Question 1

What part of the body releases the hormone leptin?​

Accepted Answer

A) The pancreas 
B) ​The testes and ovaries 
C) ​The adrenal glands 
D) ​The fat cells 
A) The pancreas 
B) ​The testes and ovaries 
C) ​The adrenal glands 
D) ​The fat cells

Question 2

​A professor let students set their own deadlines for three papers.Which students wrote the best papers?

Accepted Answer

A) Those who spaced out their deadlines equally 
B) ​Those who turned in their papers ahead of the deadlines 
C) ​Those who allowed themselves the whole semester to complete their papers 
D) ​Those who set all their deadlines near the middle of the semester 
A) Those who spaced out their deadlines equally 
B) ​Those who turned in their papers ahead of the deadlines 
C) ​Those who allowed themselves the whole semester to complete their papers 
D) ​Those who set all their deadlines near the middle of the semester

Question 3

According to drive-reduction theories of emotion,what do you do after you satisfy all your needs?​

Accepted Answer

A) You set higher goals. 
B) ​You devote your energies to creative activities. 
C) ​You socialize with other people. 
D) ​You become inactive. 
A) You set higher goals. 
B) ​You devote your energies to creative activities. 
C) ​You socialize with other people. 
D) ​You become inactive.

Question 4

​If you overeat for a few days and gain weight,what signals you to eat less?

Accepted Answer

A) Decreased sensitivity of your taste buds 
B) ​Increased levels of glucose accumulating in the blood stream 
C) ​A hormone that the fat cells release 
D) ​Receptors in the stomach and intestines 
A) Decreased sensitivity of your taste buds 
B) ​Increased levels of glucose accumulating in the blood stream 
C) ​A hormone that the fat cells release 
D) ​Receptors in the stomach and intestines

Question 5

A new,apparently effective treatment for anorexia nervosa emphasizes which of these?​

Accepted Answer

A) Warmth and controlling eating like a video game 
B) ​Sleep and a wide variety of food choices 
C) ​Social activity and a rigid schedule of eating times 
D) ​Television watching and forced feeding 
A) Warmth and controlling eating like a video game 
B) ​Sleep and a wide variety of food choices 
C) ​Social activity and a rigid schedule of eating times 
D) ​Television watching and forced feeding

Question 6

What is the "mere measurement effect"?​

Accepted Answer

A) The tendency for your scores to fluctuate, even if you prepare equally well each time 
B) ​The increased tendency to do something after estimating your probability of doing it 
C) ​The tendency to try harder whenever you know that someone is watching you 
D) ​The tendency to forget something after you have recorded a measurement of it 
A) The tendency for your scores to fluctuate, even if you prepare equally well each time 
B) ​The increased tendency to do something after estimating your probability of doing it 
C) ​The tendency to try harder whenever you know that someone is watching you 
D) ​The tendency to forget something after you have recorded a measurement of it

Question 7

On average,when are people with anorexia nervosa most active?​

Accepted Answer

A) On days when they socialize with others 
B) ​On days when they help with the cooking 
C) ​On cold days 
D) ​On sunny days 
A) On days when they socialize with others 
B) ​On days when they help with the cooking 
C) ​On cold days 
D) ​On sunny days

Question 8

What is one likely explanation for why puberty starts earlier now than it did long ago?​

Accepted Answer

A) Increased weight gain has led to higher levels of the hormone leptin 
B) ​An increased percentage of mothers today have a college education. 
C) ​Teenage sexual activity has become more common and more accepted. 
D) ​Natural selection has favored genes that cause early onset of puberty. 
A) Increased weight gain has led to higher levels of the hormone leptin 
B) ​An increased percentage of mothers today have a college education. 
C) ​Teenage sexual activity has become more common and more accepted. 
D) ​Natural selection has favored genes that cause early onset of puberty.

Question 9

​When a meal brings more nutrients into the body than the cells can use at the time,what happens to the rest of them?

Accepted Answer

A) The body excretes them as waste. 
B) ​The body stores them in fat cells or in the liver. 
C) ​The nutrients remain in the blood stream until the cells need them. 
D) ​The body converts the extra nutrients into muscle tissue. 
A) The body excretes them as waste. 
B) ​The body stores them in fat cells or in the liver. 
C) ​The nutrients remain in the blood stream until the cells need them. 
D) ​The body converts the extra nutrients into muscle tissue.

