Biologische Psychologie 2

Vorlesung an der Universität Wien

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VO Silani

Temporal lobe amnesia is characterized by

• deficit of episodic memory (*)
• deficit of implicit memory
• deficit of semantic memory
• none of them

Korsakoff Syndrom Amnesia is due to lesion to

• basal forebrain
• amygdala
• diencephalon (*)
• striatum

Object recognition in animal models is studies with

• Morris water maze test
• radial arm maze test
• Mumby box (*)
• Pinel box

Electroconvulsive shock has been used for studying

• memory consolidation (*)
• memory retrieval
• none of them
• all of them

Long term potention (LTP) occurs when

• presynaptic cells fire
• postsynaptic cells fire
• none of them (*)
• pre- and postsynaptic cells are silent

Which method is used to investigate lateralization of brain functions?

• Wada Test
• Brain imaging techniques
• Dichotic listening
• all of them (*)

Split brain refers to a condition in which:

• Personality disorders are present
• Brain commissures are disrupted (*)
• Thalamic connections are disrupted
• Visual scotoma is present

Wernicke's aphasia is characterized by:

• Good comprehension and articulation, impaired repetition
• Good comprehension and impaired articulation
• Impaired comprehension and good articulation (*)
• It doesn't exist

Development Dyslexia is:

• aquired deficit in reading
• genetic deficit in reading (*)
• acquired deficit in writing
• genetic deficit in writing

Which brain region show reduced activation in Dyslexics compared to controls during reading task?

• Broca's area
• Wernicke's area
• Inferior temporal-occipital junction (*)
• Corpus callosum

Which portion of the brain was lesioned in the famous case of Phineal Gage?

• Medial frontal lobe (*)
• Medial temporal lobe
• Medial parietal lobe
• Medial occipital lobe

Which of those emotions is not recognized as to be universal?

• Pride
• Sadness
• Guilt (*)
• Surprise

According to Cannon - Bard theory

• Emotions are by-product of physiological arousal
• Emotions are by-product of cognitive processing of threatening stimulus
• None of them
• Both of them (*)

Alexithymia is characterized by

• Deficit in social cognition
• Deficit in emotional awareness (*)
• Deficit in theory of mind
• All of them

Which brain region plays a crucial role in emotional awareness and empathy?

• Thalamus
• Amygdala
• Anterior insula (*)
• Posterior insula

Our body stores energy in the forms of fat:

• 65%
• 75%
• 55%
• 85% (*)

Glucagon is high during

• cephalic phase
• absorptive phase
• fasting phase (*)
• cephalic and absorptive phase

Lesions to the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) cause

• hyperphagia (*)
• aphagia
• adipsia
• all of them

ob/ob mice lack in

• insulina
• glucagon
• leptin (*)
• serotonin

which of those criteria is not associated to diagnosis of Anorexia

• refusal to maintain a minimum of body weight
• recurrent episode of binge eating
• amenorrhea for more than 3 months
• none of them (*)

Which of those is not usually classified as endocrine gland?

• thyroid
• thymus
• kidney (*)
• testes

Differentiation of reproductive ducts takes place:

• 6 weeks after fertilization
• 2 months after fertilization
• 3 months after fertilization (*)
• 4 months after fertilization

Progestins are:

• sex steroids (*)
• gonads
• peptides
• none of them

Aromatization is the process of conversion of

• Prenatal estradiol in testosterone
• prenatal testosterone in estradiol (*)
• prenatal progesteron in testosterone
• prenatal progesteron in estradiol

Research has been showed that Oxytocin

• decrease trust in humans
• decrease risk behaviour in humans
• increase risk behaviour in humans
• increase trust in humans (*)

Attachment style in infant are studied by using

• anne and sally task
• smarties task
• strange situation task (*)
• adult attachment interview

Securo base priming induce

• higher prosocial behavior (*)
• higher distress
• lower empathy
• lower compassion

sleep spindle characterize which sleep stage

• stage 1
• stage 2 (*)
• stage 3
• stage 4

We dream mainly in

• REM sleep (*)
• NREM sleep
• SWS sleep
• daytime

Alternation of the light-dark circadian cycle is caused by lesion of the visual path

• before the optic chiasma (*)
• after the optic chiasma
• both of them
• none of them

Which of these brain structures has been associated to spatial memory?

