PSYC 1F90 Exam Practice Questions Answered Correctly Latest Update 2026/2027
Biopsychology is the study of - Answers the brain, nervous system, and other physical origins of
behavior.
What are the tiny gaps separating neurons from one another and across which information
must be transmitted known as? - Answers Synapses
What are the chemicals called that are released at an axon terminal and can either excite or
inhibit other neurons? - Answers Neurotransmitters
What is the part of the neuron that specializes in receiving messages from other neurons? -
Answers the dendrites
In situations in which true danger exists, such as in military combat, the rapid response of which
part of the limbic system may aid survival? - Answers the amygdala
Akira is attempting to test a hypothesis through an experiment. He has just finished creating a
concrete set of operational definitions. What would be the next step in his study? - Answers
Akira needs to gather evidence to test the hypothesis he has proposed.
During an action potential, the "gates" covering the axon's ion channels pop open to allow which
ions to rush into the axon? - Answers Sodium
Megan is a researcher interested in how many parents with children walk by the toy store in the
mall without stopping in. She creates a quick table with check boxes to include whether the
parent is a man or a woman, the child is a boy or a girl, how many children are together, what
day of the week and time of day it is. Which of the following is this an example of? - Answers
Naturalistic observation
Which school of psychology considers behaviors in terms of active adaptations? - Answers
Functionalism
A large university is interested in finding out what majors make up their enrollment for this
academic year. What research option would be best used to obtain this information? - Answers
Surnvey Method
When a neuron is inactive, more of which of the following exist inside the neuron? - Answers
Negative Ions
When the threshold for firing within a neuron occurs, we say that which of the following is taking
place? - Answers Action Potential
Jeffrey is watching television and a commercial comes on for diet pills. Someone in a lab coat
similar to the one his family doctor wears guarantees that these pills will cause weight loss.
Jeffrey orders the pills since he trusts the person wearing the lab coat, like he trusts his family
Biopsychology is the study of - Answers the brain, nervous system, and other physical origins of
behavior.
What are the tiny gaps separating neurons from one another and across which information
must be transmitted known as? - Answers Synapses
What are the chemicals called that are released at an axon terminal and can either excite or
inhibit other neurons? - Answers Neurotransmitters
What is the part of the neuron that specializes in receiving messages from other neurons? -
Answers the dendrites
In situations in which true danger exists, such as in military combat, the rapid response of which
part of the limbic system may aid survival? - Answers the amygdala
Akira is attempting to test a hypothesis through an experiment. He has just finished creating a
concrete set of operational definitions. What would be the next step in his study? - Answers
Akira needs to gather evidence to test the hypothesis he has proposed.
During an action potential, the "gates" covering the axon's ion channels pop open to allow which
ions to rush into the axon? - Answers Sodium
Megan is a researcher interested in how many parents with children walk by the toy store in the
mall without stopping in. She creates a quick table with check boxes to include whether the
parent is a man or a woman, the child is a boy or a girl, how many children are together, what
day of the week and time of day it is. Which of the following is this an example of? - Answers
Naturalistic observation
Which school of psychology considers behaviors in terms of active adaptations? - Answers
Functionalism
A large university is interested in finding out what majors make up their enrollment for this
academic year. What research option would be best used to obtain this information? - Answers
Surnvey Method
When a neuron is inactive, more of which of the following exist inside the neuron? - Answers
Negative Ions
When the threshold for firing within a neuron occurs, we say that which of the following is taking
place? - Answers Action Potential
Jeffrey is watching television and a commercial comes on for diet pills. Someone in a lab coat
similar to the one his family doctor wears guarantees that these pills will cause weight loss.
Jeffrey orders the pills since he trusts the person wearing the lab coat, like he trusts his family
