Practice exam introduction psychology
1. If we know that the gene for blue eyes is recessive, what can we conclude about the parents
of someone with blue eyes?
a. Both parents also have blue eyes.
b. Both parents carry the blue-eyed gene, but do not have to have blue eyes
themselves.
c. At least one of the parents has blue eyes.
d. At least one of the parents carries the gene for blue eyes, but does not have to have
blue eyes.
2. There are more than 400 genes that affect a person's height, what is this called?
a. Monogenic heredity
b. Polygenic heredity
c. Dominant heredity
d. Diploid heredity
3. A man has suffered brain damage in an accident that prevents him from making new
memories. He remembers everything from before the accident, but he can't remember
anything since the accident. This man probably suffers from ... amnesia, due to damage in
the ... lobe.
a. Retrograde; parietal
b. Retrograde; temporal
c. Anterograde; parietal
d. Anterograde; temporal
4. What is NOT a natural way of the body to control the amount of neurotransmitters in a
synapse?
a. Reuptake
b. Deactivation enzymes
c. Mimicking a neurotransmitter
d. Auto-receptor
5. The autonomic nervous system regulates the ... processes in the body, through
communication between the central nervous system and ....
a. Unconscious; internal organs
b. Unconscious; Muscles
c. Conscious; internal organs
d. Conscious; Muscles
6. What is the main function of the hypothalamus?
a. Creating new memories
b. Receiving sensory information
c. Plan and move
d. Preserving homeostasis
7. What method works with a radioactive injection?
, a. EEG
b. PET
c. MRI
d. fMRI
8. To inhibit a neurotransmitter, an ... should be administered. To increase the effect of a
neurotransmitter, an ... should be administered.
a. Agonist; Agonist
b. Agonist; Antagonist
c. Antagonist; Antagonist
d. Antagonist; Agonist
9. The part of the neuron responsible for receiving signals from other neurons is called: .... The
part of the neuron responsible for excreting chemical signals is called: ....
a. Axon; Dendrites
b. Dendrites; Axon
c. Axon; Terminal buttons
d. Dendrites; Terminal buttons
10. A split-brain patient can only tell about information he sees with his... eye, because the
function to speak is located in the …
a. Right; left hemisphere
b. Right; right hemisphere
c. Left; left hemisphere
d. Left; right hemisphere
11. The cocktail party phenomenon shows that you can pay attention to..
a. Everything in your area
b. Multiple things in your environment, depending on what's interesting
c. A limited part of your environment
d. A limited part of your environment, while subconsciously also collecting other
information.
12. What is the idea behind the theory of circadian rhythm?
a. We sleep to repair our bodies
b. We sleep so our bodies get rest
c. We sleep at night as a product of natural selection: the night was dangerous.
d. We sleep to strengthen learned information in our brains.
13. Subliminal perception has … influence on complex behavior for a … period of time.
a. A great; short
b. Little; short
c. A great; long
d. Little; long
14. Our dreams during REM sleep are ..., because our prefrontal cortex (important for logic) is ….
a. Boring; Active
b. Boring; inactive
1. If we know that the gene for blue eyes is recessive, what can we conclude about the parents
of someone with blue eyes?
a. Both parents also have blue eyes.
b. Both parents carry the blue-eyed gene, but do not have to have blue eyes
themselves.
c. At least one of the parents has blue eyes.
d. At least one of the parents carries the gene for blue eyes, but does not have to have
blue eyes.
2. There are more than 400 genes that affect a person's height, what is this called?
a. Monogenic heredity
b. Polygenic heredity
c. Dominant heredity
d. Diploid heredity
3. A man has suffered brain damage in an accident that prevents him from making new
memories. He remembers everything from before the accident, but he can't remember
anything since the accident. This man probably suffers from ... amnesia, due to damage in
the ... lobe.
a. Retrograde; parietal
b. Retrograde; temporal
c. Anterograde; parietal
d. Anterograde; temporal
4. What is NOT a natural way of the body to control the amount of neurotransmitters in a
synapse?
a. Reuptake
b. Deactivation enzymes
c. Mimicking a neurotransmitter
d. Auto-receptor
5. The autonomic nervous system regulates the ... processes in the body, through
communication between the central nervous system and ....
a. Unconscious; internal organs
b. Unconscious; Muscles
c. Conscious; internal organs
d. Conscious; Muscles
6. What is the main function of the hypothalamus?
a. Creating new memories
b. Receiving sensory information
c. Plan and move
d. Preserving homeostasis
7. What method works with a radioactive injection?
, a. EEG
b. PET
c. MRI
d. fMRI
8. To inhibit a neurotransmitter, an ... should be administered. To increase the effect of a
neurotransmitter, an ... should be administered.
a. Agonist; Agonist
b. Agonist; Antagonist
c. Antagonist; Antagonist
d. Antagonist; Agonist
9. The part of the neuron responsible for receiving signals from other neurons is called: .... The
part of the neuron responsible for excreting chemical signals is called: ....
a. Axon; Dendrites
b. Dendrites; Axon
c. Axon; Terminal buttons
d. Dendrites; Terminal buttons
10. A split-brain patient can only tell about information he sees with his... eye, because the
function to speak is located in the …
a. Right; left hemisphere
b. Right; right hemisphere
c. Left; left hemisphere
d. Left; right hemisphere
11. The cocktail party phenomenon shows that you can pay attention to..
a. Everything in your area
b. Multiple things in your environment, depending on what's interesting
c. A limited part of your environment
d. A limited part of your environment, while subconsciously also collecting other
information.
12. What is the idea behind the theory of circadian rhythm?
a. We sleep to repair our bodies
b. We sleep so our bodies get rest
c. We sleep at night as a product of natural selection: the night was dangerous.
d. We sleep to strengthen learned information in our brains.
13. Subliminal perception has … influence on complex behavior for a … period of time.
a. A great; short
b. Little; short
c. A great; long
d. Little; long
14. Our dreams during REM sleep are ..., because our prefrontal cortex (important for logic) is ….
a. Boring; Active
b. Boring; inactive