Question 10

What procedure causes a rat to develop life-threatening anorexia?​

Accepted Answer

A) Separation from its mother early in life 
B) ​Prolonged exposure to alcohol and amphetamine 
C) ​Housing with another rat in a warmer than average room 
D) ​Limited access to food plus access to a running wheel 
A) Separation from its mother early in life 
B) ​Prolonged exposure to alcohol and amphetamine 
C) ​Housing with another rat in a warmer than average room 
D) ​Limited access to food plus access to a running wheel

Question 11

What change led to increasing obesity among the Pima of Arizona?​

Accepted Answer

A) A change in climate 
B) ​Increased stress levels 
C) ​A change in diet 
D) ​A change in genetics 
A) A change in climate 
B) ​Increased stress levels 
C) ​A change in diet 
D) ​A change in genetics

Question 12

Kinsey's survey of human sexual behavior had which major limitation?​

Accepted Answer

A) He did not obtain a representative sample. 
B) ​He interviewed only about a hundred people. 
C) ​He did not assure people that he would keep their answers confidential. 
D) ​He asked people to enter their information into a computer. 
A) He did not obtain a representative sample. 
B) ​He interviewed only about a hundred people. 
C) ​He did not assure people that he would keep their answers confidential. 
D) ​He asked people to enter their information into a computer.

Question 13

Researchers have reported similarities between which conditions?​

Accepted Answer

A) Bulimia nervosa and drug addiction 
B) ​Obesity and attention deficit disorder 
C) ​Anorexia nervosa and bipolar disorder 
D) ​Narcolepsy and schizophrenia 
A) Bulimia nervosa and drug addiction 
B) ​Obesity and attention deficit disorder 
C) ​Anorexia nervosa and bipolar disorder 
D) ​Narcolepsy and schizophrenia

Question 14

What did Alfred Kinsey's research enable us to conclude with reasonable confidence?​

Accepted Answer

A) Genetic differences are responsible for sexual orientation. 
B) ​Human sexual behavior is highly variable. 
C) ​People go through four stages of sexual response. 
D) ​Testosterone and estradiol increase sexual desire. 
A) Genetic differences are responsible for sexual orientation. 
B) ​Human sexual behavior is highly variable. 
C) ​People go through four stages of sexual response. 
D) ​Testosterone and estradiol increase sexual desire.

Question 15

Why did Alfred Kinsey's research find different percentages than later surveys did?​

Accepted Answer

A) Kinsey conducted his research during the height of the sexual revolution. 
B) ​Kinsey interviewed only a small number of people. 
C) ​Kinsey did not phrase his questions the same way that later surveys did. 
D) ​Kinsey did not attempt to obtain a random or representative sample. 
A) Kinsey conducted his research during the height of the sexual revolution. 
B) ​Kinsey interviewed only a small number of people. 
C) ​Kinsey did not phrase his questions the same way that later surveys did. 
D) ​Kinsey did not attempt to obtain a random or representative sample.

Question 16

If a rat is limited to one hour per day of eating,and it has access to a running wheel,it loses weight and can die of starvation,but only under one condition.What is that condition?​

Accepted Answer

A) The hour of feeding is early in the morning.​ 
B) ​The rat can see or smell other rats in the same room. 
C) ​The room is kept at a cool temperature. 
D) ​The experimenter is a young male. 
A) The hour of feeding is early in the morning.​ 
B) ​The rat can see or smell other rats in the same room. 
C) ​The room is kept at a cool temperature. 
D) ​The experimenter is a young male.

Question 17

Incentive theories of motivation emphasize which of the following?​

Accepted Answer

A) Efforts to win competitions against other people and to improve one's own performance 
B) ​A hierarchy of needs, headed by self-actualization 
C) ​Attempts to satisfy all needs and then become inactive 
D) ​Attraction by highly desirable stimuli or opportunities 
A) Efforts to win competitions against other people and to improve one's own performance 
B) ​A hierarchy of needs, headed by self-actualization 
C) ​Attempts to satisfy all needs and then become inactive 
D) ​Attraction by highly desirable stimuli or opportunities

Question 18

Suppose you are having trouble deciding on your major.If you now respond to a survey by saying which political candidates you support,what is the probable result?​

Accepted Answer

A) You become more likely to make the decision about your major. 
B) ​You procrastinate making the decision about your major. 
C) ​You abandon your previous choices and decide to major in political science. 
D) ​You survey other people about what they think you should choose for your major. 
A) You become more likely to make the decision about your major. 
B) ​You procrastinate making the decision about your major. 
C) ​You abandon your previous choices and decide to major in political science. 
D) ​You survey other people about what they think you should choose for your major.

