Question 1

Political strife, war, and suffering in a country tend to country.

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A)   decrease
B)   have little effect on
C)   have unpredictable effects on
D)   increaseE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 2

What is one of the conclusions generally drawn from the 1990s studies of OCD, brain imaging, and cognitive- behavioral therapy by Baxter et al., and the follow up studies by Schwartz et al.?

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A)   Neurotransmitters affect how people feel and act.
B)   Drugs are the only way to impact faulty neurotransmitter circuits.
C)   Neurotransmitters are a result of how people feel and act, not a cause.
D)   Psychosocial factors such as therapy affect neurotransmitters.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

In an experiment by Kolb, Gibb, and Gorny (2003) , animals of varying ages were placed in complex environments. Their findings suggest that

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A)   the impact of the environment on the brain is different at varying stages of life.
B)   the impact of the environment on the brain is significant but uniform throughout the lifespan.
C)   environments that are beneficial to the aged may be harmful to the young.
D)   the environment has little effect on the brain throughout the lifespan.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

You feed your dog every time you come home from school at night. One day your afternoon classes are cancelled and you come home early. Your dog barks for food, even though it is not her dinnertime yet. In this scenario, the _______ is the neutral stimulus, and the ______ is the unconditioned stimulus.

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A)   arrival home, food
B)   food, arrival home
C)   dog, food
D)   food, dogE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

John has inherited a personality trait that makes him more likely to keep to himself than to socialize. As a result, he does not have many friends and spends a lot of time alone. If John were to develop depression, the model that would probably best explain this situation and the cause of his depression is .

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A)   diathesis-stress
B)   biological
C)   reciprocal gene-environment
D)   interpersonalE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 6

According to Seligman, if a person who is faced with considerable stress and difficulty in his/her life displays an optimistic, upbeat attitude, he/she is likely to function better psychologically and physically. He called this ______________.

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A)   learned optimism
B)   learned helplessness
C)   learned awareness
D)   learned predictabilityE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 7

Recent research and increased understanding about the role of neurotransmitters in psychopathology point out that

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A)   each psychological disorder is caused by a deficit in a specific neurotransmitter.
B)   chemical imbalances of the brain are the cause of psychopathology.
C)   simple cause/effect conclusions stating that an individual neurotransmitter abnormality causes a disorder are incomplete.
D)   neurotransmitters have very little to do with psychopathology for most individuals but may be the single cause of disorders for others.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 8

Functions of the limbic system include control or regulation of

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A)   basic body functions such as breathing.
B)   sleep cycles.
C)   emotional experiences, expressions, impulse control, and basic drives such as aggression, sex, hunger, and thirst.
D)   body posture, coordinated movement, and involuntary responses such as reflexes and other automatic processes.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

From memory, draw and label the brain with at least five areas. Label the function of each identified area.

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Question 10

Emotion is generally thought to be a(n)  elicited by a(n)  .

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A)   cognition; behavior
B)   action tendency; threat
C)   affect; cognition
D)   physiological response; affective occurrenceE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 11

The network of glands that releases chemical messengers directly into the bloodstream is called the

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A)   autonomic nervous system.
B)   somatic nervous system.
C)   limbic system.
D)   endocrine system.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Although the two halves of the cortex look alike structurally, the left hemisphere seems to be chiefly responsible for

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A)   motor coordination.
B)   perceiving the world around us.
C)   creating images.
D)   verbal and other cognitive processes.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 13

Depression and schizophrenia seem to appear in all cultures but tend to be characterized by different symptoms within individual cultures. For example, depression in Western culture is generally characterized by feelings of guilt and inadequacy, whereas in developing countries it is characterized by physical distress such as fatigue or illness. This is most likely due to

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A)   genetic differences between individuals living in different cultures.
B)   differences in treatment provided in different cultures.
C)   reasons that our current methods of study are incapable of understanding.
D)   the fact that social and cultural factors influence psychopathology.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 14

The fact that a disorder can be caused by a variety of factors illustrates the principle of .

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A)   equifinality
B)   isolation
C)   equilibration
D)   duplicationE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

The central nervous system is made up of the .

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A)   brain and spinal cord
B)   brain only
C)   spinal cord only
D)   nerves leading to and from the brainE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

The peripheral nervous system is made up of the .

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A)   endocrine system
B)   brain stem and cortex
C)   somatic and autonomic nervous system
D)   brain and spinal cordE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 17

The brain and the spinal cord comprise the

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A)   peripheral nervous system.
B)   somatic nervous system.
C)   parasympathetic nervous system.
D)   central nervous system.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 18

About 80% of the neurons contained in the central nervous system are located in the .

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A)   cerebral cortex
B)   brain stem
C)   midbrain
D)   basal gangliaE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 19

Marta is right-handed. She falls and hurts the left side of her head and impacts brain function. Which is most likely to happen?

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A)   Marta may likely be more clumsy.
B)   Marta may have some difficulty with language and cognitive processing.
C)   Marta will have difficulty in math.
D)   All of the above are correct.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

Research studies using the procedure called "cross fostering" have shown that genetically emotional and reactive young animals raised by calm mothers tended to be

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A)   calm.
B)   emotional and reactive.
C)   calm but emotional and reactive when raising their own young.
D)   emotional and reactive but calm when raising their own young.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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