Midterm Review AP Psych questions &
answers graded A+
What describes long term potentiation? - correct answer ✔✔Memories are formed in the brain when a
synapse changes to allow for more efficient transfer of information
What does the endocrine system rely on to communicate? - correct answer ✔✔hormones
The peripheral nervous system _________________ - correct answer ✔✔is the part of the nervous
system that does not include the brain and spinal cord
The cells most important for processing information are ___________ - correct answer ✔✔interneurons
When Henrich Kluver and neurosurgeon Paul Buey surgically lesioned the amygdala of a rhesus monkey's
brain, the monkey - correct answer ✔✔became less aggressive
An individual experiences brain damage that produces a coma. Which part of the brain was probably
damaged? - correct answer ✔✔reticular formation
The support cells that provide nourishment and help the brain in numerous other ways are called
___________ - correct answer ✔✔glial cells
Drugs that amplify neurotransmitter activity are called __________ - correct answer ✔✔agonists
A Correlational Coefficient of -1 means? - correct answer ✔✔there is a very strong inverse relationship
Which p-value has the strongest statistical significance?
a) .99
b) .05
, c) .01
d) 100%
e) 50% - correct answer ✔✔c) .01
The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles, also called the
skeletal nervous system - correct answer ✔✔somatic nervous system
Which neurotransmitter is the most explicitly associated with the experience of pleasure? - correct
answer ✔✔Dopamine
Narcotics work because they are chemically very similar to _________ - correct answer ✔✔endorphins
An individual with brain lesions in the hippocampus will most likely experience impairment to her
______________ - correct answer ✔✔learning
A person who sustains major injuries in the medulla oblong will _________ - correct answer ✔✔die
In an emergency, the adrenal gland of the body secrete "emergency" hormones, while the body prepares
for fight-or-flight, directed by ______________ - correct answer ✔✔the sympathetic nervous system
During periods of darkness, the pineal gland in the middle brain produces what hormone that is essential
to sleep regulation? - correct answer ✔✔melatonin
What chemical would most likely be found in a synapse?
a) norepinephrine
b) insulin
c) estrogen
d) glucagon - correct answer ✔✔a) norepinephrine (bc this is a neurotransmitter the rest are hormones
in glands)
answers graded A+
What describes long term potentiation? - correct answer ✔✔Memories are formed in the brain when a
synapse changes to allow for more efficient transfer of information
What does the endocrine system rely on to communicate? - correct answer ✔✔hormones
The peripheral nervous system _________________ - correct answer ✔✔is the part of the nervous
system that does not include the brain and spinal cord
The cells most important for processing information are ___________ - correct answer ✔✔interneurons
When Henrich Kluver and neurosurgeon Paul Buey surgically lesioned the amygdala of a rhesus monkey's
brain, the monkey - correct answer ✔✔became less aggressive
An individual experiences brain damage that produces a coma. Which part of the brain was probably
damaged? - correct answer ✔✔reticular formation
The support cells that provide nourishment and help the brain in numerous other ways are called
___________ - correct answer ✔✔glial cells
Drugs that amplify neurotransmitter activity are called __________ - correct answer ✔✔agonists
A Correlational Coefficient of -1 means? - correct answer ✔✔there is a very strong inverse relationship
Which p-value has the strongest statistical significance?
a) .99
b) .05
, c) .01
d) 100%
e) 50% - correct answer ✔✔c) .01
The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles, also called the
skeletal nervous system - correct answer ✔✔somatic nervous system
Which neurotransmitter is the most explicitly associated with the experience of pleasure? - correct
answer ✔✔Dopamine
Narcotics work because they are chemically very similar to _________ - correct answer ✔✔endorphins
An individual with brain lesions in the hippocampus will most likely experience impairment to her
______________ - correct answer ✔✔learning
A person who sustains major injuries in the medulla oblong will _________ - correct answer ✔✔die
In an emergency, the adrenal gland of the body secrete "emergency" hormones, while the body prepares
for fight-or-flight, directed by ______________ - correct answer ✔✔the sympathetic nervous system
During periods of darkness, the pineal gland in the middle brain produces what hormone that is essential
to sleep regulation? - correct answer ✔✔melatonin
What chemical would most likely be found in a synapse?
a) norepinephrine
b) insulin
c) estrogen
d) glucagon - correct answer ✔✔a) norepinephrine (bc this is a neurotransmitter the rest are hormones
in glands)
