Psychology 100 Quizzes and all answers
b. psychoanalysis; behaviorism - answers✔✔Sigmund Freud developed ________________ and
John Watson developed _______________.
a. behaviorism; psychoanalysis
b. psychoanalysis; behaviorism
c. structuralism; functionalism
d. functionalism; structuralism
d. vesicles; axon - answers✔✔Neurotransmitters are stored in _____________ which are
located at the end of the __________.
a. the cell nucleus; dendrites
b. the cell nucleus; axon
c. vesicles; dendrites
d. vesicles; axon
c. reuptake and breakdown - answers✔✔These are processes that reduce the availability of
neurotransmitters in the synapse after the cell has fired.
a. action potentials and ion channels
b. organelles and mylen sheath
c. reuptake and breakdown
d. ribosomes and mitochnodrion
,a. independent; dependent - answers✔✔An experiment is designed to study how temperature
influences aggression. The researcher has people come in to his lab, some when the room
temperature is 85, and some when the room temperature is 72. He then measures how
aggressive they are. In this study, the temperature is the ______ variable, and the aggression is
the _______ variable.
a. independent; dependent
b. dependent; independent
c. dependent; confounding
d. control; dependent
c. endorphins - answers✔✔Natural, opiate-like neurotransmitters linked to pain control are
called:
a. ACh agonists
b. GABA
c. endorphins
d. dopamine
b. dopamine - answers✔✔Which of these neurotransmitter systems is involved in the
development of schizophrenia?
a. acetylcholine
b. dopamine
c. endorphins
d. serotonin
c. Broca's area - answers✔✔______________ is associated with the ability to produce speech,
and damage to this area leads to a loss of speech.
a. the limbic system
b. the frontal lobe
,c. Broca's area
d. Wernicke's area
c. are necessary for natural selection to occur - answers✔✔Genetic mutations:
a. interfere w/ the occurrence of natural selection
b. interfere w/ the occurrence of sexual selection
c. are necessary for natural selection to occur
d. none of the above
b. cause improved mood - answers✔✔If a drug causes more serotonin to be available in the
synapse, the general effect will be to:
a. cause a reduction in the symptoms of Parkinson's syndrome
b. cause improved mood
c. cause a reduction in the symptoms of Schizophrenia
d. cause a feeling of being wide awake and active
d. hippocampus - answers✔✔Alzheimer's disease causes a loss of the ability to create new
memories because this structure of the brain is deteriorating.
a. frontal lobes
b. thalamus
c. hypothalamus
d. hippocampus
a. corpus callosum; epilepsy - answers✔✔Split brain patients have allowed for the study of
hemispheric specialization. These patients have had the ________ severed in an attempt to
treat their _____________.
a. corpus callosum; epilepsy
, b. corpus callosum; Parkinson's syndrome
c. hippocampus; epilepsy
d. hippocampus; Parkinson's syndrome
d. the pons - answers✔✔Which of the following is part of the brainstem?
a. the hippocampus
b. the frontal lobe
c. the hypothalamus
d. the pons
a. they picked up a pencil with their right hand - answers✔✔In which of the following cases
would a split brain patient be able to tell you what they sensed if you asked them to simply use
speech to tell you?
a. they picked up a pencil with their right hand
b. they had a word flashed in their left visual field
c. they heard a word spoken, but only in their left ear
d. they would be able to tell you in all of the above examples
c. the hypothalamus - answers✔✔This is part of the brain concerned with motivating actions,
like eating, drinking, and sex.
a. the hippocampus
b. the frontal lobe
c. the hypothalamus
d. the pons
d. increase; acetylcholine - answers✔✔Some nerve warfare agents cause painful muscular
convulsions in which the muscle contracts and cannot relax. This effect is most likely due to a(n)
_________ of __________ activity at the synapse.
b. psychoanalysis; behaviorism - answers✔✔Sigmund Freud developed ________________ and
John Watson developed _______________.
a. behaviorism; psychoanalysis
b. psychoanalysis; behaviorism
c. structuralism; functionalism
d. functionalism; structuralism
d. vesicles; axon - answers✔✔Neurotransmitters are stored in _____________ which are
located at the end of the __________.
a. the cell nucleus; dendrites
b. the cell nucleus; axon
c. vesicles; dendrites
d. vesicles; axon
c. reuptake and breakdown - answers✔✔These are processes that reduce the availability of
neurotransmitters in the synapse after the cell has fired.
a. action potentials and ion channels
b. organelles and mylen sheath
c. reuptake and breakdown
d. ribosomes and mitochnodrion
,a. independent; dependent - answers✔✔An experiment is designed to study how temperature
influences aggression. The researcher has people come in to his lab, some when the room
temperature is 85, and some when the room temperature is 72. He then measures how
aggressive they are. In this study, the temperature is the ______ variable, and the aggression is
the _______ variable.
a. independent; dependent
b. dependent; independent
c. dependent; confounding
d. control; dependent
c. endorphins - answers✔✔Natural, opiate-like neurotransmitters linked to pain control are
called:
a. ACh agonists
b. GABA
c. endorphins
d. dopamine
b. dopamine - answers✔✔Which of these neurotransmitter systems is involved in the
development of schizophrenia?
a. acetylcholine
b. dopamine
c. endorphins
d. serotonin
c. Broca's area - answers✔✔______________ is associated with the ability to produce speech,
and damage to this area leads to a loss of speech.
a. the limbic system
b. the frontal lobe
,c. Broca's area
d. Wernicke's area
c. are necessary for natural selection to occur - answers✔✔Genetic mutations:
a. interfere w/ the occurrence of natural selection
b. interfere w/ the occurrence of sexual selection
c. are necessary for natural selection to occur
d. none of the above
b. cause improved mood - answers✔✔If a drug causes more serotonin to be available in the
synapse, the general effect will be to:
a. cause a reduction in the symptoms of Parkinson's syndrome
b. cause improved mood
c. cause a reduction in the symptoms of Schizophrenia
d. cause a feeling of being wide awake and active
d. hippocampus - answers✔✔Alzheimer's disease causes a loss of the ability to create new
memories because this structure of the brain is deteriorating.
a. frontal lobes
b. thalamus
c. hypothalamus
d. hippocampus
a. corpus callosum; epilepsy - answers✔✔Split brain patients have allowed for the study of
hemispheric specialization. These patients have had the ________ severed in an attempt to
treat their _____________.
a. corpus callosum; epilepsy
, b. corpus callosum; Parkinson's syndrome
c. hippocampus; epilepsy
d. hippocampus; Parkinson's syndrome
d. the pons - answers✔✔Which of the following is part of the brainstem?
a. the hippocampus
b. the frontal lobe
c. the hypothalamus
d. the pons
a. they picked up a pencil with their right hand - answers✔✔In which of the following cases
would a split brain patient be able to tell you what they sensed if you asked them to simply use
speech to tell you?
a. they picked up a pencil with their right hand
b. they had a word flashed in their left visual field
c. they heard a word spoken, but only in their left ear
d. they would be able to tell you in all of the above examples
c. the hypothalamus - answers✔✔This is part of the brain concerned with motivating actions,
like eating, drinking, and sex.
a. the hippocampus
b. the frontal lobe
c. the hypothalamus
d. the pons
d. increase; acetylcholine - answers✔✔Some nerve warfare agents cause painful muscular
convulsions in which the muscle contracts and cannot relax. This effect is most likely due to a(n)
_________ of __________ activity at the synapse.
