Question 1

​What do the findings in epigenetics imply about the concept of heritability?

Accepted Answer

A) The effects of heredity depend on the environment. 
B) ​Hereditary differences and environmental differences are equal for all behaviors. 
C) ​Evolution continues to improve humanity from one generation to the next. 
D) ​Genes are more important for behavior than for anything else in biology. 
A) The effects of heredity depend on the environment. 
B) ​Hereditary differences and environmental differences are equal for all behaviors. 
C) ​Evolution continues to improve humanity from one generation to the next. 
D) ​Genes are more important for behavior than for anything else in biology.

Question 2

​Normal people become briefly motion blind during which activity?

Accepted Answer

A) Reacting to a loud sound 
B) ​Voluntary eye movement 
C) Trying to recognize a face​ 
D) Hiccups​ 
A) Reacting to a loud sound 
B) ​Voluntary eye movement 
C) Trying to recognize a face​ 
D) Hiccups​

Question 3

How does cocaine alter the activity of neurons?​

Accepted Answer

A) It blocks dopamine synapses. 
B) ​The brain converts it into dopamine. 
C) It converts dopamine into an inactive chemical.​ 
D) It prolongs the presence of dopamine in synapses.​ 
A) It blocks dopamine synapses. 
B) ​The brain converts it into dopamine. 
C) It converts dopamine into an inactive chemical.​ 
D) It prolongs the presence of dopamine in synapses.​

Question 4

Which action can prevent the mental retardation that otherwise results from PKU (phenylketonuria)?​

Accepted Answer

A) Be sure the child gets enough exposure to sunlight. 
B) ​Be sure the child goes to sleep at the same time every night. 
C) ​Keep the child on a regular exercise program. 
D) ​Keep one ingredient out of the child's diet. 
A) Be sure the child gets enough exposure to sunlight. 
B) ​Be sure the child goes to sleep at the same time every night. 
C) ​Keep the child on a regular exercise program. 
D) ​Keep one ingredient out of the child's diet.

Question 5

Anyone who has even one gene for Huntington's disease will develop the disease.Therefore we say the gene is which of the following?​

Accepted Answer

A) Recessive 
B) ​Dominant 
C) ​Sex-limited 
D) ​Sex-linked 
A) Recessive 
B) ​Dominant 
C) ​Sex-limited 
D) ​Sex-linked

Question 6

The ability of newborn infants to imitate facial expressions is probable evidence for what?​

Accepted Answer

A) Synesthesia 
B) Mirror neurons​ 
C) Sympathetic nervous system​ 
D) Transformational grammar​ 
A) Synesthesia 
B) Mirror neurons​ 
C) Sympathetic nervous system​ 
D) Transformational grammar​

Question 7

Why do opiate drugs produce a dangerous decrease in breathing,but marijuana does not?​

Accepted Answer

A) Opiates increase serotonin release, and marijuana increases dopamine release 
B) Opiates attach to inhibitory synapses, whereas marijuana attaches to excitatory synapses.​ 
C) Most opiate users are already weakened from their prolonged use of other drugs.​ 
D) The area that controls breathing has more opiate receptors than marijuana receptors.​ 
A) Opiates increase serotonin release, and marijuana increases dopamine release 
B) Opiates attach to inhibitory synapses, whereas marijuana attaches to excitatory synapses.​ 
C) Most opiate users are already weakened from their prolonged use of other drugs.​ 
D) The area that controls breathing has more opiate receptors than marijuana receptors.​

Question 8

An adult who suddenly became blind continues to have visual imagery and visual dreams.What caused the blindness?​

Accepted Answer

A) damage to the eyes 
B) ​damage to the visual cortex 
C) ​damage to both the eyes and the visual cortex 
D) ​damage to neither the eyes nor the visual cortex 
A) damage to the eyes 
B) ​damage to the visual cortex 
C) ​damage to both the eyes and the visual cortex 
D) ​damage to neither the eyes nor the visual cortex

Question 9

Neurons differ most strikingly from other body cells with regard to what?​

Accepted Answer

A) Neurons are warmer than other cells. 
B) ​Neurons have distinctive shapes. 
C) ​Neurons, unlike other cells, contain no proteins. 
D) ​Neurons have more chromosomes than other cells. 
A) Neurons are warmer than other cells. 
B) ​Neurons have distinctive shapes. 
C) ​Neurons, unlike other cells, contain no proteins. 
D) ​Neurons have more chromosomes than other cells.

