Psychology Themes And Variations 5th Edition by Wayne Weiten – Test Bank

1. Which cells in the nervous system do most of the work of receiving, integrating, and transmitting information?

  a.  neurons

  b.  glial cells

  c.  axons

  d.  dendrites

ANSWER:   a

2. Which statement best describes the structure and function of all neurons in your central nervous system?

  a.  All neurons contain a cell body and an axon and may have other structures.

  b.  All neurons receive information via one or more dendrites and send information via one or more axons.

  c.  All neurons synapse onto another neuron to transmit an electrical signal.

  d.  All neurons receive and send information.

ANSWER:   d

3. What is NOT one of the main functions of neurons?

  a.  integrating information

  b.  generating information

  c.  transmitting information

  d.  receiving information

ANSWER:   b

4. What are three basic components of most neurons?

  a.  vesicles, terminal buttons, synapses

  b.  myelin, nodes, axon terminals

  c.  cell body, axon, dendrites

  d.  hindbrain, midbrain, forebrain

ANSWER:   c

5. Which neuronal structures are analogous to branches on a tree?

  a.  dendrites

  b.  axons

  c.  nuclei

  d.  cell bodies

ANSWER:   a

6. On a typical neuron, which structure receives neurochemical information, and which structure sends neurochemical information to other neurons?

  a.  dendrites receive; axons send

  b.  axons send; synapses receive

  c.  dendrites receive; synapses send

  d.  axons receive; dendrites send

ANSWER:   a

7. In computers, the keyboard is the component of the computer that receives information. What would the keyboard be equivalent to, in comparing a computer to a neuron?

  a.  axon

  b.  soma

  c.  dendrite

  d.  terminal button

ANSWER:   c

8. Emma has a disorder that includes degeneration of myelin sheaths in her nervous system. Which disorders does Emma most likely have?

  a.  Alzheimer’s disease

  b.  multiple sclerosis

  c.  schizophrenia

  d.  Parkinson’s disease

ANSWER:   b

9. Which of the following is associated with the fastest neural impulses?

  a.  unmyelinated dendrites

  b.  myelinated axons

  c.  shorter axons

  d.  multiple dendrites

ANSWER:   b

10. When you want to print something from a computer, a cable carries this signal from the computer to the printer. In comparing a computer and printer to two neurons, what is the neuronal equivalent to the cable?

  a.  synapse

  b.  Soma

  c.  terminal button

  d.  Axon

ANSWER:   d

11. When you are printing something from your computer, your cable must be securely connected to the printer or else the signal won’t get through. If you compared a computer and printer to two neurons, what is the neuronal equivalent of the connection between the cable and the printer?

  a.  synapse

  b.  soma

  c.  terminal button

  d.  axon

ANSWER:   a