• Rhynal cortex
• Perirhynal cortex
• Hippocampus (*)
• Amygdala

Striatum has been linked to

• Learning and habit formation (*)
• Working memory
• Emotional memory
• Processing of temporal order of event

Which of these elements don’t belong to a set-point system?

• set-point mechanism
• detector mechanism
• inhibitor mechanism (*)
• effector mechanism

Glucagon promotes

• utilization of blood glucose and source of energy
• conversion of amino acids to protein
• conversion of glycogen to glucose (*)
• storage of glycogen in muscles

Orchidectomy is

• removal of ovaries
• removal of testes (*)
• removal of gonads
• removal of uterus

Differences in cortical thickness between men and women have been found

• Prefrontal cortex
• Temporo-parietal junction
• Occipital cortex
• All of them (*)

Which hormone is involved in regulation of the circadian sleep cycle?

• oxytocin
• vasopression
• prolactin
• melatonin (*)

Delta waves are prevalent in which stage of sleep?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4 (*)

Which neurotransmitter is involved in reward and addiction

• Serotonin
• Noradrenalin
• Dopamin (*)
• Glutamate

Cessation of the assumption of a drug is followed by

• Withdrawal (*)
• Tolerance
• Sensitization
• Habituation

Broca’s aphasia is characterized by

• Good comprehension and articulation, impaired repetition
• Good comprehension and impaired articulation (*)
• Impaired comprehension and good articulation
• All of them

Which region oft the brain shows anatomical asymmetry

• Inferior temporal cortex
• Planum temporale (*)
• Superior temporal sulcus
• Middle frontal gyrus

Mirror neurons respond during

• Observation of „intentional“ actions
• Execution of „intentional“ actions
• Both of them (*)
• None of them

Anterior Insula is associated to

• Interoception (*)
• Introspection
• Metacognition
• Theory of Mind

Monamine oxidase inhibitors were used for the cure of

• Schizophrenia
• Depression (*)
• Anxiety
• Tourette

Which of these symptome doesn’t characterize schizophrenia

• Hallucination
• Catatonia
• Anhedonia (*)
• Disorganized behavior

Which attachment style would be associated to the following sentence „ I worry about being alone“?

• Secure
• Preoccupied (*)
• Dismissing
• None oft hem

Which hormone is involved in attachment

• Oxytocin (*)
• Vasopressin
• Prolactin
• Melatonin

Alzheimer Amnesia is due to lesion to

• Basal forebrain (*)
• Amygdala
• Diencephalon
• Striatum

Lesion to the lateral hypothalamus cause

• Hyperphagia
• Insomnia
• Adipsia (*)
• All of them

Carousel apparatus has been used to study

• Spatial memory
• Anxiety
• Sleep deprivation (*)
• Stress

Which of these is classified as endcrine gland?

• Thyroid
• Thymus
• Testes
• All of them (*)

Pleasure center in the brain is associated to

• Nigrostriatal pathway
• Mesocorticolimbic pathway (*)
• Basal ganlia-thalamus-cortex pathway
• Hypothalamus-septum pathway

Development Dysgraphia is

• Acquired deficit in reading
• Genetic deficit in reading
• Acquired deficit in writing
• Genetic deficit in writing (*)

According to James-Lang theory

• Emotions are by-product of physiological arousal (*)
• Emotions are by-product of cognitive procession of threating stimulus
• None of them
• Both of them

Spiroperidol is used for the cure of

• Schizophrenia (*)
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Tourette

Which of these questionnaires doesn’t assess attachment style?

