Test 1

Bryan starts to run a half-marathon. Which neuron type is most likely responsible for his running?

• spinal cord neurons

• sensory neurons

• motor neurons

• interneurons

Alexi bangs her knee on a chair. Which neuron type is most likely responsible for her pain?

• glial neurons

• interneurons

• motor neurons

• sensory neurons

Chris is being chased by a bear. Which part of their nervous system is most likely active?

• peripheral nervous system

• parasympathetic nervous system

• sympathetic nervous system

• central nervous system

In a typically functioning person, the ___ hand is controlled by (the) ___ side(s) of the brain.

• left; right

• right; right

• left; both

• right; both

When a neuron in resting state is stimulated, gates open in the cell membrane to allow for ________ charged ______ ions to rush into the cell.

• Negatively; Sodium (Na)

• Negatively; Potassium (K)

• Positively; Sodium (Na)

• Positively; Potassium (K)

After getting hit on the side of the head with a football, Nicola is having trouble hearing. He did not previously have any problems with his hearing. Based on this information, he most likely sustained damage to which part of his brain?

• parietal lobe

• temporal lobe

• frontal lobe

• occipital lobe

Which of the following best illustrates confirmation bias?

• Nicola raised a baby and now believes that he knows the best way to raise children, despite never having read any research on the topic.

• Julia conducts scientific studies on memory and has a deep understanding of how memory works as a result.

• Annie reads astrology websites online but doesn’t think they are really predicting behavior.

• Petra believes that airplane crashes are more common than car crashes. Whenever she sees a story about a plane crash on the news, she remembers it and tells her friends about how she was right all along.

Which of the following should you do to check the validity of a source used to claim something about psychology?

• check the outlet of publication

• check the year of the work

• check for inclusion of prior research on the topic

• all of the answer options are correct

Why is replication a beneficial scientific practice?

• It allows researchers to isolate each potential cause of a given behavior.

• Studies should be reviewed by other experts before being published.

• It prevents intuition from influencing the results of any given study.

• A theory is stronger when multiple different studies find similar results.

Monique is conducting a study on eating disorders in college-aged women and ultimately recruits 100 people to participate. In this example, “college-aged women with eating disorders” represents Monique’s _____________.

• sample

• population of interest

• data

• cohort