A. Adult neurons can sometimes from new connections
B. If one input to a target area is lost, the remaining inputs sometimes send out new branches from their axons to colonize the vacant space
C. Although transplanted neurons taken from a brain at the right stage of development will grow in an adult host brain, they will not restore normal function
D. Transplants of dopamine cell bodies alleviate some of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in human patients
Related Mcqs:
- CT scans of the brains of some young schizophrenics show_____than normal.
A. wider ventricles
B. smaller fissures
C. smaller ventricles
D. fewer fissures - The capacity of the brain area to take over the function of another damaged brain area is known as brain _______________?
A. regeneration
B. accommodation
C. aphasia
D. plasticity - Waqas looked directly into a very bright light and damaged his retina. The ophthalmologist has told him that he has sustained massive damage to his rods but for the most part his cones have not been affected. One change that you could predict for Waqas’ vision is that he will now have:
A. more accurate depth perception
B. poor vision in bright illumination
C. poor vision in low illumination
D. poor peripheral vision - Petra locked directly into a very bright light and damaged her retina. The ophthalmologist has told her that she has sustained massive damage to her cones, but for the most part her rods have not been affected. One change that you could predict for Petra’s vision is that she will now have:
A. Poor vision in bright light
B. No color vision
C. Poor vision in low illumination
D. More accurate depth perception - Which part of the brain was damaged in Phineas Gages’ accident?
A. Occipital Lobe
B. Cerebellum
C. Parietal Lobe
D. Frontal Lobe - The capacity of one brain area to take over the functions of another damaged brain area is known as brain:
A. tomography
B. hemispherectomy
C. phrenology
D. plasticity - An elderly acquaintance of you has suffered from partial blindness since she had a stroke. Apparently the stroke damaged her:
A. occipital lobe
B. parietal lobe
C. temporal lobes
D. reticular formation - Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?
A. At an early oral stage children usually start to explore their environment but experience control and discipline from their parents
B. Fixation at the anal stage results in children deriving pleasure in adulthood from activities such as overeating, smoking, drinking and kissing
C. At the genital stage children discover pleasure from touching their genitals
D. During the latency period sexual impulses are rechanneled into activities such as sport, learning and social activities - Which of the following statements is in terms of the modular view of word-sense retrieval?
A. The modular view of word-sense retrieval is that word meanings are stored in a way that is not context sensitive
B. When we encounter a string of letters that represents a word, we automatically look up and retrieve the meaning
C. If a string represents more than one word, than only one meaning is immediately retrieved if the context indicates which one
D. the modular view o0f word-meaning extraction is attractive because it keeps the mechanisms of looking up word-meaning separate from context - Which of the following are FALSE regarding the role of theories in psychology?
1. Facts have to be integrated in terms of theoretical explanations
2. Theories are statements of what rather than why
3. Theories are capable of accounting for multiple facts, but cannot predict what might happen in novel situations
4. All of the aboveA. 1 & 2
B. 1 & 3
C. 2 & 3
D. 4
