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Exam 1 Practice PSYC 2301

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are psychology’s three main levels of analysis?

Biological, psychological, and social-cultural

Evolutionary, psychodynamic, and social-cultural

Experimental, naturalistic observation, and correlational

Behaviorism, structuralism, and functionalism

2.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A testable prediction that specifies which results would support the theory and which results would disconfirm it is known as a(n) ​ (a)  

hypothesis
operational definition
hindsight bias
organized observation

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which part of the cortex is involved in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking, and speaking?

Motor cortex

Corpus callosum

Somatosensory cortex

Association areas

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Researchers have found that monkeys and humans with amygdala damage become less fearful of strangers. Which statement best generalizes the results of this study?

The amygdala plays a role in fear and aggression.

Human fear and aggression are localized in the amygdala.

Study participants who display less fear are likely to have amygdala damage.

The amygdala’s primary function in the brain is the processing of fear and aggression.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Surveys have shown that many people believe we use only 10 percent of our brain. What evidence debunks this false claim?

Electrically probing an association area won’t trigger an observable response.

Animals and humans with damage to association areas display particular impairments.

Complex brain functions reside in precise brain areas.

It is not possible to map the functions of association areas.

6.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Lack of sleep can also make you gain weight by ​ ​ (a)  

increasing the production of ghrelin
decreasing the production of ghrelin
increasing the production of leptin
decreasing the production of cortisol

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Researcher Ronald Siegel noted that, after consuming THC, “pigeons wait too long to respond to buzzers or lights that tell them food is available for brief periods; and rats turn the wrong way in mazes.” From these findings, what can we generalize about the effects of THC?

THC impairs visual perception and suppresses appetite.

THC impairs learning and memory.

Consuming THC makes it hazardous to operate a motor vehicle.

THC is mildly hallucinogenic.

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