A. damage to glia cells
B. degeneration of neurons that use dopamine as a neurotransmitter
C. overgeneration of dopamine of a neurotransmitter
D. agonistic chemical action on the receptor sites of the cerebrum
Related Mcqs:
- Jamil is looking at two objects he knows are the same size. However, it appears that one of the objects looks smaller than the other. Therefore, Jamil concludes the smaller objects is father away from him than the one that appears larger. Jamil is using what method to determine depth?
A. Linear perspective
B. Relative size
C. Interposition
D. Accommodation - Which TWO of the following statements are true of simultaneous contrast illusions? 1. In the simultaneous tilt illusion, vertical stripes appear tilted away from the tilt of their surrounding stripes. 2. In the luminance illusion, a grey patch appears darker when surrounded by a dark area than when surrounded by a light area. 3 A purple patch appears slightly closer to blue when surrounded by red, and closer to red when seen against a blue background. 4. Visual illusion effect only exist for motion.
A. 1 & 3
B. 2 & 3
C. 3 & 4
D. 2 & 4 - After hearing rumors about the outbreak of an infectious disease, Alyosha began to perceive his normal aches and pains as disease related symptoms. His reaction best illustrated the impact of:
A. The cocktail party effect
B. Perceptual set
C. Relative clarity
D. The Ponzo illusion - A disease characterized by the decline in brain function:
A. Epilepsy
B. Drug abuse
C. Parkinson’s disease
D. Alzheimer’s disease - Rais just came back from seeing a neurologist. Rais tells you that he will be having a test in which images of his brain will be recorded after radioactive chemicals have been injected into his chemicals have been injected into his bloodstream. However, Rais can’t remember the actual name of the test. it appears that his neurologist is planning:
A. an electroencephalograph (EEG) recording
B. a positron emission tomography (PET) scan
C. a computerized tomography(CT) scan
D. a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan - First issue of cognitive neuroscience appears in the year _________?
A. 1967
B. 1989
C. 1997
D. 1978 - A stationary point of light when viewed in an otherwise totally dark room appears to move. This is an example of ________________?
A. apparent motion
B. induced motion
C. the autokinetic effect
D. binocular disparity - Movement illusions such as the moon-cloud illusion, in which the moon appears to race from cloud to cloud, illustrate the role in visual perception played by ______________?
A. binocular disparity
B. a frame of reference
C. a linear perspective
D. bottom-up processing - The horizon Moon appears to shrink in size if it is viewed through a narrow tube that eliminates the perception of distance cues. The best illustrate the importance of:
A. Context effects
B. Relative clarity
C. Perceptual adaptation
D. Visual capture - Saima often has temper tantrums and pouts when she can’t have her own away. She often behaves impulsively and becomes extremely impatient if she can’t have the things that she wants immediately. According to Freud’s view of the personality, Saima’s personality appears to be dominated by:
A. her id
B. her alter ego
C. her ego
D. reaction formation
