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Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 14mins
A basic assumption underlying the evolutionary approach to sexual attraction is that folks seek potential mates who
display financial resources
have high social status
appear fertile
are taller than average
are highly educated
The result of the evolutionary process that preserves traits that enhance the adaptation of an organism and suppresses traits that do not is called
habituation
accommodation
natural selection
eugenics
species assimilation
An evolutionary psychologist would explain that humans desire social interaction, social acceptance, and social affiliation due to a need for
achievement
individualism
behavioral change
survival
self-actualization
Which of the following studies is from an evolutionary perspective?
A study to see if people who had a more congruent view of their real self and their ideal self were happier
A study to see if women were more attracted to men who liked children than men who did not like children
A study examining whether children wanted to marry their opposite-sex parent when they grew up
A study looking at how biological, psychological, and social factors affect development
A study looking at how quickly a variable-ratio schedule of reinforcement leads to extinction resistant behaviors
Which scenario best exemplifies Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection?
Aaron has larger muscles than Earl because Aaron lifts weights and Earl does not.
A natural disaster wipes out all of the living creatures on a particular island.
An ape learns how to use a new tool by observing another ape use that tool.
A baby spreads out its toes in response to having its foot stroked
A mutation in a species of lizards that allows them to better blend into their surroundings leads to greater survival and more offspring possessing this mutation in a later generation.
The part of the endocrine system that is responsible for overseeing and regulating the release of hormones across the entire body is the
pancreas
hypothalamus
adrenal glands
pineal gland
thyroid
Dr. Obetz is conducting an experimental study on the effectiveness of antianxiety medication. Which of the following will most likely be her independent variable?
Age of first symptoms, because she will randomly divide her participants into groups, assigning them based on the age that symptoms first appeared.
Frequency of hallucinations, because she will measure the frequency of hallucinations that her participants have with each type of medication.
Type of medication, because she will randomly divide participants into groups and give the groups different types of medication.
Self-reported depression, because she will measure the amount of self-reported depression that is present in her participants with each type of medication.
Severity of anxiety, because she will measure the amount of self-reported anxiety that is present in her participants with each type of medication.
Which part of the cerebral cortex directs the muscle movements involved in producing speech?
Amygdala
Angular gyrus
Broca’s area
Reticular formation
Wernicke’s area
Humans have approximately 70,000 genes that are arranged on how many pairs of chromosomes?
10
23
27
46
144
What part of the brain has been surgically altered in “split-brain” patients?
Cerebellum
Cerebrum
Corpus callosum
Distal cortex
Hippocampus
spective: Biological
Carmen’s psychiatrist has prescribed a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor to help Carmen feel better. Carmen has most likely been diagnosed with what disorder?
Schizophrenia
Somatic symptom
Major depressive
Antisocial personality
Specific phobia
The cerebellum is most directly involved in
forming emotional memories
forming explicit and spatial memories
judgment, higher-order cognition, and personality
sensory processing and relaying
motor learning
Dr. Xi conducted an experiment on the effectiveness of an antidepressant medication. Given her research design, if she finds that the drug is effective, which of the following will she be able to conclude?
Antidepressants are related to reduced depression, because she found a negative correlation between depression levels and the administration of antidepressant medication.
Placebos are just as effective as antidepressants in treating depression, because she found that both placebos and antidepressants decreased depression by the same amount.
Antianxiety medication is related to reduced depression, because she found a negative correlation between depression levels and the administration of antianxiety medication.
Antidepressants decrease the severity of depression, and the experiment demonstrates cause-and-effect because she used random assignment.
Antidepressants decrease the severity of anxiety, and the experiment demonstrates cause-and-effect because she used random assignment
The area labeled X in the drawing above denotes which of the following structures?
Dendrites
Nodes of Ranvier
Axon terminals
Mitochondria
Glial cells
Which of the following activities most directly relies on the hippocampus?
Remembering events specific to one’s life
Memorizing the layout of a neighborhood
Using short-term memory to recreate a picture when drawing a copy of the picture
Using short-term memory to recreate a picture when drawing a copy of the picture Rehearsing a fact to remember it for a short period of time
Becoming classically conditioned
Dr. Frishkoff is studying how participants’ brain activity changes when they read sentences in which the last word is either expected (“The pizza was too hot to eat”) or unexpected (“The pizza was too hot to cry”). While participants are reading, Dr. Frishkoff measures their brain activity. The results of her experiment are shown below.
Dr. Frishkoff could accurately describe the results of her study by saying that participants
showed increased blood flow to the brain in response to the unexpected word
showed longer reaction times to sentences in which the last word was unexpected than to sentences in which the last word was expected
showed a negative-going peak in brain wave activity approximately 400 milliseconds after the unexpected word was presented that the participants did not show in response to the expected word
showed a positive-going peak in brain wave activity approximately 400 milliseconds after the unexpected word was presented that the participants did not show in response to the expected word
showed an increase in brain activity approximately 400 milliseconds after seeing the unexpected word that the participants did not show in response to seeing the expected word
Based on its effects on the central nervous system, alcohol can be classified as
a hallucinogen
a depressant
a neurotransmitter
an antagonist
an agonist
Which of the following is classified as an antagonist?
Cocaine, because it floods the brain with dopamine.
Mescaline, because it floods the brain with dopamine.
An amphetamine, because they lead to increased central nervous system activity.
A tricyclic antidepressant, because they block serotonin and norepinephrine transporters.
Prozac®, because it blocks the reuptake of serotonin.
The autonomic nervous system is most directly involved in
driving a car
reading a textbook
sensing painful stimuli
digesting food
experiencing pain
