34) Reflexive memories are stored in areas of the
A) frontal lobe.
B) parietal lobe.
C) temporal lobe.
D) occipital lobe.
E) cerebellum.
35) When a puppy is scolded "No!" each time he chews on your ficus tree, eventually he learns to leave the tree alone. This type of learning is called
A) associative.
B) nonassociative.
C) habituation.
D) sensitization.
36) With the exception of olfaction, all sensory pathways first travel to the __________, which acts as a relay and processing station.
A) cerebrum
B) thalamus
C) cerebellum
D) hypothalamus
E) medulla oblongata
37) The larger the receptive field,
A) the larger the stimulus needed to stimulate a sensory receptor.
B) the more sensory receptors it includes.
C) the harder it is to discriminate the exact point of stimulation.
D) the larger the area of the somatosensory cortex in the brain that deals with the area.
E) all of the above
38) Fast pain, usually described as sharp and localized, is carried by
A) large, unmyelinated C fibers.
B) small, myelinated A-delta fibers.
C) small, unmyelinated C fibers.
D) large, myelinated A-beta fibers.
39) Because of involvement of the __________, pain may be accompanied by emotional distress and nausea or sweating.
A) hypothalamus
B) limbic system
C) medulla
D) A and B
E) A, B, and C
40) The intensity of a stimulus can be determined by
A) population coding.
B) labeled line coding.
C) frequency coding.
D) A and C
E) all of the above
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