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Test Bank For Biopsychology: Fundamentals andContemporary Issues v1.0 1st Edition By Martin S. Shapiro
• Areas of neocortex that receive most of their input from the sensory thalamic relay
nuclei of the thalamus are classified as - ANSWER: primary sensory cortex
• An area of cerebral cortex that receives input from more than one sensory system
is classified as - ANSWER: association cortex
• A hierarchical system is one in which - ANSWER: each element has specific levels or
ranks with respect to one another
• The simple process of detecting the presence of stimuli is often referred to as -
ANSWER: sensation
• Each cortical level of a sensory system - primary, secondary, or association - is itself
composed of different areas that mediate different psychological processes. This
principle of sensory system organization is referred to as - ANSWER: functional
segregation
• A system in which information is conducted in a single route through its various
components - like a string through beads - is called a - ANSWER: serial system
• Modern biopsychological theory considers sensory systems to be - ANSWER:
hierarchical, functionally segregated, and parallel
• Because sensory systems are characterized by functional segregation while
perception is largely holistic, there is a - ANSWER: binding problem
• For humans, sounds are those molecular vibrations between about - ANSWER: 20
and 20,000 hertz.
• The loudness, pitch, and timbre of a sound are directly related to the - ANSWER:
amplitude, frequency, and complexity respectively, of the vibrations that produced
it.
• The frequency of sound waves is to the complexity of sound waves as the -
ANSWER: pitch of sound is to the timbre
• The malleus, incus, and stapes - ANSWER: are small bones that transmit vibrations
from the ear drum to the oval window
• The _____ of the auditory system has the appearance of a snail and has a name
that is derived from the Greek word for land snail - ANSWER: cochlea
, • Resting on the auditory hair cells is the - ANSWER: tectorial membrane
• The auditory system is organized - ANSWER: tonotopically
• The visual system is to retinotopic as the auditory system is to - ANSWER:
tonotopic
• ______contain the receptors of the vestibular system - ANSWER: The semicircular
canals
• The semicircular canals are the receptive organs of - ANSWER: the vestibular
system
• The axons of the auditory nerves synapse in the ipsilateral - ANSWER: cochlear
nuclei
• The superior olives receive most of their input from the - ANSWER: cochlear nuclei
• The major auditory projections of the inferior colliculi go to the - ANSWER: medial
geniculate nuclei
• One exception to the usual tonotopic organization of the auditory system is the -
ANSWER: superior colliculus
• Barn owls are often used in auditory research on sound localization because they
have - ANSWER: excellent sound localization ability
• Much of the recent research on sound localization has focused on the - ANSWER:
barn owl
• Much of the human auditory cortex is invisible to casual inspection because it is in
the depths of the ____fissure. - ANSWER: lateral
• Neurons of the monkey secondary auditory cortex respond robustly to - ANSWER:
monkey calls
• The perception of pitch in primates seems to occur in - ANSWER: one small cortical
area just anterior to primary auditory cortex
• ______play a major role in differentiating neurons that respond to pitch from
those that respond to frequency - ANSWER: Missing fundamentals
• In most of the mammals that have been studied, auditory cortex lesions produce -
ANSWER: a deficit in the ability to localize brief sounds
• Bilateral damage to the _____would be most likely to produce complete and
permanent hearing loss - ANSWER: cochlear nerve
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