Chapter 13: Motivation and Emotion Quiz

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A neuroscientist studies:
The functioning of the brain and spinal cord in any organism
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The surface of the cerebral hemispheres is covered by the
Cerebral cortex
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Many axons are insulated with a substance called
Myelin
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Failure on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test is likely to indicate damage to the __________ lobe
frontal
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During periods of relaxation, EEG recordings of the brain's electrical activity generally show __________ activity
alpha
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A primary function of the thalamus is to
relay information from the sensory organs to the cerebral cortex
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If you woke up during _____ sleep, you would recall any dream you were having at that time
REM
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According to Freud, dreams represent
unfulfilled wishes
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If sleep repairs the wear and tear of the day's activities on the body, then
active people should need more sleep each night than sedentary people
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Eating and drinking are examples of ____ behaviours
regulatory
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The idea that a drive produces an unpleasant internal state that causes an organism to engage in behaviours that remove this unpleasant state is called the
drive reduction hypothesis
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____ thirst is caused by dehydration within cells; ____ thirst is caused by dehydration outside the cells
osmometric, volumetric
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A deficit in the body's level of nutrients will
cause a search for food
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Social and cultural factors increase our learning of ____ to eat
what, when and how often
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Our short-term store of nutrients contains
glycogen
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Motivation can be described as
a driving force
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The process of detecting deficits in essentials such as food and water and using necessary symptoms to reduce deficits is called
homeostasis
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The surface of the cerebral hemispheres is covered by the

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Cerebral cortex

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Many axons are insulated with a substance called

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Failure on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test is likely to indicate damage to the __________ lobe

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During periods of relaxation, EEG recordings of the brain's electrical activity generally show __________ activity

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