• IRI (*)
• ECR
• RSQ
• AAI

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Zeitgebers are

• Environmental cues that regulate circadian cycles (*)

• Brain structures that regulate circadian cycles

• Hormones that regulate circadian cycles

• Neurotransmitters that regulate circadian cycles

Alexithymia is often associated with

• William syndrome

• Dowm syndrome

• Tourette syndrome

• Autistic syndrome (*)

The Nucleus accumbens is involved in

• Sleep

• Language

• Hunger

• Reward (*)

Body weight regulation is best explained by

• Positive –Incentive models

• Set- Point models

• Pavlovian Conditioning models

• Settling-Points models (*)

Which portion of the brain was lesioned in the famous case of Phineas Gage

• lateral frontal lobe

• medial frontal lobe (*)

• lateral parietal lobe

• medial parietal lobe

According to the James - Lange theory

• Emotions are a by-product of physiological arousal (*)

• Emotions are a by-product cognitive processing of threatening stimuli

• None of them

• Both of them

Glucagon promotes

• utilization of blood glucose as source of energy for the body

• conversion of amino acids to protein

• conversion of glycogen to glucose (*)

• storage of glycogen in muscles

Broca’s aphasia is characterized by

• Good comprehension and articulation, impaired repetition

• Good comprehension and impaired articulation (*)

• Impaired comprehension and good articulation

• Impaired comprehension and articulation

Which psychophysiological correlate of sleep is commonly recorded

• EEG

• EOG

• EMG

• All of them (*)

Aromatization is the process of conversion of

• prenatal estradiol in testosterone

• prenatal testosterone in estradiol (*)

• prenatal progesteron in testosterone

• prenatal progesteron in estradiol

Energy storage in our body in the form of proteins amounts to

• 0.5%

• 14.5% (*)

• 24.5%

• 54%

Oxytocin is released in

• Anterior pituitary

• Posterior pituitary (*)

• Anterior pineal

• Posterior pineal

Gonadotropin is released by

• Anterior pituitary (*)

• Posterior pituitary

• Anterior pineal

• Posterior pineal

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors have been used for the treatment of

• Schyzophrenia

• Depression (*)

• Anxiety

• Tourette

Tourette syndrome seems to be related to a dysregulation of

• Dopamine (*)

• Serotonin

• Acetylcholine

• Glutamate

Which of these region has been associated with early bilingualism in the study of Mechelli

• Left inferior parietal cortex (*)

• Right inferior parietal cortex

• Left inferior temporal cortex

• Right inferior temporal cortex

In the study of Paulesu et al. which brain region shows reduced activation in Dyslexics compared to Controls during a reading task

• Broca’s area

• Inferior Temporo-Occipital junction (*)

• Wernicke’s area

• Corpus Callosum

Mirror neurons respond during

• Observation of “intentional” actions

• Execution of “intentional” actions

• Both of them (*)

• None of them

Which method is not used to investigate lateralization of brain functions

• Wada test

• Dichotic listening

• Electroconvulsive shock (*)

• Brain imaging techniques

Delta waves are prevalent in which stage of sleep

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4 (*)

Which attachment style definition would be associated with the following sentence “I worry about being alone”

• Secure

• Preoccupied (*)

• Dismissing

• None of them

Cholecystokinin is a

• Hunger peptide

• Satiety peptide (*)

• Sexual peptide

• Steroid

Which of these brain structures has been associated to spatial memory

• Rhynal cortex

• Perirhynal cortex

• Hippocampus (*)

• Amygdala

REM periods increase their frequency during

• Early phase of sleep

• Middle phase of sleep

• Late phase of sleep (*)

• The frequency is constant

The smarties task has been developed to investigate

• Theory of mind (*)

• Empathy

• Interoceptive awareness

• Self reflection

Intracranial Self stimulation (ICSS) has been used to study

• Mirror Neuron

• Pleasure centers (*)

• Circadian Rhythms

• Epilepsy

Object recognition in animal experiments is studied with

• Morris water maze test

• Radial arm maze test

• Mumby box (*)

• Pinel box

Which famous patient has been intensively investigated for his memory problems

• Phineas Gage

• HM (*)

• Anna O

• LB

Which of these questionnaires doesn’t assess attachment style

• IRI (*)

• ECR

• RSQ

• AAI

The carousel apparatus has been used to study

• spatial memory

• anxiety

• sleep deprivation (*)

• stress