Psych: Midterm Review

Researchers learn about the brain by studying

• images of the brain created by computers.

• people with head injuries.

• the effects of electrical stimulation on the brain.

• all of these are correct

One of the most useful types of studies for showing the influence of heredity and environment examines

• parents and offspring.

• siblings and step-siblings.

• identical twins who have been reared apart.

• fraternal twins.

Which gland, called the "master gland", is located in the brain and responsible for growth hormones?

• adrenal

• thyroid

• pituitary

• testes

For most people, the ability to create language originates in the

• hypothalamus

• thalamus

• left hemisphere

• right hemisphere

Messages are directly transmitted from one neuron to another across the

• synapse

• axon

• myelin sheath

• cell body

The two main divisions of the central nervous system are the

• somatic and autonomic nervous systems

• right and left hemispheres

• brain and spinal cord

• sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems

Traits in human beings, such as intelligence, are influenced

• only from the genes of parents

• only by the environment

• by both genes and environment

• by the genes of only one parent

Before people may be allowed to participate in a study, they must give

• correlation

• a debriefing

• informed consent

• confidentiality

Which of the following results of an experiment on IQ testing would BEST show that IQ scores are determined by NATURE?

• An adopted child scores more closely to his adopted mother than his biological mother.

• A mother and her son score similarly on an IQ test.

• A brother and sister do not have similar scores.

• Two identical twins get the exact same score on an IQ test.

Blindness can result from damage to which lobe of the brain?

• occipital lobe

• frontal lobe

• temporal lobe

• parietal lobe