To walk across a street, a person would rely most directly on which division of the nervous system?

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Problem 1

Why do researchers study the brains of nonhuman animals?
a. It is not ethical to study human brains.
b. Human brains are too complex to study meaningfully.
c. The same principles govern neural functioning in all species.
d. It is too expensive to study human brains.
e. The technology is still being developed for the study of human brains.

Asma V.

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Problem 2

What is the brief electrical charge that travels down an axon called?
a. Action potential
b. Resting potential
c. All-or-none impulse
d. Refractory period
e. Myelination response

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Problem 3

An individual is having trouble with cognitive tasks related to learning and memory. Which of the following neurotransmitters is most likely to be involved with the problem?
a. Acetylcholine
b. Dopamine
c. Serotonin
d. The endorphins
e. GABA

Asma V.

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Problem 4

Which is the most influential of the endocrine glands?
a. Pituitary gland
b. Adrenal glands
c. Dendrites
d. Threshold glands
e. Parasympathetic

Asma V.

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Problem 5

What is the purpose of the myelin sheath?
a. Make the transfer of information across a synapse more efficient
b. Increase the amount of neurotransmitter available in the neuron
c. Reduce the antagonistic effect of certain drugs
d. Establish a resting potential in the axon
e. Speed the transmission of information within a neuron

Asma V.

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Problem 6

The peripheral nervous system
a. connects the brain to the spinal cord.
b. calms the body after an emergency.
c. is limited to the control of voluntary movement.
d. controls only the arms and the legs.
e. is the part of the nervous system that does not include the brain and the spinal cord.

Asma V.

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Problem 7

To walk across a street, a person would rely most directly on which division of the nervous system?
a. Central nervous system
b. Sympathetic nervous system
c. Peripheral nervous system
d. Autonomic nervous system
e. Parasympathetic nervous system

Asma V.

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Problem 8

Opiate drugs such as morphine are classified as what?
a. Antagonists, because they block neurotransmitter receptors for pain
b. Agonists, because they mimic other neurotransmitters' pain-diminishing effects
c. Excitatory neurotransmitters, because they activate pain-control mechanisms
d. Sympathetic nervous system agents, because they prepare the body for a challenge
e. Parasympathetic nervous system agents, because they calm the body

Asma V.

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Problem 9

Which region of the brain controls our breathing and heartbeat?
a. Pons
b. Corpus callosum
c. Parietal lobe
d. Hippocampus
e. Medulla

Asma V.

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Problem 10

Which of the following does a PET scan best allow researchers to examine?
a. The presence of tumors in the brain
b. Electrical activity on the surface of the brain
c. The size of the internal structures of the brain
d. The location of strokes
e. The functions of various brain regions

Asma V.

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Problem 11

A researcher interested in determining the size of a particular area of the brain would be most likely to use what kind of test?
a. Lesion
b. EEG
c. $\mathrm{MRI}$
d. fMRI
e. PET scan

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Problem 12

Damage to the hippocampus would result in what?
a. Difficulties with balance and coordination
b. Memory problems
c. The false sensation of burning in parts of the body
d. Emotional outbursts
e. Death

Asma V.

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Problem 13

Surgical stimulation of the somatosensory cortex might result in the false sensation of what?
a. Music
b. Flashes of colored light
c. Someone whispering your name
d. Someone tickling you
e. A bad odor

Asma V.

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Problem 14

During which task might the right hemisphere of the brain be most active?
a. Solving a mathematical equation
b. Reading
c. Making a brief oral presentation to a class
d. Imagining what a dress would look like on a friend
e. Solving a logic problem

Asma V.

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Problem 15

Brain plasticity refers to which of the following?
a. Healthy human brain tissue
b. The ability of the brain to transfer information from one hemisphere to the other
c. How a brain gets larger as a child grows
d. A wide variety of functions performed by the human brain
e. The ability of brain tissue to take on new functions

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Problem 16

When Klüver and Bucy surgically lesioned the amygdala of a rhesus monkey's brain, what was the impact on the monkey's behavior?
a. Lost its ability to coordinate movement
b. Died because its heartbeat became irregular
c. Became less aggressive
d. Lost its memory of where food was stored
e. Sank into an irreversible coma

Asma V.

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Problem 17

An individual experiences brain damage that produces a coma. Which part of the brain was probably damaged?
a. Corpus callosum
b. Reticular formation
c. Frontal lobe
d. Cerebellum
e. limbic system

Asma V.

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Problem 18

Evolutionary psychologists seek to understand how traits and behavioral tendencies have been shaped by what?
a. Natural selection
b. Genes
c. Prenatal nutrition
d. DNA
e. Chromosomes

Asma V.

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Problem 19

Which is one of the major criticisms of the evolutionary perspective in psychology?
a. It analyzes after the fact using hindsight.
b. It attempts to extend a biological theory into a psychological realm.
c. There is very little evidence to support it.
d. It has not been around long enough to "stand the test of time."
e. It seems to apply in certain cultures but not in others.

Asma V.

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Problem 20

What was one of the major findings of Thomas Bouchard's study of twins?
a. It demonstrated that peer influence is more important than parental influence in the development of personality traits.
b. It proved that the influence of parental environment becomes more and more important as children grow into adults.
c. He discovered almost unbelievable similarities between adult identical twins who had been separated near birth.
d. Fraternal twins showed almost as much similarity as identical twins when they reached adulthood
e. It provided evidence that heritability is less important than researchers previously suspected.

Asma V.

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Problem 21

Which of the following statements has been supported by the research of evolutionary psychologists?
a. Women are attracted to men who appear virile.
b. Men are attracted to women who appear fertile and capable of bearing children.
c. The connection between sex and pleasure is mostly determined by culture
d. The same factors determine sexual attraction in both males and females.
e. Most adults are attracted to partners that in some way remind them of their parents.

Asma V.

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Problem 22

Why do researchers find the study of fraternal twins important?
a. They share similar environments and the same genetic code.
b. Data collected concerning their similarities is necessary for calculating heritability.
c. They are the same age and are usually raised in similar environments, but they do not have the same genetic code
d. Results allow us to determine exactly how disorders ranging from heart disease to schizophrenia are inherited.
e. They are typically raised in less similar environments than non twin siblings.

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Problem 23

Heritability refers to the percentage of what?
a. Group variation in a trait that can be explained by environment
b. Traits shared by identical twins
c. Traits shared by fraternal twins
d. Traits shared by adopted children and their birth parents
e. Group variation in a trait that can be explained by genetics

Asma V.

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Problem 24

What is the study of specific genes and teams of genes that influence behavior called?
a. Molecular genetics
b. Evolutionary psychology
c. Behavior genetics
d. Heritability
e. Natural selection

Asma V.

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Problem 25

In an effort to reveal genetic influences on personality, researchers use adoption studies mainly for what purpose?
a. To compare adopted children with nonadopted children
b. To study the effect of prior neglect on adopted children
c. To study the effect of a child's age at adoption
d. To evaluate whether adopted children more closely resemble their adoptive parents or their biological parents
e. To consider the effects of adoption on a child's manners and values

Asma V.

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During which task might the right hemisphere of the brain be more active?

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