Question 1

What are "dizygotic twins"?​

Accepted Answer

A) Twins who developed from a single fertilized egg 
B) ​Twins who developed from different fertilized eggs 
C) ​Twins who were reared by the same family 
D) ​Twins who were reared by different families 
A) Twins who developed from a single fertilized egg 
B) ​Twins who developed from different fertilized eggs 
C) ​Twins who were reared by the same family 
D) ​Twins who were reared by different families

Question 2

What explanation do evolutionary psychologists suggest for why (on average)men are more eager for multiple sex partners than women are?​

Accepted Answer

A) On average, women are more attractive than men are. 
B) ​Men can spread their genes by having many sex partners. 
C) ​Men have learned this expectation from their culture. 
A) On average, women are more attractive than men are. 
B) ​Men can spread their genes by having many sex partners. 
C) ​Men have learned this expectation from their culture.

Question 3

What is the "multiplier effect" in genetics?​

Accepted Answer

A) Genes that increase brain size also increase intellectual ability. 
B) ​Heritability estimates tend to increase from one generation to the next. 
C) ​Hereditary differences produce twice as much effect as environmental differences. 
D) ​Genes produce small differences and the environment increases them. 
A) Genes that increase brain size also increase intellectual ability. 
B) ​Heritability estimates tend to increase from one generation to the next. 
C) ​Hereditary differences produce twice as much effect as environmental differences. 
D) ​Genes produce small differences and the environment increases them.

Question 4

In what way does damage to the temporal lobe of the cortex impair vision?​

Accepted Answer

A) It impairs the ability to see under faint light. 
B) It impairs the ability to locate objects that are seen.​ 
C) ​It impairs perception of faces and the ability to see motion. 
D) ​It impairs perception of color in the periphery of vision. 
A) It impairs the ability to see under faint light. 
B) It impairs the ability to locate objects that are seen.​ 
C) ​It impairs perception of faces and the ability to see motion. 
D) ​It impairs perception of color in the periphery of vision.

Question 5

Which of these depends mainly on the right hemisphere,in most people?​

Accepted Answer

A) Speech 
B) ​Fine control of the hand and foot movements 
C) ​Understanding emotional connotations 
D) ​Control of hunger and thirst 
A) Speech 
B) ​Fine control of the hand and foot movements 
C) ​Understanding emotional connotations 
D) ​Control of hunger and thirst

Question 6

​What is the cerebral cortex?

Accepted Answer

A) The interior of the brain 
B) ​The outer surface of the brain 
C) The entire brain​ 
D) The entire brain and the spinal cord​ 
A) The interior of the brain 
B) ​The outer surface of the brain 
C) The entire brain​ 
D) The entire brain and the spinal cord​

Question 7

Which of these is true of the "goose bumps" we get when we are cold?​

Accepted Answer

A) The response protects us by directing extra blood to the skin. 
B) ​The response occurs in some human cultures but not in others. 
C) ​The response was useful for our ancestors, though probably not for us. 
D) ​The response shows an antagonism between the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems. 
A) The response protects us by directing extra blood to the skin. 
B) ​The response occurs in some human cultures but not in others. 
C) ​The response was useful for our ancestors, though probably not for us. 
D) ​The response shows an antagonism between the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.

Question 8

Which of these drugs exerts its behavioral effects by slowing the release of neurotransmitters?​

Accepted Answer

A) L-dopa 
B) ​Amphetamine 
C) ​LSD 
D) ​Marijuana 
A) L-dopa 
B) ​Amphetamine 
C) ​LSD 
D) ​Marijuana

Question 9

The sympathetic nervous system does which of the following?​

Accepted Answer

A) It promotes digestion and other vegetative activities. 
B) ​It readies the body for vigorous emergency activity. 
C) ​It interprets other people's gestures and facial expressions. 
D) It controls the muscles of the arms and legs.​ 
A) It promotes digestion and other vegetative activities. 
B) ​It readies the body for vigorous emergency activity. 
C) ​It interprets other people's gestures and facial expressions. 
D) It controls the muscles of the arms and legs.​

Question 10

Which of these best shows how environmental changes can alter the effects of a gene?​

Accepted Answer

A) Many Asian people learn to avoid excess consumption of milk. 
B) ​Physical exercise improves mental functioning for many people. 
C) ​Brain damage can impair people's ability to recognize faces. 
D) ​A special diet can prevent the effects of PKU (phenylketonuria). 
A) Many Asian people learn to avoid excess consumption of milk. 
B) ​Physical exercise improves mental functioning for many people. 
C) ​Brain damage can impair people's ability to recognize faces. 
D) ​A special diet can prevent the effects of PKU (phenylketonuria).

Question 11

What does it mean to say that someone is "motion blind"?​

Accepted Answer

A) The person has trouble seeing anything clearly while he or she is moving. 
B) ​The person cannot see the speed or direction of movement. 
C) After watching something move, the person has a period of distorted vision.​ 
D) The person has poor aim in walking toward or reaching toward an object.​ 
A) The person has trouble seeing anything clearly while he or she is moving. 
B) ​The person cannot see the speed or direction of movement. 
C) After watching something move, the person has a period of distorted vision.​ 
D) The person has poor aim in walking toward or reaching toward an object.​

Question 12

When your toes touch something,you feel the sensation 1/20 of a second later.Why?​

Accepted Answer

A) The receptors in the toes are slow to react to a stimulus. 
B) Any action potential takes time to reach the brain.​ 
C) You cannot feel something until your nervous system synthesizes neurotransmitters.​ 
D) You were probably thinking about something else.​ 
A) The receptors in the toes are slow to react to a stimulus. 
B) Any action potential takes time to reach the brain.​ 
C) You cannot feel something until your nervous system synthesizes neurotransmitters.​ 
D) You were probably thinking about something else.​

