PSY-150 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Which of the following may be a reason that we dream?
A) To uncover hidden conflicts
B) To make sense of random neuronal firing
C) To consolidate learning
D) All of the above - Answers - D) All of the above
Split-brain research focuses on patients that have had their
________________________ severed.
A) Brain Stem
B) Medulla
C) Pons
D) Corpus Callosum - Answers - D) Corpus Callosum
A correlational research study was conducted indicating that adults who ate Pop Rocks
as children were four times more likely to develop cancer than those who did not. The
authors of this study can conclude that eating Pop Rocks leads to cancer.
A) True
B) False - Answers - B) False
The more time Annie devoted to studying, the better her scores on exams. This fact
illustrates a(n)
A) correlation.
B) case study.
C) experiment.
, D) survey. - Answers - A) correlation.
You tell your friend Betty about a dream in which you were a giant cupcake. Betty tells
you the dream was meaningless and was only caused by random neural firings during
sleep. Based on this you know that Betty most likely believes in the ________ theory of
dreaming.
A) restorative
B) activation-synthesis
C) dissociation
D) manifest - Answers - B) activation-synthesis
Neurotransmitters are secreted from the...
A) myelin sheath.
B) terminal buttons.
C) neuromodulators.
D) dendrites. - Answers - B) terminal buttons.
Which of the following is an example of a neurotransmitter?
A) Testosterone
B) Estrogen
C) Cortisol
D) Dopamine - Answers - D) Dopamine
Imagine that you are a researcher interested in testing the effects of a new drug for
memory enhancement called "Remembrant." You randomly assign participants to two
groups; one that gets the drug and another that gets sugar pills. All participants are
given a memory test and asked to recall as many words as they can from a list: both
before and after administration of the drug or sugar pill. After all trials are completed, the
results show that both groups had significantly higher levels of recall after receiving the
drug or sugar pill. What is the independent variable (IV) in this experiment?
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Which of the following may be a reason that we dream?
A) To uncover hidden conflicts
B) To make sense of random neuronal firing
C) To consolidate learning
D) All of the above - Answers - D) All of the above
Split-brain research focuses on patients that have had their
________________________ severed.
A) Brain Stem
B) Medulla
C) Pons
D) Corpus Callosum - Answers - D) Corpus Callosum
A correlational research study was conducted indicating that adults who ate Pop Rocks
as children were four times more likely to develop cancer than those who did not. The
authors of this study can conclude that eating Pop Rocks leads to cancer.
A) True
B) False - Answers - B) False
The more time Annie devoted to studying, the better her scores on exams. This fact
illustrates a(n)
A) correlation.
B) case study.
C) experiment.
, D) survey. - Answers - A) correlation.
You tell your friend Betty about a dream in which you were a giant cupcake. Betty tells
you the dream was meaningless and was only caused by random neural firings during
sleep. Based on this you know that Betty most likely believes in the ________ theory of
dreaming.
A) restorative
B) activation-synthesis
C) dissociation
D) manifest - Answers - B) activation-synthesis
Neurotransmitters are secreted from the...
A) myelin sheath.
B) terminal buttons.
C) neuromodulators.
D) dendrites. - Answers - B) terminal buttons.
Which of the following is an example of a neurotransmitter?
A) Testosterone
B) Estrogen
C) Cortisol
D) Dopamine - Answers - D) Dopamine
Imagine that you are a researcher interested in testing the effects of a new drug for
memory enhancement called "Remembrant." You randomly assign participants to two
groups; one that gets the drug and another that gets sugar pills. All participants are
given a memory test and asked to recall as many words as they can from a list: both
before and after administration of the drug or sugar pill. After all trials are completed, the
results show that both groups had significantly higher levels of recall after receiving the
drug or sugar pill. What is the independent variable (IV) in this experiment?
