PSY 203T Wk 1 – Summative Assessment: Week 1 Exam

In the context of the cerebral cortex of the brain, the motor area is located in the ________Blank lobes.

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• occipital
• temporal
• frontal
• parietal

The ________Blank is the part of the peripheral nervous system that specializes in the control of voluntary movements and communicates information to and from the sense organs.

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• sympathetic division
• autonomic division
• somatic division
• parasympathetic division

Which of the following guidelines is true of the use of nonhuman animals in experiments?

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• Researchers may avoid exerting any experimental control over the research animals.
• Researchers must only choose nonhuman subjects that have a short life span.
• Researchers must minimize discomfort, illness, and pain for the animals.
• Researchers may use procedures that subject animals to distress even if alternative procedures are available.

_______Blank focuses on higher mental processes, including thinking, memory, reasoning, problem solving, judging, decision making, and language.

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• Clinical psychology
• Cognitive psychology
• Personality psychology
• Developmental psychology

The rule that neurons are either on or off is known as the ________Blank law.

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• all-or-none
• graded action
• intensity of stimulus
• incremental transformational

______Blank is a protective coating of fat and protein that wraps around an axon.

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• A myelin sheath
• The basal lamina
• The sarcoplasmic reticulum
• A glial cell

In the context of the psychology of emotion, William James would be most interested in

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• how unconscious memories contribute to an individual’s emotional experience.
• the basic nature of an emotional feeling or experience.
• the organization of perception and thinking into meaningful wholes.
• how behavior aids an individual’s adaptation to the environment.

The purpose of random assignment to conditions is to

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• determine whether the dependent variable and the independent variable have a positive correlation with each other.
• ensure there is an equal chance that participant characteristics will be distributed across the various groups.
• combine the results of a number of similar studies.
• determine how likely it is that the results of a treatment were due to chance.

Why are control groups included in experiments?

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• to rule out the idea that something other than experimental manipulation produced the observed results in an experiment
• to determine whether two variables being investigated in an experiment are correlated
• to show that when two variables in an experiment are strongly correlated, they have a cause-and-effect relationship
• to ensure that participants are properly assigned to the groups in an experiment

Electrical wires are generally protected by a tube of plastic. Similarly, the nervous system is insulated by a

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• terminal button.
• synapse.
• glial cell.
• myelin sheath.

Research in which existing data, such as census documents, college records, and newspaper clippings, are examined to test a hypothesis is known as

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• naturalistic research.
• experimental research.
• archival research.
• a case study.

Which of the following sequences accurately reflects the route followed by nerve impulses when one neuron communicates with another?

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• dendrite → axon → cell body
• cell body → axon → dendrite
• dendrite → cell body → axon
• axon → dendrite –→ cell body

How is the diversity of psychology limited in the United States?

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• The primary jobs for psychologists are limited to teaching and research.
• The majority of psychologists are male.
• Racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented among psychologists.
• Male psychologists lag behind in terms of salaries and high-status positions within the field.

Factors that distort how an independent variable affects a dependent variable in an experiment are referred to as

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• placebo effects.
• double-blinds.
• experimental bias.
• participant bias.

The ________Blank is the primary means for transmitting messages between the brain and the rest of the body.

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• sarcoplasmic reticulum
• juxtaglomerular apparatus
• spinal cord
• hematopoietic stem cell

Psychology is defined as

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• the study of mental disorders and their treatment.
• an intuition-based approach to study human behavior.
• a system of ideas that may be used to justify behavior.
• the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

The nervous system is divided into

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• the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
• the primary and secondary nervous systems.
• the central and peripheral nervous systems.
• the somatic and autonomic nervous systems.

Which of the following is one of the three newer branches of psychology’s family tree?

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• personality psychology
• clinical neuropsychology
• environmental psychology
• counseling psychology

Psychologists who specialize in considering the ways in which the biological structures and functions of the body affect behavior are known as

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• forensic psychologists.
• biopsychologists.
• genetic psychologists.
• evolutionary psychologists.

Which of the following statements best expresses the relationship between the nervous system and the endocrine system?

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• The endocrine system is part of the central nervous system.
• The endocrine system influences and is influenced by the nervous system.
• The central nervous system is part of the endocrine system.
• The nervous system and the endocrine system operate independently of each other.

____Blank are specialized neurons that fire not only when a person enacts a particular behavior, but also when a person simply observes another individual carrying out the same behavior.

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• Ventral cord motor neurons
• Amphid neurons
• Pharyngeal motor neurons
• Mirror neurons

The ________Blank is the part of the brain located in the middle of the central core that acts primarily to relay information about the senses.

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• cerebellum
• hypothalamus
• thalamus
• amygdala

Which of the following is a diagnostic use of the brain-scanning technique electroencephalography (EEG)?

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• It facilitates more precise diagnosis of epilepsy and learning disabilities.
• It facilitates viewing individual circuits of neurons.
• It helps in accurate diagnosis of strokes and multiple sclerosis.
• It helps to identify the presence of brain tumors.

Which branch of psychology explores the relationship between psychological factors and physical ailments or diseases?

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• clinical neuropsychology
• developmental psychology
• health psychology
• forensic psychology

The ________Blank is referred to as the “new brain” because of its relatively recent evolution.

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• hindbrain
• hypothalamus
• cerebral cortex
• sarcoplasmic reticulum