Question: An accounting firm reimburses employees for tuition and fees if they complete job-related coursework with a B or better. The accounting firm’s tuition-reimbursement policy helps its employees meet their _________ needs.
Answer Options:
a) physiological
b) safety
c) self-actualization
d) love
Answer: c) self-actualization
Question: Managers Sophie and Bill know that their employees will show higher levels of commitment to the company if they are able to increase ________. This will make the top executive happy because overall their employees will elicit higher performance and lower employee turnover.
Answer Options:
a) job satisfaction
b) perception
c) leadership
d) employee engagement
e) organizational behavior
Answer: d) employee engagement
Question: Which of the following is a process perspective on motivation?
Answer Options:
a) self-determination theory
b) goal-setting theory
c) two-factor theory
d) acquired needs theory
e) job characteristics model
Answer: b) goal-setting theory
Question: From which of the following structures does the neural tube ultimately form?
Answer Options:
Ectoderm
Microderm
Endoderm
Mesoderm
Answer: Ectoderm
Question: The primary cause of Huntington’s disease appears to be _______________.
Answer Options:
Exposure to radiation at a very young age
A genetic mutation that results in the production of abnormally long proteins
The consumption of large amounts of sugar, carbohydrates, and gluten at a young age
A lower than normal level of glial cells in the prefrontal cortex
Answer: A genetic mutation that results in the production of abnormally long proteins
Question: What process does the chemoaffinity hypothesis explain? Explain, in as much detail what it is and how it works.
Answer: The chemoaffinity hypothesis explains how regenerating retinal cells manage to reestablish their synaptic contacts.
Question: Damage at which of the following levels would be most detrimental to sensory function?
Answer Options:
Primary sensory cortex
Secondary sensory cortex
Receptors
Association cortex
Answer: Receptors
Question: The _______________ is directly responsible for transducing sound from mechanical to electrochemical signals.
Answer Options:
Cochlea
Oval window
Tympanic membrane
Round window
Answer: Cochlea
Question: You hear a recording and recognize it as your best friend’s voice. This is possible due to the functioning of your _______________.
Answer Options:
Lateral olives
Anterior auditory pathway
Posterior auditory pathway
Medial olives
Answer: Anterior auditory pathway
Question: Which of the following pathways carries information about pain and temperature?
Answer Options:
Dorsal-column medial-lemniscus
Anterolateral
Posterior auditory
Anterior auditory
Answer: Anterolateral
Question: Which of the following is most likely to be able to regenerate their central nervous system?
Answer Options:
Worms
Humans
Birds
Cats
Answer: Worms
Question: Which of the following conditions is characterized by areas of hardened tissue in the central nervous system?
Answer Options:
William’s syndrome
Multiple sclerosis
Huntington’s disease
Parkinson’s disease
Answer: Multiple sclerosis
Question: Prior to having a seizure, a patient typically smells burning popcorn. This olfactory sensation is referred to as _______________.
Answer Options:
A tonic-clonic seizure
A partial seizure
An absence seizure
An epileptic aura
Answer: An epileptic aura
Question: The term _______________ refers to a process in which the axon of a neuron is severed.
Answer Options:
Primary severance
Axotomy
Neurotomy
Secondary severance
Answer: Axotomy
Question: Evolutionary psychologists have theorized that early human tool use may be responsible for _______________.
Answer Options:
The lateralization of language processing
Advances in immune system functioning
The domestication of dogs
The helping-hand phenomenon
Answer: The lateralization of language processing
Question: Which of the following translates visual words (e.g., from a book) to auditory code?
Answer Options:
The arcuate fasciculus
The angular gyrus
Broca’s area
Wernicke’s area
Answer: The angular gyrus
Question: Broca’s aphasia occurs when _______________.
Answer Options:
The part of the brain involved in language production is damaged
Individuals reach late adolescence
A patient’s corpus callosum is severed to treat epileptic seizures
The optic chiasm begins to degrade due to illness
Answer: The part of the brain involved in language production is damaged
Question: Damage to the temporal lobe is typically the cause of _______________.
Answer Options:
Broca’s aphasia
Split-brain phenomena
Wernicke’s aphasia
Component-dominant cognition
Answer: Wernicke’s aphasia
Question: Free nerve endings respond to _______________.
Answer Options:
Stretching of skin
Flashing lights
Temperature and pain
Low frequency sounds
Answer: Temperature and pain
Question: Which of the following causes the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease?
Answer Options:
Not enough firing of dopaminergic neurons
Too much firing of dopaminergic neurons
An inability of the body to regulate blood flow
Excessive levels of L-dopa in the blood
Answer: Not enough firing of dopaminergic neurons