Question 1

​Which of the following is a potential medical use of marijuana?

Accepted Answer

A) Relief from nausea 
B) ​Improvement of memory 
C) Facilitation of psychotherapy​ 
D) ​Improved muscle coordination 
A) Relief from nausea 
B) ​Improvement of memory 
C) Facilitation of psychotherapy​ 
D) ​Improved muscle coordination

Question 2

​Under what circumstances would you experience temporary motion blindness?

Accepted Answer

A) While making a voluntary eye movement 
B) While drinking alcohol​ 
C) Shortly after a long and exhausting walk​ 
D) In the first few minutes after waking up in the morning​ 
A) While making a voluntary eye movement 
B) While drinking alcohol​ 
C) Shortly after a long and exhausting walk​ 
D) In the first few minutes after waking up in the morning​

Question 3

How do a man's sex chromosomes differ from a woman's sex chromosomes?​

Accepted Answer

A) A man has two Ys, and a woman has two Xs. 
B) ​A man has two Ys, and a woman has an X and a Y. 
C) ​A man has an X and a Y, and a woman has two Xs. 
D) ​A man has one sex chromosome and a woman has two. 
A) A man has two Ys, and a woman has two Xs. 
B) ​A man has two Ys, and a woman has an X and a Y. 
C) ​A man has an X and a Y, and a woman has two Xs. 
D) ​A man has one sex chromosome and a woman has two.

Question 4

One person became blind because of eye damage and another because of damage to the visual cortex.How do they differ?​

Accepted Answer

A) The one with eye damage can describe what an object is, without knowing where it is. 
B) ​The one with eye damage can learn to identify colors by touching them. 
C) ​The one with cortical damage still wakes up when the sun rises. 
D) ​The one with cortical damage still has visual imagery and visual dreams. 
A) The one with eye damage can describe what an object is, without knowing where it is. 
B) ​The one with eye damage can learn to identify colors by touching them. 
C) ​The one with cortical damage still wakes up when the sun rises. 
D) ​The one with cortical damage still has visual imagery and visual dreams.

Question 5

​How does Novocain block pain when a dentist is drilling your tooth?

Accepted Answer

A) Novocain causes action potentials to travel away from the brain instead of toward it. 
B) ​Novocain prevents sodium from crossing the membrane. 
C) ​Novocain inhibits many synapses in the brain. 
D) ​Novocain blocks blood flow to certain brain areas. 
A) Novocain causes action potentials to travel away from the brain instead of toward it. 
B) ​Novocain prevents sodium from crossing the membrane. 
C) ​Novocain inhibits many synapses in the brain. 
D) ​Novocain blocks blood flow to certain brain areas.

Question 6

​What is the "interpreter" function of the left hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

A) The process of transferring information from vision into language 
B) ​The ability to perceive sensation delivered to the right hemisphere 
C) ​The tendency to make up stories to explain behaviors 
D) ​The ability to use gestures to convey meaning 
A) The process of transferring information from vision into language 
B) ​The ability to perceive sensation delivered to the right hemisphere 
C) ​The tendency to make up stories to explain behaviors 
D) ​The ability to use gestures to convey meaning

Question 7

​Measurements of how people react to sudden loud noises can help us predict which of these?

Accepted Answer

A) People's preferences for mild or spicy foods. 
B) ​People's attitudes toward use of police and military force 
C) People's abilities at science and mathematics​ 
D) People's performance of certain athletic skills​ 
A) People's preferences for mild or spicy foods. 
B) ​People's attitudes toward use of police and military force 
C) People's abilities at science and mathematics​ 
D) People's performance of certain athletic skills​

Question 8

The concept of monism predicts which of the following?​

Accepted Answer

A) On average, intelligence tends to increase from one generation to another. 
B) Brain damage causes a loss of some mental function.​ 
C) With adequate stimulation, all children are capable of intellectual excellence.​ 
D) Men and women are equal, on average, in all their intellectual abilities.​ 
A) On average, intelligence tends to increase from one generation to another. 
B) Brain damage causes a loss of some mental function.​ 
C) With adequate stimulation, all children are capable of intellectual excellence.​ 
D) Men and women are equal, on average, in all their intellectual abilities.​

Question 9

What is the role of the chemical compounds "acetyl" and "methyl" in epigenetics?​

Accepted Answer

A) They increase or decrease the probability of a gene mutation. 
B) ​They increase or decrease the expression of certain genes. 
C) ​They induce the duplication of certain chromosomes. 
D) ​They imitate the effects of sex-linked genes. 
A) They increase or decrease the probability of a gene mutation. 
B) ​They increase or decrease the expression of certain genes. 
C) ​They induce the duplication of certain chromosomes. 
D) ​They imitate the effects of sex-linked genes.