Question 13

Researchers using PET or fMRI find that a certain brain area becomes highly active while people are frightened.Later they measure activity in that area for many people,and identify the people with the highest activity.What,if anything,can we conclude about those people based on this evidence?​

Accepted Answer

A) Those people were frightened at the time of the measurement. 
B) Those people have a tendency to become frightened easily.​ 
C) Those people were excited in some other way at the time of the measurement.​ 
D) We cannot draw any of these conclusions.​ 
A) Those people were frightened at the time of the measurement. 
B) Those people have a tendency to become frightened easily.​ 
C) Those people were excited in some other way at the time of the measurement.​ 
D) We cannot draw any of these conclusions.​

Question 14

Why is L-dopa a useful therapy for patients with Parkinson's disease?​

Accepted Answer

A) It prevents overstimulation of excitatory synapses. 
B) It blocks reuptake of serotonin.​ 
C) It provides fuel to brain areas that cannot use glucose.​ 
D) ​The brain converts it to dopamine. 
A) It prevents overstimulation of excitatory synapses. 
B) It blocks reuptake of serotonin.​ 
C) It provides fuel to brain areas that cannot use glucose.​ 
D) ​The brain converts it to dopamine.

Question 15

Which of these drug types relieves both anxiety and pain?​

Accepted Answer

A) Neuroleptics 
B) L-dopa​ 
C) ​Stimulants 
D) Opiates​ 
A) Neuroleptics 
B) L-dopa​ 
C) ​Stimulants 
D) Opiates​

Question 16

What does the right hemisphere of the brain control?​

Accepted Answer

A) The right side of the body 
B) ​The left side of the body 
C) Sensation​ 
D) Movement​ 
A) The right side of the body 
B) ​The left side of the body 
C) Sensation​ 
D) Movement​

Question 17

What is "epigenetics"?​

Accepted Answer

A) Genetic differences between males and females, or any other two groups 
B) ​Changes in gene expression without changes in DNA 
C) ​The way genes alter behavior 
D) ​Evolutionary changes in genes 
A) Genetic differences between males and females, or any other two groups 
B) ​Changes in gene expression without changes in DNA 
C) ​The way genes alter behavior 
D) ​Evolutionary changes in genes

Question 18

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

Question 19

After parietal lobe damage,people have trouble with which aspect of vision?​

Accepted Answer

A) They have difficulty perceiving the location of objects. 
B) ​They have difficulty perceiving the speed and direction of movement. 
C) They have difficulty remembering what they have seen a few minutes ago.​ 
D) They have difficulty learning to recognize people's faces.​ 
A) They have difficulty perceiving the location of objects. 
B) ​They have difficulty perceiving the speed and direction of movement. 
C) They have difficulty remembering what they have seen a few minutes ago.​ 
D) They have difficulty learning to recognize people's faces.​

Question 20

Endorphins bind to the same brain receptors as which drugs?​

Accepted Answer

A) Anxiolytics 
B) ​Hallucinogens 
C) ​Stimulants 
D) ​Opiates 
A) Anxiolytics 
B) ​Hallucinogens 
C) ​Stimulants 
D) ​Opiates

Exam 3: Biological Psychology

What are "dizygotic twins"?​

What explanation do evolutionary psychologists suggest for why (on average)men are more eager for multiple sex partners than women are?​

What is the "multiplier effect" in genetics?​

In what way does damage to the temporal lobe of the cortex impair vision?​

Which of these depends mainly on the right hemisphere,in most people?​

​What is the cerebral cortex?

Which of these is true of the "goose bumps" we get when we are cold?​

Which of these drugs exerts its behavioral effects by slowing the release of neurotransmitters?​

The sympathetic nervous system does which of the following?​

Which of these best shows how environmental changes can alter the effects of a gene?​

What does it mean to say that someone is "motion blind"?​

When your toes touch something,you feel the sensation 1/20 of a second later.Why?​

Researchers using PET or fMRI find that a certain brain area becomes highly active while people are frightened.Later they measure activity in that area for many people,and identify the people with the highest activity.What,if anything,can we conclude about those people based on this evidence?​

Why is L-dopa a useful therapy for patients with Parkinson's disease?​

Which of these drug types relieves both anxiety and pain?​

What does the right hemisphere of the brain control?​

What is "epigenetics"?​

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

After parietal lobe damage,people have trouble with which aspect of vision?​

Endorphins bind to the same brain receptors as which drugs?​

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What are "dizygotic twins"?

What explanation do evolutionary psychologists suggest for why (on average)men are more eager for multiple sex partners than women are?

What is the "multiplier effect" in genetics?

In what way does damage to the temporal lobe of the cortex impair vision?

Which of these depends mainly on the right hemisphere,in most people?

What is the cerebral cortex?

Which of these is true of the "goose bumps" we get when we are cold?

Which of these drugs exerts its behavioral effects by slowing the release of neurotransmitters?

The sympathetic nervous system does which of the following?

Which of these best shows how environmental changes can alter the effects of a gene?

What does it mean to say that someone is "motion blind"?

When your toes touch something,you feel the sensation 1/20 of a second later.Why?

Researchers using PET or fMRI find that a certain brain area becomes highly active while people are frightened.Later they measure activity in that area for many people,and identify the people with the highest activity.What,if anything,can we conclude about those people based on this evidence?

Why is L-dopa a useful therapy for patients with Parkinson's disease?

Which of these drug types relieves both anxiety and pain?

What does the right hemisphere of the brain control?

What is "epigenetics"?

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

After parietal lobe damage,people have trouble with which aspect of vision?

Endorphins bind to the same brain receptors as which drugs?