try to locate the individual on the personality theorists, dimensions. 4: Kelly basically took the view that we are all artists.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 3 & 4
   C. 1 & 3
   D. 2 & 4

8. The cytoplasmic process that arise from the neuron cell body and carry impulses away cell body are termed:

   A. Pacinian corpuscles
   B. Nissl’s granules
   C. Axons
   D. Free nerve endings

9. The area of cerebrum that sends impulses to voluntary muscles controlling movements:

   A. Corpus coliseum
   B. Cerebral cortex
   C. Cerebral hemispheres
   D. None of these

10. Sania just caught sight of a red hummingbird. The neural impulses from her eye will eventually travel to her occipital lobe, but first they must pass through:

    A. the hypothalamus
    B. hippocampus
    C. the reticular formation
    D. the thalamus