EXPERIENCE PSYCHOLOGY 5TH EDITION
EXAM PREP 2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS FULL GUIDE
◉ 2. The brain's ability to coordinate information from all five
senses best reflects which of the following characteristics of the
nervous system?
A. Complexity
B. Integration
C. Adaptability
D. Electrochemical transmission. Answer: B
◉ 3. The term plasticity refers to the ____.
A. flexibility of the endocrine system
B. brain's special capacity for modification and change
C. natural tendency to engage in a fight or flight response
D. ability of people to change habits over time. Answer: B
◉ 4. Plasticity best reflects which of the following characteristics of
the nervous system?
A. Complexity
B. Integration
,C. Adaptability
D. Electrochemical transmission. Answer: C
◉ 5. You are listening to a lecture. Then the bell rings in the hallway.
In order to hear this stimulus, ______ neurons must carry
electrochemical messages from your ears to your brain.
A. indigent
B. afferent
C. efferent
D. indifferent. Answer: B
◉ 6. The lecture you were listening to is over. The bell that rang in
the hall signaled the end of class. You get up out of your seat, pick up
your things, and walk out the classroom door.
Which kind of nerves sent the signals from your brain to your
muscles to initiate your physical movements?
A. Afferent
B. Efferent
C. Hormones
D. Indifferent. Answer: B
◉ 7. Information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles is
sent through __________, thus enabling the body to move.
,A. afferent nerves
B. efferent nerves
C. hormones
D. interpathway nerves. Answer: B
◉ 8. Your brain has instructed your body muscles to move so that
you avoid burning your hand on a hot stove. Which type of nerves
carried the information from your brain to your muscles so that you
could avoid getting burned?
A. Afferent nerves
B. Efferent nerves
C. Glial nerves
D. Parasympathetic nerves. Answer: B
◉ 9. The brain and spinal cord make up the _____.
A. peripheral nervous system
B. central nervous system
C. autonomic nervous system
D. somatic nervous system. Answer: B
◉ 10. _____ nerves carry information to the brain and spinal cord.
______ nerves carry information from the brain and spinal cord to the
rest of the body.
, A. Afferent / Efferent
B. Efferent / Afferent
C. Glial cells / Afferent
D. Efferent / Glial cells. Answer: A
◉ 11. The ______ nervous system connects the brain and spinal cord
to the rest of the body.
A. central
B. peripheral
C. somatic
D. autonomic. Answer: B
◉ 12. The somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system
are components of the ____.
A. somatosensory area
B. central nervous system
C. limbic system
D. peripheral nervous system. Answer: D
◉ 13. The sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic
nervous system are components of the _____.
A. central nervous system
EXAM PREP 2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS FULL GUIDE
◉ 2. The brain's ability to coordinate information from all five
senses best reflects which of the following characteristics of the
nervous system?
A. Complexity
B. Integration
C. Adaptability
D. Electrochemical transmission. Answer: B
◉ 3. The term plasticity refers to the ____.
A. flexibility of the endocrine system
B. brain's special capacity for modification and change
C. natural tendency to engage in a fight or flight response
D. ability of people to change habits over time. Answer: B
◉ 4. Plasticity best reflects which of the following characteristics of
the nervous system?
A. Complexity
B. Integration
,C. Adaptability
D. Electrochemical transmission. Answer: C
◉ 5. You are listening to a lecture. Then the bell rings in the hallway.
In order to hear this stimulus, ______ neurons must carry
electrochemical messages from your ears to your brain.
A. indigent
B. afferent
C. efferent
D. indifferent. Answer: B
◉ 6. The lecture you were listening to is over. The bell that rang in
the hall signaled the end of class. You get up out of your seat, pick up
your things, and walk out the classroom door.
Which kind of nerves sent the signals from your brain to your
muscles to initiate your physical movements?
A. Afferent
B. Efferent
C. Hormones
D. Indifferent. Answer: B
◉ 7. Information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles is
sent through __________, thus enabling the body to move.
,A. afferent nerves
B. efferent nerves
C. hormones
D. interpathway nerves. Answer: B
◉ 8. Your brain has instructed your body muscles to move so that
you avoid burning your hand on a hot stove. Which type of nerves
carried the information from your brain to your muscles so that you
could avoid getting burned?
A. Afferent nerves
B. Efferent nerves
C. Glial nerves
D. Parasympathetic nerves. Answer: B
◉ 9. The brain and spinal cord make up the _____.
A. peripheral nervous system
B. central nervous system
C. autonomic nervous system
D. somatic nervous system. Answer: B
◉ 10. _____ nerves carry information to the brain and spinal cord.
______ nerves carry information from the brain and spinal cord to the
rest of the body.
, A. Afferent / Efferent
B. Efferent / Afferent
C. Glial cells / Afferent
D. Efferent / Glial cells. Answer: A
◉ 11. The ______ nervous system connects the brain and spinal cord
to the rest of the body.
A. central
B. peripheral
C. somatic
D. autonomic. Answer: B
◉ 12. The somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system
are components of the ____.
A. somatosensory area
B. central nervous system
C. limbic system
D. peripheral nervous system. Answer: D
◉ 13. The sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic
nervous system are components of the _____.
A. central nervous system
