Question 1

The speed by which a neural impulse travels is increased when the axon is encased by a(n)

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Myelin Sheath

Question 2

Transferring messages from a motor neuron to a leg muscle requires the neurotransmitter know as

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Acetylcholine

Question 3

The body\'s speedy, electrochemical information system is called the

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Nervous System

Question 4

For you to be able to run, _______ must relay messages from your central nervous system

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Motor Neurons

Question 5

A simple, automatic, inborn response to a sensory stimulus is call a(n)

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Reflex

Question 6

Hormones are the chemical messengers of the

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Endocrine System

Question 7

A synapse is a(n)

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Junction between a sending neuron and a receiving neuron

Question 8

The brains of patients with Parkinson\'s disease have little dopamine. Drugs used to treat such patients bind to dopamine receptors, thereby stimulating those receptors. These drugs would be considered

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Agonists

Question 9

Sydney volunteers during her AP Psychology class to try to balance a yardstick on her two fingers. While her eyes are open, she finds the task quite easy. However, when she closes her eyes, she finds the same task almost impossible. Which brain region relies on visual information in coordinating our voluntary movements

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Cerebellum

Question 10

To demonstrate that brain stimulation can make a rat violently aggressive, a neuroscience should electrically stimulate the rat\'s

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Amygdala

Question 11

Which part of your brain receives information that you are moving your legs?

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Sensory Cortex

Question 12

If a blind person uses on finger to read Braille, the brain area dedicated to that finger expands as the sense of touch invades the visual cortex. This is an example of

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Brain plasticity

Question 13

Someone trying to figure out an optical illusion is probably experiencing increased brain waves and blood flow to which brain structure?

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Right Hemisphere

Question 14

Your life would be most immediately threatened if you suffered destruction of the

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Medulla

Question 15

Consciousness is

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Our awareness of ourselves and our environment

Question 16

The personalities of adopted children

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Are not very similar to the personalities of their adoptive parents

Question 17

Chromosomes are composed of

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Deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 18

Who are more likely to show the greatest similarity in personality?

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Identical twins

Question 19

Women are most likely to be sexually attracted to men who seem

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Mature and Affluent

Question 20

Evolutionary psychology studies the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of

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Natural Selection

Question 21

Which of the following fictional research findings is the best evidence against the idea that \"our lives are determined by our experiences?\"

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Babies are born with personalities that are relatively stable throughout their lives

Question 22

The minimum level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse is called the

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Threshold

Question 23

The chemical messengers released into the spatial junctions between neurons are called

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Neurotransmitters

Question 24

The nineteenth-century theory that bumps on the skull reveal a person\'s abilities and traits is called

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Phrenology

Question 25

Opiate drugs occupy the same receptor sites as

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Endorphins

Question 26

Split-brain patients have had their _________ surgically cut.

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Corpus Callosum

Question 27

A Person with schizophrenia may have an overactive dopamine system. Drugs used to treat this disorder prevent the action of dopamine by keeping it from binding to its receptors. These drugs are

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Antagonists

Question 28

Sleep researchers who are interested in brain wave activity are likely to use which kind of brain scan?

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EEG

Question 29

Nerves are neural cables containing many

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Axons

Question 30

A football quarterback can simultaneously make calculations of receiver distances, player movements, and gravitational forces. This best illustrates the activity of multiple

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Neural Networks

Question 31

A researcher interested in investigating the attitudes or opinions of a large sample of people is most likely to use which research method?

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Survey

Question 32

Surgical destruction of brain tissue is called

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Lesion

Question 33

Who would be most likely to emphasize the role of the unconscious in affecting behavior?

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Sigmund Freud

Question 34

In which brain structure are nerves from the left side of the brain routed to the right side of the body?

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Brainstem

Question 35

We are usually least consciously aware of the processes and functions of which brain structure?

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Brainstem

Question 36

While you are hiking in the mountains, a rattlesnake slithers across your trail. Which of the following triggers the \"fight or flight\" response, increasing your heart rate and blood pressure, as you run away?

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Sympathetic nervous system

Question 37

The secretions of the pituitary gland are most directly regulated by the

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Hypothalamus

Question 38

Which brain area is primarily involved with understanding and producing meaningful speech?

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Wernicke\'s Area

Question 39

When Amber was a child, a brain disease required the surgical removal of her left cerebral hemisphere. Amber is now a successful high school student who lives a normal life. Her success best illustrates the importance of

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Plasticity

Question 40

Damage to the left cerebral hemisphere is most likely to reduce people\'s ability to

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Speak fluently

Question 41

Depending on environmental conditions, specific genes can be either

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Active or Inactive

Question 42

Research most clearly suggests that personality traits are more strongly influenced by

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Genes than by home environment

Question 43

People have always responded so positively to Tiana\'s good looks that she has developed a socially confident and outgoing personality. This best illustrates

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The interaction of nature and nurture

Question 44

The reproductive advantage enjoyed by organisms best suited to a particular environment is known as

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Natural Selection

Question 45

Research on left-handedness suggests that

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Genes or prenatal factors play a role in handedness

Question 46

An adaptation is an inherited physical or behavioral characteristic that

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Increases an organism\'s chance for survival

Question 47

An evolutionary psychologist would be likely to suggest that human preferences for sweet tasting foods

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Are genetically predisposed

Question 48

In all of Milgram\'s obedience experiments, participants were deceived about

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The amount of shock the victim actually received

Question 49

Michael is terrified of spiders. He tells his best friend, \"Everybody in my family is afraid of spiders, so it must be genetic.\" Using the biopsychosocial approach to understanding his behavior, Michael should

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Examine additional psychological and social-cultural influences on fear

Question 50

When looking at a flying bird, we are consciously aware of our cognitive processing (\"It\'s a bird\") but not of our subconscious processing of the bird\'s form, distance, and movement. This illustrates what psychologists call

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Dual processing

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