Question 10

Damage to the temporal lobe of the cortex causes the greatest impairment in which of these?​

Accepted Answer

A) Hearing 
B) ​Control of fine movements 
C) Sensitivity to pain and temperature​ 
D) ​Personality 
A) Hearing 
B) ​Control of fine movements 
C) Sensitivity to pain and temperature​ 
D) ​Personality

Question 11

Which structure has been damaged in a split-brain patient?​

Accepted Answer

A) Sympathetic nervous system 
B) ​Parasympathetic nervous system 
C) Corpus callosum​ 
D) ​Hippocampus 
A) Sympathetic nervous system 
B) ​Parasympathetic nervous system 
C) Corpus callosum​ 
D) ​Hippocampus

Question 12

​The prefrontal cortex is known to be highly important for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Shifting attention by controlling activity of other brain areas 
B) ​Recognizing faces by controlling eye movements 
C) Regulating hunger and satiety by controlling secretion of hormones​ 
D) Controlling wake/sleep cycles by controlling body temperature​ 
A) Shifting attention by controlling activity of other brain areas 
B) ​Recognizing faces by controlling eye movements 
C) Regulating hunger and satiety by controlling secretion of hormones​ 
D) Controlling wake/sleep cycles by controlling body temperature​

Question 13

What are the main parts of a neuron,other than the cell body?​

Accepted Answer

A) Axon and dendrites 
B) ​Axon and glia 
C) ​Dendrites and glia 
D) ​Glia and mitochondria 
A) Axon and dendrites 
B) ​Axon and glia 
C) ​Dendrites and glia 
D) ​Glia and mitochondria

Question 14

Which of these is the best way to ask about the roles of heredity and environment?​

Accepted Answer

A) Which is more important in general, heredity or environment? 
B) ​Which is more important for one behavior, heredity or environment? 
C) ​Do differences in one behavior depend more on differences in heredity or environment? 
D) ​Which behaviors depend on heredity and which ones depend on environment? 
A) Which is more important in general, heredity or environment? 
B) ​Which is more important for one behavior, heredity or environment? 
C) ​Do differences in one behavior depend more on differences in heredity or environment? 
D) ​Which behaviors depend on heredity and which ones depend on environment?

Question 15

What is the concept of "monism"?​

Accepted Answer

A) It is the belief that mental activity and brain activity are inseparable. 
B) ​It is the belief that all animal species are capable of consciousness. 
C) ​It is the belief that in certain ways humans are unique in the animal kingdom. 
D) ​It is the belief that one brain area is dominant over all the others. 
A) It is the belief that mental activity and brain activity are inseparable. 
B) ​It is the belief that all animal species are capable of consciousness. 
C) ​It is the belief that in certain ways humans are unique in the animal kingdom. 
D) ​It is the belief that one brain area is dominant over all the others.

Question 16

Many people say,"You use only 10 percent of your brain." In what way,if at all,is this true?​

Accepted Answer

A) It is possible to lose 10 percent of your brain and continue to function normally. 
B) ​During any one-second period, only 10 percent of neurons are active. 
C) Only 10 percent of all neurons have functioning synapses with other neurons.​ 
D) The statement is nonsense.​ 
A) It is possible to lose 10 percent of your brain and continue to function normally. 
B) ​During any one-second period, only 10 percent of neurons are active. 
C) Only 10 percent of all neurons have functioning synapses with other neurons.​ 
D) The statement is nonsense.​

Question 17

What do EEG,MEG,PET,and fMRI measure?​

Accepted Answer

A) Mental illness 
B) ​Brain activity 
C) ​Personality traits 
D) ​Intelligence 
A) Mental illness 
B) ​Brain activity 
C) ​Personality traits 
D) ​Intelligence

Question 18

​What crosses the membrane to cause an action potential?

Accepted Answer

A) Neurotransmitters 
B) ​Water molecules 
C) ​Hormones 
D) ​Sodium ions 
A) Neurotransmitters 
B) ​Water molecules 
C) ​Hormones 
D) ​Sodium ions

Question 19

​How do the synapses responsible for taste and smell differ from those for vision and hearing?

