Question 1

Many have speculated that mirror neurons enable us to copy other people's actions.Before we accept such ideas,which question is most important to answer?​

Accepted Answer

A) Where in the brain are mirror neurons most common? 
B) ​How rapidly do mirror neurons produce action potentials? 
C) What happens to mirror neurons in old age?​ 
D) Are we born with mirror neurons?​ 
A) Where in the brain are mirror neurons most common? 
B) ​How rapidly do mirror neurons produce action potentials? 
C) What happens to mirror neurons in old age?​ 
D) Are we born with mirror neurons?​

Question 2

To estimate heritability in humans,what do investigators usually examine?​

Accepted Answer

A) Cultural differences 
B) ​Age differences 
C) ​Twins and adopted children 
D) ​Differences between humans and other species 
A) Cultural differences 
B) ​Age differences 
C) ​Twins and adopted children 
D) ​Differences between humans and other species

Question 3

What does fMRI indicate?​

Accepted Answer

A) Which axons are absorbing the most sodium 
B) ​Which brain areas are using the most oxygen 
C) ​Which sense organs are delivering the most information 
D) ​Which genes are producing the most protein 
A) Which axons are absorbing the most sodium 
B) ​Which brain areas are using the most oxygen 
C) ​Which sense organs are delivering the most information 
D) ​Which genes are producing the most protein

Question 4

Which of these hypotheses in evolutionary psychology is most controversial?​

Accepted Answer

A) Kittiwake chicks have evolved a tendency to remain motionless until old enough to fly. 
B) ​We get goose bumps when we are cold because the response helped our ancestors. 
C) ​Human infants' grasp reflex is an evolutionary carryover from monkeylike ancestors. 
D) ​Men seek multiple sex partners because doing so can spread their genes. 
A) Kittiwake chicks have evolved a tendency to remain motionless until old enough to fly. 
B) ​We get goose bumps when we are cold because the response helped our ancestors. 
C) ​Human infants' grasp reflex is an evolutionary carryover from monkeylike ancestors. 
D) ​Men seek multiple sex partners because doing so can spread their genes.

Question 5

​How do anesthetic drugs such as Novocain block the sensation of pain?

Accepted Answer

A) They prevent sodium from crossing the axon membrane. 
B) ​They decrease overall brain activity. 
C) ​They produce a negative charge that competes with positive charges. 
D) ​They form a shield around pain receptors that prevents them from responding. 
A) They prevent sodium from crossing the axon membrane. 
B) ​They decrease overall brain activity. 
C) ​They produce a negative charge that competes with positive charges. 
D) ​They form a shield around pain receptors that prevents them from responding.

Question 6

What happens at a synapse?​

Accepted Answer

A) Something very synful 
B) ​Synthesis of proteins 
C) ​Entry of sodium ions across the axon membrane 
D) ​Release of a chemical 
A) Something very synful 
B) ​Synthesis of proteins 
C) ​Entry of sodium ions across the axon membrane 
D) ​Release of a chemical

Question 7

​Within the primary motor cortex,the amount of brain tissue devoted to a particular area of the body (such as the arm or the tongue)correlates strongly with what?

Accepted Answer

A) The total volume of that body part 
B) ​How near that body part is to the brain 
C) How precisely we can move that body part​ 
D) How ancient that body part is in our evolutionary history​ 
A) The total volume of that body part 
B) ​How near that body part is to the brain 
C) How precisely we can move that body part​ 
D) How ancient that body part is in our evolutionary history​

Question 8

Which of the following facts made it possible to develop drugs to block nausea?​

Accepted Answer

A) Nausea depends on one type of serotonin receptor. 
B) ​Nausea depends on a particular speed of action potential. 
C) Nausea depends on a particular area in the spinal cord.​ 
D) ​Nausea depends on a particular concentration of hormones. 
A) Nausea depends on one type of serotonin receptor. 
B) ​Nausea depends on a particular speed of action potential. 
C) Nausea depends on a particular area in the spinal cord.​ 
D) ​Nausea depends on a particular concentration of hormones.

Question 9

What is the corpus callosum?​

Accepted Answer

A) A branch of the parasympathetic nervous system 
B) ​A set of axons connecting the hemispheres of the brain 
C) A brain area important for the production of speech​ 
D) One of the muscles that control the mouth and tongue​ 
A) A branch of the parasympathetic nervous system 
B) ​A set of axons connecting the hemispheres of the brain 
C) A brain area important for the production of speech​ 
D) One of the muscles that control the mouth and tongue​

Question 10

​What happens to the strength of an action potential as it travels?

Accepted Answer

A) It increases. 
B) ​It remains the same. 
C) ​It decreases. 
D) ​It increases for humans, but it decreases for other species. 
A) It increases. 
B) ​It remains the same. 
C) ​It decreases. 
D) ​It increases for humans, but it decreases for other species.

Question 11

Mirror neurons are active in which circumstances?​

Accepted Answer

A) When you do something and then wish you hadn't 
B) ​When you do something and forget that you did it 
C) When you do something and see someone else do the same thing​ 
D) When you do something and then do the opposite action​ 
A) When you do something and then wish you hadn't 
B) ​When you do something and forget that you did it 
C) When you do something and see someone else do the same thing​ 
D) When you do something and then do the opposite action​

Question 12

What is the long fiber that conducts messages from a neuron to other cells?​

Accepted Answer

A) Hypothalamus 
B) Glia​ 
C) Dendrite​ 
D) Axon​ 
A) Hypothalamus 
B) Glia​ 
C) Dendrite​ 
D) Axon​

Question 13

What are "monozygotic 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 14

The field of epigenetics emphasizes how gene expression depends on which of these?​

Accepted Answer

A) Previous experiences 
B) ​Mutations in DNA 
C) ​Sex-linked genes 
D) ​Future events 
A) Previous experiences 
B) ​Mutations in DNA 
C) ​Sex-linked genes 
D) ​Future events

Question 15

A split-brain patient feels something with her left hand.How,if at all,can she tell us what she felt?​

Accepted Answer

A) She can describe the object in words. 
B) ​She can point to the object, but only with the right hand. 
C) ​She can point to the object, but only with the left hand. 
D) ​She cannot indicate her experience in any way. 
A) She can describe the object in words. 
B) ​She can point to the object, but only with the right hand. 
C) ​She can point to the object, but only with the left hand. 
D) ​She cannot indicate her experience in any way.

