Chapter #5 quiz - Practice quiz and answer for biopsychology PDF

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Chapter #5 quiz: 1. Rats raised in __ demonstrated better learning abilities than rats raised in __ Answer: enriched environments; isolation 2. A period of time during development which experience is influential and after which experience has little to no effect is __ Answer: critical period 3. The first human myelin can be observed in cranial and spinal nerves about the __ gestational week Answer: 23 4. The journey for the majority of cells is guided by specialized progenitor cells known as.. Answer: radial glia 5. If a person has identical alleles at a given gene, the individual is ____________________, but if the person has different alleles at a given gene, they are _________________. Answer: homozygous; heterozygous 6. __ is the genetic composition of an organism, __ is the observable appearance of an individual Answer: genotype; phenotype 7. Before the neural tube has even finished closing, it features 3 vesicles: Answer: prosencephalon, mesencephalon, rhombencephalon

8. The process which a neurite identifies appropriate postsynaptic target cells from the many cells in the vicinity is known as.. Answer: synaptic specificity 9. Which of the following is not one of the three processes that produce lasting, but reversible changes in gene expression? Answer: prenatal embryonic ectodermation 10. After gestational week 8 the developing individual is a __ Answer: fetus...