Accepted Answer

A) The synapses for taste and smell have effects that are expressed more widely in the brain. 
B) ​The synapses for taste and smell have inhibitory effects; vision and taste are excitatory. 
C) ​The synapses for taste and smell react more slowly and their effects last longer. 
D) ​The synapses for taste and smell occur only in the spinal cord and not in the brain. 
A) The synapses for taste and smell have effects that are expressed more widely in the brain. 
B) ​The synapses for taste and smell have inhibitory effects; vision and taste are excitatory. 
C) ​The synapses for taste and smell react more slowly and their effects last longer. 
D) ​The synapses for taste and smell occur only in the spinal cord and not in the brain.

Question 20

The drug AMPT blocks dopamine production.Which of these would be its effect?​

Accepted Answer

A) It would decrease the effects of cocaine or amphetamine, but increase effects of Ritalin. 
B) ​It would increase the effects of cocaine or amphetamine, but decrease effects of Ritalin. 
C) ​It would increase the effects of cocaine, amphetamine, and Ritalin. 
D) It would decrease the effects of cocaine, amphetamine, and Ritalin.​ 
A) It would decrease the effects of cocaine or amphetamine, but increase effects of Ritalin. 
B) ​It would increase the effects of cocaine or amphetamine, but decrease effects of Ritalin. 
C) ​It would increase the effects of cocaine, amphetamine, and Ritalin. 
D) It would decrease the effects of cocaine, amphetamine, and Ritalin.​

Exam 3: Biological Psychology

​What do the findings in epigenetics imply about the concept of heritability?

​Normal people become briefly motion blind during which activity?

How does cocaine alter the activity of neurons?​

Which action can prevent the mental retardation that otherwise results from PKU (phenylketonuria)?​

Anyone who has even one gene for Huntington's disease will develop the disease.Therefore we say the gene is which of the following?​

The ability of newborn infants to imitate facial expressions is probable evidence for what?​

Why do opiate drugs produce a dangerous decrease in breathing,but marijuana does not?​

An adult who suddenly became blind continues to have visual imagery and visual dreams.What caused the blindness?​

Neurons differ most strikingly from other body cells with regard to what?​

Damage to the temporal lobe of the cortex causes the greatest impairment in which of these?​

Which structure has been damaged in a split-brain patient?​

​The prefrontal cortex is known to be highly important for which of the following?

What are the main parts of a neuron,other than the cell body?​

Which of these is the best way to ask about the roles of heredity and environment?​

What is the concept of "monism"?​

Many people say,"You use only 10 percent of your brain." In what way,if at all,is this true?​

What do EEG,MEG,PET,and fMRI measure?​

​What crosses the membrane to cause an action potential?

​How do the synapses responsible for taste and smell differ from those for vision and hearing?

The drug AMPT blocks dopamine production.Which of these would be its effect?​

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What do the findings in epigenetics imply about the concept of heritability?

Normal people become briefly motion blind during which activity?

How does cocaine alter the activity of neurons?

Which action can prevent the mental retardation that otherwise results from PKU (phenylketonuria)?

Anyone who has even one gene for Huntington's disease will develop the disease.Therefore we say the gene is which of the following?

The ability of newborn infants to imitate facial expressions is probable evidence for what?

Why do opiate drugs produce a dangerous decrease in breathing,but marijuana does not?

An adult who suddenly became blind continues to have visual imagery and visual dreams.What caused the blindness?

Neurons differ most strikingly from other body cells with regard to what?

Damage to the temporal lobe of the cortex causes the greatest impairment in which of these?

Which structure has been damaged in a split-brain patient?

The prefrontal cortex is known to be highly important for which of the following?

What are the main parts of a neuron,other than the cell body?

Which of these is the best way to ask about the roles of heredity and environment?

What is the concept of "monism"?

Many people say,"You use only 10 percent of your brain." In what way,if at all,is this true?

What do EEG,MEG,PET,and fMRI measure?

What crosses the membrane to cause an action potential?

How do the synapses responsible for taste and smell differ from those for vision and hearing?

The drug AMPT blocks dopamine production.Which of these would be its effect?