ap psych unit 3 test bank Exam
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the nineteenth-century theory that bumps on the skull reveal a person's
abilities and traits is called
a. evolutionary psychology
b. behavior genetics
c. molecular biology
d. biological psychology
e. phrenology - Ans✔✔-e. phrenology
who believed that bumps on the skull reveal mental abilities and character
traits?
a. sir charles sherrington
b. stephen kasslyn
c. franz gall
d. candace pert
e. solomon snyder - Ans✔✔-c. franz gall
,professor seif conducts research on the relationship between the limbic system
and sexual motivation. her research interests best represent the psychological
specialty known as
a. behaviorism
b. biologicial psychology
c. psychoanalysis
d. myelin
e. behavior genetics - Ans✔✔-b. biological psychology
your friend is taking her first psychology class. she comes to you saying, "i dont
understand why we are studying the brain; i thought this was a psychology
class." because of your background in psychology, your best response should
be
a. "its been known since aristotle's time that the brain is the center of
intelligence and thought."
b. "phrenologists established the importance of studying the physical brain to
understand mental abilities."
c. "science has demonstrated that plato's belief in the heart as the origin of
emotion is correct."
d. "everything psychological is simultaneously biological."
e. being able to name the parts of the brain helps us to understand the basis of
behavior." - Ans✔✔-d. "everything psychological is simultaneously biological."
which type of psychologist most directly investigates the links between
biological activity and our thinking and behaviors?
a. behaviorist
b. psychotherapist
c. biological psychologist
,d. cognitive psychologist
e. psychometrician - Ans✔✔-c. biological psychologist
dendrites are branching extensions of
a. neurotransmitters
b. endorphins
c. neurons
d. myelin
e. endocrine glands - Ans✔✔-c. neurons
the function of dendrites is to
a. receive incoming signals from other neurons
b. release neurotransmitters into the spatial junctions between neurons
c. coordinate the activation of the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous
systems
d. control pain through the release of opiate-like chemicals into the brain
e. transmit signals to other neurons - Ans✔✔-a. receive incoming signals from
other neurons
an axon is
a. a cell that seves as the basic building block of the nervous system
b. a layer of fatty tissue that encases the fibers of many neurons
c. an antagonist molecule that blocks neurotransmitter receptor sites
d. the extension of a neuron that carries messages away from the cell body
e. a junction between a sending and receiving neuron - Ans✔✔-d. the
extension of a neuron that carries messages away from the cell body
, the longest part of a neuron is likely to be the
a. dendrite
b. axon
c. cell body
d. synapse
e. neurotransmitter - Ans✔✔-b. axon
in transmitting sensory information to the brain, an electrical signal travels
from the _______ of a single neuron
a. cell body to the axon to the dendrites
b. dentrites to the axon to the cell body
c. axon to the cell body to the dendrites
d. dendrites to the cell body to the axon
e. axon to the dentrites to the cell body - Ans✔✔-d. dendrites to the cell body
to the axon
the speed at which a neural impulse travels increased when the axon is
encased by a(n)
a. sympathetic nerve
b. myelin sheath
c. endocrine gland
d. pituitary gland
e. synaptic vesicle - Ans✔✔-b. myelin sheath
a brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of a neuron is called the
Study Guide: GRADED A+.
Questions and Verified
Answers. Latest 2026 Update
the nineteenth-century theory that bumps on the skull reveal a person's
abilities and traits is called
a. evolutionary psychology
b. behavior genetics
c. molecular biology
d. biological psychology
e. phrenology - Ans✔✔-e. phrenology
who believed that bumps on the skull reveal mental abilities and character
traits?
a. sir charles sherrington
b. stephen kasslyn
c. franz gall
d. candace pert
e. solomon snyder - Ans✔✔-c. franz gall
,professor seif conducts research on the relationship between the limbic system
and sexual motivation. her research interests best represent the psychological
specialty known as
a. behaviorism
b. biologicial psychology
c. psychoanalysis
d. myelin
e. behavior genetics - Ans✔✔-b. biological psychology
your friend is taking her first psychology class. she comes to you saying, "i dont
understand why we are studying the brain; i thought this was a psychology
class." because of your background in psychology, your best response should
be
a. "its been known since aristotle's time that the brain is the center of
intelligence and thought."
b. "phrenologists established the importance of studying the physical brain to
understand mental abilities."
c. "science has demonstrated that plato's belief in the heart as the origin of
emotion is correct."
d. "everything psychological is simultaneously biological."
e. being able to name the parts of the brain helps us to understand the basis of
behavior." - Ans✔✔-d. "everything psychological is simultaneously biological."
which type of psychologist most directly investigates the links between
biological activity and our thinking and behaviors?
a. behaviorist
b. psychotherapist
c. biological psychologist
,d. cognitive psychologist
e. psychometrician - Ans✔✔-c. biological psychologist
dendrites are branching extensions of
a. neurotransmitters
b. endorphins
c. neurons
d. myelin
e. endocrine glands - Ans✔✔-c. neurons
the function of dendrites is to
a. receive incoming signals from other neurons
b. release neurotransmitters into the spatial junctions between neurons
c. coordinate the activation of the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous
systems
d. control pain through the release of opiate-like chemicals into the brain
e. transmit signals to other neurons - Ans✔✔-a. receive incoming signals from
other neurons
an axon is
a. a cell that seves as the basic building block of the nervous system
b. a layer of fatty tissue that encases the fibers of many neurons
c. an antagonist molecule that blocks neurotransmitter receptor sites
d. the extension of a neuron that carries messages away from the cell body
e. a junction between a sending and receiving neuron - Ans✔✔-d. the
extension of a neuron that carries messages away from the cell body
, the longest part of a neuron is likely to be the
a. dendrite
b. axon
c. cell body
d. synapse
e. neurotransmitter - Ans✔✔-b. axon
in transmitting sensory information to the brain, an electrical signal travels
from the _______ of a single neuron
a. cell body to the axon to the dendrites
b. dentrites to the axon to the cell body
c. axon to the cell body to the dendrites
d. dendrites to the cell body to the axon
e. axon to the dentrites to the cell body - Ans✔✔-d. dendrites to the cell body
to the axon
the speed at which a neural impulse travels increased when the axon is
encased by a(n)
a. sympathetic nerve
b. myelin sheath
c. endocrine gland
d. pituitary gland
e. synaptic vesicle - Ans✔✔-b. myelin sheath
a brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of a neuron is called the