Question 10

​Which of the following is most characteristic of crack cocaine?

Accepted Answer

A) It attaches equally to all types of receptors within the brain. 
B) It is often prescribed for its medical benefits.​ 
C) It produces its effects on the brain within seconds.​ 
D) It affects the brain by the same mechanism that alcohol does.​ 
A) It attaches equally to all types of receptors within the brain. 
B) It is often prescribed for its medical benefits.​ 
C) It produces its effects on the brain within seconds.​ 
D) It affects the brain by the same mechanism that alcohol does.​

Question 11

Which of these is responsible for Parkinson's disease?​

Accepted Answer

A) A loss of myelin by axons in the spinal cord 
B) ​Excess cholesterol in certain brain areas 
C) ​A decay of axons that release dopamine 
D) ​A loss of receptors for serotonin 
A) A loss of myelin by axons in the spinal cord 
B) ​Excess cholesterol in certain brain areas 
C) ​A decay of axons that release dopamine 
D) ​A loss of receptors for serotonin

Question 12

​In most people,which hemisphere controls speech,and which muscles does that hemisphere control?

Accepted Answer

A) The right hemisphere controls speech, and it also controls muscles on the right side. 
B) ​The right hemisphere controls speech, and it also controls muscles on the left side. 
C) The left hemisphere controls speech, and it also controls muscles on the right side.​ 
D) ​The left hemisphere controls speech, and it also controls muscles on the left side. 
A) The right hemisphere controls speech, and it also controls muscles on the right side. 
B) ​The right hemisphere controls speech, and it also controls muscles on the left side. 
C) The left hemisphere controls speech, and it also controls muscles on the right side.​ 
D) ​The left hemisphere controls speech, and it also controls muscles on the left side.

Question 13

​What was the original study demonstrating that neurons communicate chemically?

Accepted Answer

A) Brain fluids show increased levels of certain chemicals during learning. 
B) ​Transferring fluid from one frog's heart can influence activity of another frog's heart. 
C) ​Injecting certain chemicals into an animal's brain alters the EEG. 
D) Cocaine increases activity in some brain areas and decreases it in other areas.​ 
A) Brain fluids show increased levels of certain chemicals during learning. 
B) ​Transferring fluid from one frog's heart can influence activity of another frog's heart. 
C) ​Injecting certain chemicals into an animal's brain alters the EEG. 
D) Cocaine increases activity in some brain areas and decreases it in other areas.​

Question 14

The phenomenon of epigenetics and the "multiplier effect" support which generalization?​

Accepted Answer

A) All behavioral differences depend equally on heredity and environment. 
B) ​People who are good at one skill tend to be poor at another one. 
C) ​Evolution is increasing human intelligence from one generation to the next. 
D) ​The effects of heredity and environment are hard to separate. 
A) All behavioral differences depend equally on heredity and environment. 
B) ​People who are good at one skill tend to be poor at another one. 
C) ​Evolution is increasing human intelligence from one generation to the next. 
D) ​The effects of heredity and environment are hard to separate.

Question 15

If a man is in love with a woman,how does extra oxytocin affect him?​

Accepted Answer

A) It increases his attraction toward other women. 
B) It increases his love toward the woman he already loved.​ 
C) It increases his attraction toward both the woman he loved and other women.​ 
D) It decreases his attraction toward both the women he loved and other women.​ 
A) It increases his attraction toward other women. 
B) It increases his love toward the woman he already loved.​ 
C) It increases his attraction toward both the woman he loved and other women.​ 
D) It decreases his attraction toward both the women he loved and other women.​

Question 16

What is the function of the corpus callosum?​

Accepted Answer

A) It maintains short-term memory of language information. 
B) ​It combines information from vision, hearing, and other senses. 
C) ​It communicates between the left and right hemispheres. 
D) ​It controls the muscles of the tongue, mouth, and larynx. 
A) It maintains short-term memory of language information. 
B) ​It combines information from vision, hearing, and other senses. 
C) ​It communicates between the left and right hemispheres. 
D) ​It controls the muscles of the tongue, mouth, and larynx.