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT significantly related to male homosexuality?​

Accepted Answer

A) Genetics 
B) ​Adult hormone levels 
C) ​Having an older brother 
D) ​Anatomy of the hypothalamus 
A) Genetics 
B) ​Adult hormone levels 
C) ​Having an older brother 
D) ​Anatomy of the hypothalamus

Question 20

Why do high levels of insulin tend to increase eating?​

Accepted Answer

A) Insulin increases the sensitivity of taste receptors sensitive to sweets and salts. 
B) ​Insulin causes the body to store nutrients for later use instead of using them now. 
C) ​Insulin stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, increasing heart rate and breathing rate. 
D) ​Insulin stimulates the stomach to increase its rate of contractions. 
A) Insulin increases the sensitivity of taste receptors sensitive to sweets and salts. 
B) ​Insulin causes the body to store nutrients for later use instead of using them now. 
C) ​Insulin stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, increasing heart rate and breathing rate. 
D) ​Insulin stimulates the stomach to increase its rate of contractions.

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What part of the body releases the hormone leptin?​

​A professor let students set their own deadlines for three papers.Which students wrote the best papers?

According to drive-reduction theories of emotion,what do you do after you satisfy all your needs?​

​If you overeat for a few days and gain weight,what signals you to eat less?

A new,apparently effective treatment for anorexia nervosa emphasizes which of these?​

What is the "mere measurement effect"?​

On average,when are people with anorexia nervosa most active?​

What is one likely explanation for why puberty starts earlier now than it did long ago?​

​When a meal brings more nutrients into the body than the cells can use at the time,what happens to the rest of them?

What procedure causes a rat to develop life-threatening anorexia?​

What change led to increasing obesity among the Pima of Arizona?​

Kinsey's survey of human sexual behavior had which major limitation?​

Researchers have reported similarities between which conditions?​

What did Alfred Kinsey's research enable us to conclude with reasonable confidence?​

Why did Alfred Kinsey's research find different percentages than later surveys did?​

If a rat is limited to one hour per day of eating,and it has access to a running wheel,it loses weight and can die of starvation,but only under one condition.What is that condition?​

Incentive theories of motivation emphasize which of the following?​

Suppose you are having trouble deciding on your major.If you now respond to a survey by saying which political candidates you support,what is the probable result?​

Which of the following is NOT significantly related to male homosexuality?​

Why do high levels of insulin tend to increase eating?​

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What part of the body releases the hormone leptin?

A professor let students set their own deadlines for three papers.Which students wrote the best papers?

According to drive-reduction theories of emotion,what do you do after you satisfy all your needs?

If you overeat for a few days and gain weight,what signals you to eat less?

A new,apparently effective treatment for anorexia nervosa emphasizes which of these?

What is the "mere measurement effect"?

On average,when are people with anorexia nervosa most active?

What is one likely explanation for why puberty starts earlier now than it did long ago?

When a meal brings more nutrients into the body than the cells can use at the time,what happens to the rest of them?

What procedure causes a rat to develop life-threatening anorexia?

What change led to increasing obesity among the Pima of Arizona?

Kinsey's survey of human sexual behavior had which major limitation?

Researchers have reported similarities between which conditions?

What did Alfred Kinsey's research enable us to conclude with reasonable confidence?

Why did Alfred Kinsey's research find different percentages than later surveys did?

If a rat is limited to one hour per day of eating,and it has access to a running wheel,it loses weight and can die of starvation,but only under one condition.What is that condition?

Incentive theories of motivation emphasize which of the following?

Suppose you are having trouble deciding on your major.If you now respond to a survey by saying which political candidates you support,what is the probable result?

Which of the following is NOT significantly related to male homosexuality?

Why do high levels of insulin tend to increase eating?