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John is an evolutionary psychologist, who wants to understand how traits and behavioral tendencies are shaped by
a. psychophysics
b. prenatal nutrition
c. natural selection
d. parallel processing
What is C - natural selection
Genes react to the environment. This gene-environment interaction is the basic tenet of which of the following?
a) epigenetics
b) heredity
c) evolutionary psychology
d) all of the above
What is A - epigenetics
Why do researchers use adoption studies in an effort to reveal genetic influences on personality?
What is adoption studies help determine the influence of nature (biology) vs nurture (adoptive parents)
If you want to identify two parts of the CNS in an oral exam, what should you say?
What is the brain and the spinal cord
What is the purpose of the myelin sheath?
What is to speed up the electrical signals within a neuron.
Toni wants to do research that examines the electrical impulses that travel down the axons to better understand what?
What is the Action Potential
Joe takes a drug that acts as both a stimulant and a hallucinogen. It could cause him to become dangerously dehydrated in the short term and disrupt serotonin levels. Which drug did he take?
a. Nicotine
b. Caffeine
c. Heroin
d. Ecstasy
What is D- Ecstasy
If you drink alcohol on a regular basis and you now need to drink larger dose to experience the same effect. What term best describes this feeling?
a. Tolerance
b. Addiction
c. Withdrawal
d. Drug addict
What is A - Tolerance
A research is interested in determining the size of an area of a brain. Which technique would most likely be used?
a. EEG
b. PET scan
c. CAT scan
d. fMRI
What is D - fMRI
If your hippocampus is damaged, what would you have difficulty doing?
The right hemisphere is associated with spatial and visual processing, and creativity. During which task would the brain be most active?
a. Enduring a long run
b. Giving a presentation in class
c. Solving a math problem
d. Imagining what a dress would like on a friend
What is D
Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to adapt or reorganize itself due experiences or even after an injury or recovering inter-hemisphere communication after injury. Which scenario shows that?
a. Alex's brain gets larger as he gets older
b. Katie's brain is able to transform info from one hemisphere to the other.
c. Aaron has a healthy brain tissue.
d. All of the above
What is B
When you are sleep deprived, you are more likely to get sick. Why is this the case?
a. Sleep suppresses the immune system.
b. Sleep helps restores the immune system.
c. Sleep enhances production of growth hormones
d. Because they weren't using a blanket while sleeping!
What is A
During a sleep study, researchers noticed rapid rhythmic brain-wave activity and that a person is in Stage 2 sleep. This type of brain activity is
a. delta waves
b. alpha waves
c. circadian rhythm
d. sleep spindles
What is D
Kirlos has been deprived of sleep for many nights. He is now showing increasing amounts of paradoxical sleep. This increase after not sleeping for many nights indicates which of the following?
a. REM rebound
b. Sleep apnea
c. Narcolepsy
d. Somnambulism
What is A - REM rebound
Ms. Patel's encourages you to relax before bedtime, using dimmer light and staying off your phone. What is she asking you to do?
a. manage your stress better
b. improve coping skills
c. improve sleep hygiene
d. enhance your cognitive skills
What is C
Signal detection theory explains that the detection of stimuli depends on psychological/environmental factors, not just stimulus strength. Which of the following agrees with this statement?
a. A person's absolute threshold is stable across situations.
b. Difference thresholds are based on ratio.
c. Detection of all stimuli runs through the thalamus.
d. Various factors determine if a person will detect a faint stimulus.
What is D
Mia's research project is based on the theory that the rate of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerve matches the frequency of a tone, enabling us to sense its pitch. Which theory is the project based on?
a. Place theory
b. Gate-control theory
c. Frequency theory
d. Sound localization
What is C - Frequency theory
Jake's hammer, anvil, and stirrup were activated. Which sensory process were they involved in?
a. Transmitting sound waves to the cochlea
b. Transmitting light energy through your eyes
c. Processing info related to his sense of balance
d. Smelling foul odors of the locker room
What is A
Which is the best example of sensory interaction?
a. Some cones have the ability to detect red and green or blue and yellow light
b. Pitch perception is explained by the frequency and place theories
c. You notice a flicker of light when a sound accompanies it.
d. None of the above
What is C
If you can easily reach out and pet your dog or cat because you are aware of your body parts' and movement. This awareness is due to
a. Kinesthesis
b. Vestibular sense
c. Opponent-process theory
d. Sensory interaction
What is A
When you ingest an opioid drug, what neurotransmitter did the opioid mimic in his brain?
a. Norepinephrine
b. Acetylcholine
c. Endorphins
d. Serotonin
What is C
Reticular formation is significant for what?
What is sense of arousal and alertness
Aaliyah experiences brain damage that results in the inability to make plans about the future. Which lobe of her brain is damaged?
What is frontal lobe
If you are diagnosed with schizophrenia, which neurotransmitter most likely contribute to this disorder?
What is dopamine