Introduction to Psychology 1/IPSY101/Brain spinal cord/Quiz
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Review questions
Assess your understanding of this learning pathway by selecting the correct answer for each of the following questions:
- The ________ is a sensory relay station where all sensory information, except for smell, goes before being sent to other areas of the brain for further processing.
- amygdala
- Incorrect.
- hippocampus
- Incorrect.
- hypothalamus
- Incorrect.
- thalamus
- Correct.
- amygdala
- Damage to the ________ disrupts one’s ability to comprehend language, but it leaves one’s ability to produce words intact.
- amygdala
- Incorrect.
- Broca’s Area
- Incorrect.
- Wernicke’s Area
- Correct.
- occipital lobe
- Incorrect.
- amygdala
- A(n) ________ uses magnetic fields to create pictures of a given tissue.
- EEG
- Incorrect.
- MRI
- Correct.
- PET scan
- Incorrect.
- CT scan
- Incorrect.
- EEG
- Which of the following is not a structure of the forebrain?
- thalamus
- Incorrect.
- hippocampus
- Incorrect.
- amygdala
- Incorrect.
- substantia nigra
- Correct.
- thalamus
- The two major hormones secreted from the pancreas are:
- estrogen and progesterone
- Incorrect.
- norepinephrine and epinephrine
- Incorrect.
- thyroxine and oxytocin
- Incorrect.
- glucagon and insulin
- Correct.
- estrogen and progesterone
- The ________ secretes messenger hormones that direct the function of the rest of the endocrine glands.
- ovary
- Incorrect.
- thyroid
- Incorrect.
- pituitary
- Correct.
- pancreas
- Incorrect.
- ovary
- The ________ gland secretes epinephrine.
- adrenal
- Correct.
- thyroid
- Incorrect.
- pituitary
- Incorrect.
- master
- Incorrect.
- adrenal
- The ________ secretes hormones that regulate the body’s fluid levels.
- adrenal
- Incorrect.
- pituitary
- Correct.
- testes
- Incorrect.
- thyroid
- Incorrect.
- adrenal
Sources
- OpenStax, Psychology. OpenStax CNX. Oct 31, 2016 Download for free at http://cnx.org/contents/4abf04bf-93a0-45c3-9cbc-2cefd46e68cc@5.52.
