Psychology and Neuroscience Quiz

A test is reliable when it:

• measures what it is supposed to measure.

• measures intelligence.

• gives similar scores every time it is used.

• measures achievement.

The central nervous system consists of which two parts?

• The cerebral cortex and the brain stem.

• The brain and the spinal cord.

• The somatic and the autonomic nervous systems.

• The sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous systems.

The placebo effect is primarily influenced by:

• the experimenter.

• the E-group and the C-group being treated differently.

• the participants’ expectations of how they should behave.

• using the double-blind procedure.

The Wechsler scales differ from the Stanford-Binet test in that the Wechsler scales:

• measure verbal and non-verbal abilities.

• do not use the term IQ.

• do not measure nonverbal abilities.

• yield one score.

Kinship studies have shown that the groups with the most similar IQ scores were:

• parents and children.

• identical twins.

• brothers and sisters.

• fraternal twins.

Which of the following is not a category of psychological disorders?

• Psychotic

• Personality

• Anxiety

• Cerebral

Which of the following is true of stages 3 and 4 NREM sleep?

• They are associated with deep sleep.

• They are collectively known as lightwave sleep.

• It is relatively easy to wake a person during these stages of sleep.

• They increase in length throughout a night’s sleep.

All of the following are symptoms of psychological disorders EXCEPT:

• failure to function.

• emotional discomfort.

• deviation from social norms.

• typicality.

The hypothalamus, thalamus, and cerebrum are components of the:

• forebrain

• limbic system

• hind brain

• cerebellum

Burt periodically suffers from extremely high levels of anxiety but he cannot pinpoint the source or otherwise to say why he is so anxious. He is terrified at times, his heart often races, he feels wobbly, and has difficulty concentrating. What is Burt’s disorder?

• Dissociative fugue

• Generalized anxiety disorder

• Dissociative identity disorder

• PTSD