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