Question 1

Deaf people who use sign language typically

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A)  demonstrate greater mathematical competence than hearing persons.
B)  process language in their left cerebral hemisphere.
C)  have better communication skills than hearing persons.
D)  have a smaller corpus callosum than hearing persons.

Question 2

When dreamers' faces were lightly sprayed with cold water,they were more likely than other dreamers to experience

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A)  sleep apnea.
B)  hypnagogic sensations.
C)  dreams about water.
D)  paradoxical sleep.

Question 3

Fantastic images resembling hallucinations occur with the onset of

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A)  sleep apnea.
B)  delta waves.
C)  change blindness.
D)  NREM-1 sleep.

Question 4

Which division of the autonomic nervous system arouses the body and mobilizes its energy in stressful situations?

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A)  the parasympathetic nervous system
B)  the sympathetic nervous system
C)  the somatic nervous system
D)  the central nervous system

Question 5

Susan is a political cartoonist whose work requires her to think imaginatively and present ideas in visually novel ways.Her work is most likely to be facilitated by

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A)  hypnagogic sensations.
B)  EEG recordings.
C)  full nights of sleep.
D)  sleep apnea.

Question 6

Which portion of the cerebral cortex is most directly involved in making plans and formulating moral judgments?

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A)  occipital lobes
B)  frontal lobes
C)  temporal lobes
D)  parietal lobes

Question 7

The left cerebral hemisphere is typically superior to the right in

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A)  spatial reasoning.
B)  speech production.
C)  visual perception.
D)  musical abilities.

Question 8

When a person speaks,brain waves and blood flow are especially likely to reveal increased activity in the

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A)  cerebellum.
B)  left hemisphere.
C)  hypothalamus.
D)  right hemisphere.

Question 9

Alana suffered a brain disease that destroyed major portions of her temporal lobes.Alana is most likely to suffer some loss of

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A)  auditory perception.
B)  hunger and thirst.
C)  pain sensations.
D)  muscular coordination.

Question 10

During REM sleep,your skeletal muscles are relaxed because messages from the motor cortex are blocked by the

Accepted Answer

A)  brainstem.
B)  hypothalamus.
C)  suprachiasmatic nucleus.
D)  amygdala.

Question 11

One woman no longer experienced fear even when threatened with a gun.Her fearlessness is best attributed to damage to her

Accepted Answer

A)  pons.
B)  cerebellum.
C)  hypothalamus.
D)  amygdala.

Question 12

Sleep deprivation increases levels of the hunger-arousing hormone

Accepted Answer

A)  melatonin.
B)  ghrelin.
C)  leptin.
D)  serotonin.

Question 13

REM sleep is called paradoxical sleep because

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A)  our heart rate is slow and steady,while our breathing is highly irregular.
B)  we are deeply asleep but can be awakened easily.
C)  our nervous system is highly active,while our voluntary muscles hardly move.
D)  it leads to highly imaginative dreams that are perceived as colorless images.

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