Question: ________ is a beneficial and functional adaptation to an environmental stressor.
Answer Choices:
Substress
Polystress
Eustress
Distress
Answer: Eustress
Question: Which of the following hormones is responsible for triggering the male developmental pattern in the brain?
Answer Choices:
Oxytocin
GABA
Progestin
Estradiol
Answer: Estradiol
Question: Which of the following drugs works by enhancing GABA firing in the nervous system?
Answer Choices:
Ibuprofen
Depressants
Stimulants
Psychedelics
Answer: Depressants
Question: Following a stroke, a patient is able to produce fluid speech with normal intonation and structure. However, the speech itself is relatively meaningless gibberish. The patient appears to be unaware that their speech is incoherent, and appears to have a hard time understanding the speech of others as well. Which of the following is the patient most likely suffering from?
Answer Choices:
Hunter’s aphasia
Broca’s aphasia
Sperry’s aphasia
Wernicke’s aphasia
Answer: Wernicke’s aphasia
Question: A participant in a split-brain experiment is shown two images simultaneously. A square appears in his left field of vision and a circle appears in his right field of vision. The experimenter asks him to report what he saw. How is he likely to respond?
Answer Choices:
I saw nothing
I saw a circle
I saw a square and a circle
I saw a square
Answer: I saw a circle
Question: People with damage to their amygdala:
Answer Choices:
Have difficulty produce complex verbal statements
Lose gross motor coordination
Lose fine motor coordination
Have difficulty recognizing emotions in other individuals
Answer: Have difficulty recognizing emotions in other individuals
Question: The ovaries and testes are:
Answer Choices:
Zygotes
Exocrine glands
Endocrine glands
Nuclei
Answer: Endocrine glands
Question: Recent studies have suggested that ____________ may be highly effective in treating conditions like PTSD and depression.
Answer Choices:
Immunosuppressants
Psychedelics
Stimulants
Sodium Amytal
Answer: Psychedelics
Question: Severing the corpus callosum is one method of treating
Answer Choices:
Broca’s aphasia
Schizophrenia
Epilepsy
Tourette Syndrome
Answer: Epilepsy
Question: From an evolutionary perspective, which of the following early developments likely led to the lateralization of language in our brains?
Answer Choices:
Religious rituals
Bipedal travel
Tool use
The use of fire to cook
Answer: Tool use
Question: After removal of his medial temporal lobes, Henry Molaison experienced ____________.
Answer Choices:
Anterograde amnesia
Loss of fine motor control
Retrograde amnesia
Loss of gross motor control
Answer: Anterograde amnesia
Question: Which of the following is defined by the presence of positive (representing an excess of normal function) and negative (representing a reduction of normal function) symptoms?
Answer Choices:
Affect disorders
Schizophrenia
Tourette syndrome
Anxiety disorders
Answer: Schizophrenia
Question: The _____________ is likely responsible for the pleasurable effects of drugs and other natural reinforcers.
Answer Choices:
Medial prefrontal cortex
Mesocorticolimbic pathway
Thalamus
Pons
Answer: Mesocorticolimbic pathway