1. An undersupply of serotonin can lead to

    a. Alzheimer's disease

    b. Schizophrenia

    c. Depression

    d. Insomnia

c. Depression

2. What is the difference between hormones and neurotransmitters?

    a. Neurotransmitters control motor abilities while hormones control emotions

    b. Hormones are located in the body and bloodstream while neurotransmitters are located in the nervous system

    c. Neurotransmitters release hormones

    d. There is no difference between neurotransmitters and hormones

3. The sodium/potassium pump is involved with which process?

    a. action potential

    b. reuptake

    c. synaptic communication

    d. fight or flight response

4. Where are endorphins manufactured?

    a. Hypothalamus

    b. Adrenal glands

    c. Thyroid

    d. Pituitary gland

5. Which structure regulates the pituitary gland?

    a. Pineal gland

    b. Thalamus

    c. Hypothalamus

    d. Hippocampus

6. The sympathetic nervous system is responsible for what?

    a. Fight or flight response

    b. Voluntary actions

    c. Involuntary actions

    d. Memory

7. The system responsible for metabolism, growth rate, and digestion is what?

   a. Peripheral Nervous System

   b. Central Nervous System

   c. Limbic System

   d. Endocrine System

8. Which neuroimaging technique is used to reveal Parkinson's disease?

    a. CAT scan

    b. PET scan

    c. EEG

    d. MRS

9. The brain structure known as the "little brain" is the?

    a. Cerebellum

    b. Thalamus

    c. Pons

    d. Amygdala

10. What is the medulla responsible for?

      a. Memory

      b. Emotions

      c. Senses

      d. Reflexes

11. What is the difference between a MRI and a fMRI?

      a. a fMRI is the newer version of a MRI

      b. a MRI shows brain anatomy while a fMRI shows brain function, or activity

     c. a fMRI can reveal brain damage while a MRI cannot

     d. There is no difference between a MRI and a fMRI

12. What happened when scientists severed a cat's reticular formation?

     a. the cat never slept

     b. the cat lost its short term memory

     c. the cat lost its ability to breathe

     d. the cat went into a never ending coma

13. The corpus callosum

      a. is responsible for synaptic communication

      b. connects the two hemispheres

      c. allows short term memories to be transferred into long term memories

      d. is responsible for neurogenesis

14. What is cognitive neuroscience?

      a. the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition

      b. the study of the brain areas related to memory

      c. the study of cognition separate from neuroscience

      d. the experimental study of cognition

15. Which lobe contains the motorstrip?

      a. Frontal lobe

      b. Parietal lobe

      c. Temporal lobe

      d. Occipital lobe

16. Which lobe contains the sensory strip?

      a. Frontal lobe

      b. Parietal lobe

      c. Temporal lobe

      d. Occipital lobe

17. Which lobe is responsible for hearing?

      a. Frontal lobe

      b. Parietal lobe

      c. Temporal lobe

      d. Occipital

18. Which lobe is responsible for sight?

      a. Frontal lobe

      b. Parietal lobe

      c. Temporal lobe

      d. Occipital lobe

19. Where is Broca's area located?

      a. right frontal lobe

      b. left frontal lobe

      c. right temporal lobe

      d. left temporal lobe

20. Where is Wernicke's area located?

      a. right frontal lobe

      b. left frontal lobe

      c. right temporal lobe

      d. left temporal lobe

21. During lectures a teacher notices that John is very active in class, raising his hand often and giving correct answers almost 100% of the time. However when given reading prompts on a test, John always fails. John most likely is suffering from

     a. Broca's aphasia

     b. Wernicke's aphasia

     c. Angular gyrus aphasia

     d. Dementia

22. The pineal gland produces which neurotransmitter responsible for sleep and wakefulness?

     a. Epinephrine

     b. Dopamine

     c. Glutamate

     d. Melatonin

23. When 6 year old Angie underwent a split brain surgery to stop her seizures, she was able to live a mostly normal life with few neurological complications. This is due to the brain's

     a. plasticity

     b. millions of neurons

     c. identical right and left hemispheres

     d. cerebellum

24. Place these structures from largest to smallest

      a. Chromosomes, genes, DNA

      b. DNA, genes, chromosomes

      c. Genes, chromosomes, DNA

      d. Chromosomes, DNA, genes

25. What is heritability?

      a. The genes you receive from your parents

      b. The extent to which variation among individuals can be attributed to their differing genes

      c. The extent to which variation among individuals can be attributed to the environment

      d. Whether you are more like your mother or your father

26. The subfield of biology that studies the molecular structure and function of genes is

      a. evolutionary psychology

      b. cognitive neuroscience

      c. neuroscience

      d. molecular genetics

27. The scientific study of neurons, nervous system, endocrine system, and the brain is

     a. evolutionary psychology

     b. cognitive neuroscience

     c. neuroscience

     d. molecular genetics

28. The degeneration of myelin sheath can result in

      a. Parkinson's disease

      b. Alzheimer's disease

      c. Multiple sclerosis

      d. Schizophrenia

29. The level of stimulation required to trigger action potential is

     a. threshold

     b. All or None response

     c. Reuptake

     d. Neurotransmitters

30. The thalamus processes all senses except

      a. sight

      b. smell

      c. hearing

      d. touch

      e. taste