PSYCH 100 PRACTICE QUIZ Flashcards
Paul is a rugby player. During a very physical match, he’s knocked unconscious after being hit very hard while trying to get the ball from an opposing player. When Paul woke up several days later in the emergency room, he discovers that he can’t move any portion of his body except his eyes. Doctors tell his family that they believe he is suffering from Locked in Syndrome and want to take a brain scan to confirm their diagnosis. If their diagnosis is accurate, what area of the brain would you suspect to be damaged according to the scan?
a. Pons
b. Medulla
c. Cerebellum
d. Thalamus
A. Pons
Mary, a split brain patient, is shown the word “TOADSTOOL” on a tachistoscope. Thus, the word “TOAD” appears in the left visual field and the word “STOOL” appears in the right visual field. Assuming that her language is specialized to the left hemisphere, which of the following statements is TRUE in regards to how Mary can respond?
a. Her left hand would draw a toad even though verbally she would insist that she saw the word stool
b. If asked verbally what she saw she would state that she saw the word toad
c. Her right hand would draw a picture of a of a stool, but verbally she would insist what she saw was the word toad
d. She would draw a picture of a stool with her left hand and a toad with her right hand, simultaneously.
a. Her left hand would draw a toad even though verbally she would insist that she saw the word stool
Two groups of graduate students were given rats and were told to teach them how to run mazes. Group 1 was told that they had very smart rats that should learn quickly. Group 2 was told that they had very stupid rats that should learn slowly. In actuality, neither group of rats were any different in regards to intelligence levels. In spite of that, when the experiment concluded, Group 1 rats had learned the maze much more quickly. How can this be explained?
a. Participator Bias
b. Single Blind study design
c. Subject bias
d. Treatment effect
e. Experimenter effect
e. Experimenter effect
Which of the following would be most impacted by damage to the cerebellum?
a. Remembering where you live
b. Riding a bicycle
c. Verbally giving someone directions to the HUB
d. Resisting the impulse to hit your annoying friend that won’t shut up
b. Riding a bicycle
After a long day of classes, you return home to find your roommate failed to clean up his extremely smelly socks off the floor - despite having only one class that day and no homework. Initially angered, you sit down at your desk and begin studying for your Psych exam. After about ten minutes, you notice that you no longer smell the stench of the socks. This is because of:
a. Just Noticeable Difference
b. Weber’s Law
c. Absolute Threshold
d. Sensory Adaptation
The belief that thoughts could be broken down into simpler elements into their own “periodic table” is a defining characteristic of:
a. Functionalism
b. Structuralism
c. Holism
d. Phrenology
e. Humanism
b. Structuralism
While camping in the woods, Dave steps over a log and steps onto something thin and long on the ground. Before he looks down to see what he has stepped on, he immediately starts to panic, thinking that he may have just stepped on a snake! His heart races and he begins to sweat as his ___________________ system becomes activated. As he looks down, he realizes he didn’t step on a snake, but instead a broken tree branch on the ground. At this point his _______________ system kicks in and he sighs in relieve, starting to calm back down.
a. sympathetic; parasympathetic
b. somatic; autonomic
c. central; peripheral
d. intraneuronal; interneuronal
a. sympathetic; parasympathetic
The Great Zimbardo and his traveling circus are in town! To gain a better understanding of those who work for Zimbardo and his circus and how their lifestyles are affected by constant traveling, Zack applies as a roadie who moves all of the circus equipment. He converses with other members of the circus on a regular basis, and uses this information in his study on the lifestyle of circus workers. What kind of study is Zack participating in?
a. Laboratory Observational Study
b. Case Study
c. Participant Observational Study
d. Correlational Design Study
c. Participant Observational Study
In class we described they functional classes of neurons. One of these types of neurons act as the “middle-man” assessing information and making appropriate decisions. Also these neurons lie almost exclusively in the central nervous system. What is the name for this type of a neuron?
a. afferent neuron
b. efferent neuron
c. sensory neuron
d. interneuron
d. interneuron
Just a like a gun firing a bullet, a neuron requires a certain amount of energy to “fire” off an action potential. Which of the following statements is TRUE in regards to this process?
a. depending on the amount of energy, you can have larger and smaller action potentials
b. if the energy is great enough, the neuron could actually fire two action potentials at the same time
c. if an action potential is fired, it always has the same size in terms of magnituded
d. the action potential is considered to be a chemical process, sending neurotransmitters down the length of the axon
c. if an action potential is fired, it always has the same size in terms of magnitude
In a soccer match, Ken is trying to kick the ball to a forward player down the field. However, he’s kicking the ball into a strong crosswind, which will interfere with his attempt to do so. If we applied passing the ball to interneuronal communication, the crosswind would be considered a(n)
a. excitatory potential
b. antagonist
c. agonist
d. inhibitory potential
b. antagonist
Mark invents a new drug which significantly boosts one’s ability to memorize massive lists of words. Based on what you learned in class, this particular drug is most likely an agonist of what neurotransmitter in which area of the brain?
a. Acetylcholine; hypothalamus
b. Dopamine; hippocampus
c. GABA; brainstem
d. Acetylcholine; hippocampus
e. Serotonin; temporal lobes
d. Acetylcholine; hippocampus
Cindy brought a fake rubber snake into the lab where her rhesus monkeys live. Most of the monkeys responded with fear vocalizations, but one did not. Cindy knew this monkey had been part of a lesion experiment prior to coming to her lab, but she didn’t know what type of lesion had been done. What would you tell Cindy about this particular monkey?
a. He probably didn’t have a lesion at all, as ignoring fake snakes is considered normal reaction for a rhesus monkey
b. The monkey probably had a lesion in the hypothalamus
c. The monkey probably had a lesion in the amygdala
d. The monkey probably had a lesion in the frontal lobes
e. The monkey probably had a lesion in the pons
c. The monkey probably had a lesion in the amygdala
When Ann went to her doctor, they gave her a hearing test. During the test, the doctor presented tones to Ann through earphones. The tones started at a low intensity and then became louder. The doctor asked Ann to raise her hand whenever she started to hear a sound. The doctor was most likely testing Ann’s ____________________
a. Refractory period
b. Absolute threshold for sound
c. Sensory adaptation of sound
d. Ability to detect subliminal messages
b. Absolute threshold for sound
Which of the following contains the primary visual cortex?
a. Parietal lobes
b. Frontal lobes
c. Corpus Callosum
d. Occipital lobes
e. Temporal lobes
d. Occipital lobes