Question 17

Many Asians avoid drinking much milk because of one gene they have.What does that gene do?​

Accepted Answer

A) It controls the ability to digest the sugar in milk. 
B) ​It regulates the pleasure centers in the brain. 
C) ​It controls the ratio of sweet to bitter taste receptors. 
D) ​It controls the production of salivation. 
A) It controls the ability to digest the sugar in milk. 
B) ​It regulates the pleasure centers in the brain. 
C) ​It controls the ratio of sweet to bitter taste receptors. 
D) ​It controls the production of salivation.

Question 18

​If you could get all your brain's neurons active at the same time,what would happen?

Accepted Answer

A) You would be able to perceive dimmer lights and fainter sounds than usual. 
B) You would go into convulsions.​ 
C) You would improve your memory and problem-solving ability.​ 
D) You would suddenly fall asleep.​ 
A) You would be able to perceive dimmer lights and fainter sounds than usual. 
B) You would go into convulsions.​ 
C) You would improve your memory and problem-solving ability.​ 
D) You would suddenly fall asleep.​

Question 19

​How do nearly all drugs with behavioral effects alter brain activity?

Accepted Answer

A) They attach to chromosomes and alter gene expression. 
B) They dilate or constrict blood vessels.​ 
C) ​They increase or decrease conduction velocity of action potentials. 
D) They alter activity at synapses.​ 
A) They attach to chromosomes and alter gene expression. 
B) They dilate or constrict blood vessels.​ 
C) ​They increase or decrease conduction velocity of action potentials. 
D) They alter activity at synapses.​

Question 20

For you to perceive that the man moving his lips is also making the sounds you hear,what must be true of the movements and sounds?​

Accepted Answer

A) They must be meaningful and approximately equal in intensity. 
B) ​They must be simultaneous and seem to come from the same direction. 
C) They must be both meaningful and familiar.​ 
D) They must be familiar and seem to come from the same direction.​ 
A) They must be meaningful and approximately equal in intensity. 
B) ​They must be simultaneous and seem to come from the same direction. 
C) They must be both meaningful and familiar.​ 
D) They must be familiar and seem to come from the same direction.​

Exam 3: Biological Psychology

​Which of the following is a potential medical use of marijuana?

​Under what circumstances would you experience temporary motion blindness?

How do a man's sex chromosomes differ from a woman's sex chromosomes?​

One person became blind because of eye damage and another because of damage to the visual cortex.How do they differ?​

​How does Novocain block pain when a dentist is drilling your tooth?

​What is the "interpreter" function of the left hemisphere?

​Measurements of how people react to sudden loud noises can help us predict which of these?

The concept of monism predicts which of the following?​

What is the role of the chemical compounds "acetyl" and "methyl" in epigenetics?​

​Which of the following is most characteristic of crack cocaine?

Which of these is responsible for Parkinson's disease?​

​In most people,which hemisphere controls speech,and which muscles does that hemisphere control?

​What was the original study demonstrating that neurons communicate chemically?

The phenomenon of epigenetics and the "multiplier effect" support which generalization?​

If a man is in love with a woman,how does extra oxytocin affect him?​

What is the function of the corpus callosum?​

Many Asians avoid drinking much milk because of one gene they have.What does that gene do?​

​If you could get all your brain's neurons active at the same time,what would happen?

​How do nearly all drugs with behavioral effects alter brain activity?

For you to perceive that the man moving his lips is also making the sounds you hear,what must be true of the movements and sounds?​

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Which of the following is a potential medical use of marijuana?

Under what circumstances would you experience temporary motion blindness?

How do a man's sex chromosomes differ from a woman's sex chromosomes?

One person became blind because of eye damage and another because of damage to the visual cortex.How do they differ?

How does Novocain block pain when a dentist is drilling your tooth?

What is the "interpreter" function of the left hemisphere?

Measurements of how people react to sudden loud noises can help us predict which of these?

The concept of monism predicts which of the following?

What is the role of the chemical compounds "acetyl" and "methyl" in epigenetics?

Which of the following is most characteristic of crack cocaine?

Which of these is responsible for Parkinson's disease?

In most people,which hemisphere controls speech,and which muscles does that hemisphere control?

What was the original study demonstrating that neurons communicate chemically?

The phenomenon of epigenetics and the "multiplier effect" support which generalization?

If a man is in love with a woman,how does extra oxytocin affect him?

What is the function of the corpus callosum?

Many Asians avoid drinking much milk because of one gene they have.What does that gene do?

If you could get all your brain's neurons active at the same time,what would happen?

How do nearly all drugs with behavioral effects alter brain activity?

For you to perceive that the man moving his lips is also making the sounds you hear,what must be true of the movements and sounds?