Question 16

​The right hemisphere of the cortex has what input and controls what muscles?

Accepted Answer

A) It receives input from the left side and controls muscles on the left side. 
B) ​It receives input from the left side and controls muscles on the right side. 
C) ​It receives input from the right side and controls muscles on the left side. 
D) It receives input from the right side and controls muscles on the right side.​ 
A) It receives input from the left side and controls muscles on the left side. 
B) ​It receives input from the left side and controls muscles on the right side. 
C) ​It receives input from the right side and controls muscles on the left side. 
D) It receives input from the right side and controls muscles on the right side.​

Question 17

​Why would you feel a pinch on your shoulder very slightly sooner than a toe pinch?

Accepted Answer

A) The shoulder has more blood vessels than the toes do. 
B) ​The shoulder has more touch receptors than the toes do. 
C) ​The shoulders are closer to the hands. 
D) ​The shoulders are closer to the brain. 
A) The shoulder has more blood vessels than the toes do. 
B) ​The shoulder has more touch receptors than the toes do. 
C) ​The shoulders are closer to the hands. 
D) ​The shoulders are closer to the brain.

Question 18

The multiplier effect causes heritability estimates to be higher for whom?​

Accepted Answer

A) Higher for women than for men 
B) ​Higher for men than for women 
C) Higher for children than for adults​ 
D) Higher for adults than for children​ 
A) Higher for women than for men 
B) ​Higher for men than for women 
C) Higher for children than for adults​ 
D) Higher for adults than for children​

Question 19

A man with one gene for red-green color deficiency will show the condition,but a woman shows the condition only if she has two genes for it.The reason is that the color deficiency gene is which of the following?​

Accepted Answer

A) Recessive and sex-linked 
B) ​Dominant and sex-linked 
C) ​Recessive and sex-limited 
D) ​Dominant and sex-limited 
A) Recessive and sex-linked 
B) ​Dominant and sex-linked 
C) ​Recessive and sex-limited 
D) ​Dominant and sex-limited

Question 20

​How,if at all,does an action potential change as it travels?

Accepted Answer

A) It increases in strength. 
B) ​It decreases in strength. 
C) ​It increases in speed. 
D) ​It remains constant. 
A) It increases in strength. 
B) ​It decreases in strength. 
C) ​It increases in speed. 
D) ​It remains constant.

Exam 3: Biological Psychology

Many have speculated that mirror neurons enable us to copy other people's actions.Before we accept such ideas,which question is most important to answer?​

To estimate heritability in humans,what do investigators usually examine?​

What does fMRI indicate?​

Which of these hypotheses in evolutionary psychology is most controversial?​

​How do anesthetic drugs such as Novocain block the sensation of pain?

What happens at a synapse?​

​Within the primary motor cortex,the amount of brain tissue devoted to a particular area of the body (such as the arm or the tongue)correlates strongly with what?

Which of the following facts made it possible to develop drugs to block nausea?​

What is the corpus callosum?​

​What happens to the strength of an action potential as it travels?

Mirror neurons are active in which circumstances?​

What is the long fiber that conducts messages from a neuron to other cells?​

What are "monozygotic twins"?

The field of epigenetics emphasizes how gene expression depends on which of these?​

A split-brain patient feels something with her left hand.How,if at all,can she tell us what she felt?​

​The right hemisphere of the cortex has what input and controls what muscles?

​Why would you feel a pinch on your shoulder very slightly sooner than a toe pinch?

The multiplier effect causes heritability estimates to be higher for whom?​

A man with one gene for red-green color deficiency will show the condition,but a woman shows the condition only if she has two genes for it.The reason is that the color deficiency gene is which of the following?​

​How,if at all,does an action potential change as it travels?

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Many have speculated that mirror neurons enable us to copy other people's actions.Before we accept such ideas,which question is most important to answer?

To estimate heritability in humans,what do investigators usually examine?

What does fMRI indicate?

Which of these hypotheses in evolutionary psychology is most controversial?

How do anesthetic drugs such as Novocain block the sensation of pain?

What happens at a synapse?

Within the primary motor cortex,the amount of brain tissue devoted to a particular area of the body (such as the arm or the tongue)correlates strongly with what?

Which of the following facts made it possible to develop drugs to block nausea?

What is the corpus callosum?

What happens to the strength of an action potential as it travels?

Mirror neurons are active in which circumstances?

What is the long fiber that conducts messages from a neuron to other cells?

The field of epigenetics emphasizes how gene expression depends on which of these?

A split-brain patient feels something with her left hand.How,if at all,can she tell us what she felt?

The right hemisphere of the cortex has what input and controls what muscles?

Why would you feel a pinch on your shoulder very slightly sooner than a toe pinch?

The multiplier effect causes heritability estimates to be higher for whom?

A man with one gene for red-green color deficiency will show the condition,but a woman shows the condition only if she has two genes for it.The reason is that the color deficiency gene is which of the following?

How,if at all,does an action potential change as it travels?