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AP PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW
1. If you burn your finger,
which of the following CNS
components will receive the
message last?
The brain
b) The spinal cord
c) Afferent neurons
d) Efferent neurons
e) Interneurons
a)
2. Which of the following
systems would be active if
you were currently sleeping?
Sympathetic division
b) Parasympathetic division
c) Somatic division
d) Motor division
e) Autonomic division
a)
3. If you were to develop a rare condition in
which signals from your eyes were sent to
the area of the brain that processes sound,
and signals from the ears were sent to the
area of the brain that processes vision,
which part of the brain would most likely be
damaged?
Hippocampus
b) Hypothalamus
c) Thalamus
d) Amygdala
e) Pons
a)
4. Which brain structure is
most responsible for our
balance, posture and muscle
tone?
Medulla
b) Hippocampus
c) Reticular formation
d) Pons
e) Cerebellum
a)
5. If you have problems storing
long-term memories, the
damage is most likely in the
_____ area of the brain.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Hippocampus
Hypothalamus
Cerebellum
Amygdala
Thalamus
6. Andrew was always hungry.
The doctor told his parents
that Andrew’s _____ was
producing too much insulin,
causing low blood sugar.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Pituitary gland
Adrenal gland
Thyroid gland
Pancreas
Gonads
7. Which of the following
techniques for brainimaging uses radioactive
glucose to measure brain
activity?
EEG
b) CT
c) MRI
d) PET
e) fMRI
a)
8. The part of the cortex to
which visual signals and
information are sent is the:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Hypothalamus
Occipital lobe
Frontal lobe
Temporal lobe
Parietal lobe
9. Tanya was involved in a motorcycle
accident that caused severe nerve damage in
her right hand, preventing her from fully
moving it or detecting pressure in her
fingertips. The branch of the nervous system
that she has most likely damaged is the:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Central nervous system
Autonomic nervous system
Sympathetic nervous system
Parasympathetic nervous system
Somatic nervous system
10. A man wakes up one morning to find that
people around him are using words that
make no sense to him & they don’t seem to
understand him either. His wife tells him
that their son forgot his dinosaur today.
When he looks puzzled, she holds up the
child’s lunchbox & repeats, “You know, his
dinosaur.” This man’s predicament is most
like which of the following disorders?
Wernicke’s aphasia
b) Broca’s aphasia
c) Apraxia
d) Spatial neglect
a)
1. If you burn your finger,
which of the following CNS
components will receive the
message last?
The brain
b) The spinal cord
c) Afferent neurons
d) Efferent neurons
e) Interneurons
a)
2. Which of the following
systems would be active if
you were currently sleeping?
Sympathetic division
b) Parasympathetic division
c) Somatic division
d) Motor division
e) Autonomic division
a)
3. If you were to develop a rare condition in
which signals from your eyes were sent to
the area of the brain that processes sound,
and signals from the ears were sent to the
area of the brain that processes vision,
which part of the brain would most likely be
damaged?
Hippocampus
b) Hypothalamus
c) Thalamus
d) Amygdala
e) Pons
a)
4. Which brain structure is
most responsible for our
balance, posture and muscle
tone?
Medulla
b) Hippocampus
c) Reticular formation
d) Pons
e) Cerebellum
a)
5. If you have problems storing
long-term memories, the
damage is most likely in the
_____ area of the brain.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Hippocampus
Hypothalamus
Cerebellum
Amygdala
Thalamus
6. Andrew was always hungry.
The doctor told his parents
that Andrew’s _____ was
producing too much insulin,
causing low blood sugar.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Pituitary gland
Adrenal gland
Thyroid gland
Pancreas
Gonads
7. Which of the following
techniques for brainimaging uses radioactive
glucose to measure brain
activity?
EEG
b) CT
c) MRI
d) PET
e) fMRI
a)
8. The part of the cortex to
which visual signals and
information are sent is the:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Hypothalamus
Occipital lobe
Frontal lobe
Temporal lobe
Parietal lobe
9. Tanya was involved in a motorcycle
accident that caused severe nerve damage in
her right hand, preventing her from fully
moving it or detecting pressure in her
fingertips. The branch of the nervous system
that she has most likely damaged is the:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Central nervous system
Autonomic nervous system
Sympathetic nervous system
Parasympathetic nervous system
Somatic nervous system
10. A man wakes up one morning to find that
people around him are using words that
make no sense to him & they don’t seem to
understand him either. His wife tells him
that their son forgot his dinosaur today.
When he looks puzzled, she holds up the
child’s lunchbox & repeats, “You know, his
dinosaur.” This man’s predicament is most
like which of the following disorders?
Wernicke’s aphasia
b) Broca’s aphasia
c) Apraxia
d) Spatial neglect
a)