CHAPTER 4 Neuroscience as a Basis for Practice

CHAPTER 4 Neuroscience as a Basis for Practice

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TRUE/FALSE

1. The diencephalon is the part of the brain that consists of two major structures: the thalamus and the hypothalamus.

ANS:  T                    PTS:   1

2. According to scientist James Crick, how people think and feel is due to the biochemical and neurophysiological processes taking place in the brain.

ANS:  T                    PTS:   1

3. Mental disorders can involve cognitive misperceptions such as fear without a situational reason.

ANS:  T                    PTS:   1

4. The hypothalamus exerts control over the autonomic nervous system and the endocrine system.

ANS:  T                    PTS:   1

5. The hypothalamus has little or no effect, direct or indirect, on the way a person feels or behaves.

ANS:  F                    PTS:   1

6. Many neurotransmitters can attach to and work at more than one type of receptor site.

ANS:  T                    PTS:   1