Question: Which of the following is NOT a potential medical application of marijuana?
Answer Choices:
Pain management
Epilepsy
Schizophrenia
Glaucoma
Answer: Schizophrenia
Question: The tics of Tourette syndrome seem to be associated with activity in the ___________.
Answer Choices:
Amygdala
Tegmentum
Caudate nuclei
Thalamus
Answer: Caudate nuclei
Question: Which of the following is a drug that works by increasing central nervous system activity?
Answer Choices:
Stimulants
Neuroleptics
Vitamin C
Depressants
Answer: Stimulants
Question: A patient has a stroke and is unable to produce verbal language… They likely have damage in:
Answer Choices:
The amygdala
Wernicke’s area
Broca’s area
The corpus callosum
Answer: Broca’s area
Question: Which of the following drugs are commonly prescribed to treat Tourette syndrome?
Answer Choices:
Benzodiazepines
Adderall
Neuroleptics
Lithium
Answer: Neuroleptics
Question: When researchers induced seizures in mice… This is a demonstration of __________.
Answer Choices:
Metabolic tolerance
Incentive tolerance
Conditioned tolerance
Contingent tolerance
Answer: Contingent tolerance
Question: When a fetus is exposed to lower levels of _______ it is more likely to be attracted to men as an adult (regardless of gender).
Answer Choices:
Dopamine
Norepinephrine
Androgens
Acetylcholine
Answer: Androgens
Question: Which of the following are found in the entorhinal cortex and act like a set of coordinates, allowing you to navigate your immediate environment?
Answer Choices:
Grid cells
Bimodal cells
Glial cells
Place cells
Answer: Grid cells
Question: The fraternal birth order effect suggests that a man with several older brothers will be more likely to develop a homosexual orientation due to ________________.
Answer Choices:
Socioeconomic influences in the household
The mother’s increased immune response to androgens
Increases in empathic modeling
The strength of the id relative to the superego
Answer: The mother’s increased immune response to androgens
Question: The Canon-Bard view of suggests that:
Answer Choices:
The emotional and physiological components of fear unfold simultaneously
Fear is an immune response to a build-up of toxic thoughts in the body
The emotional component of fear precedes the physiological component
The physiological component of fear precedes the emotional component
Answer: The emotional and physiological components of fear unfold simultaneously
Question: The _______________ theory of addiction suggests that addicts continue to use a drug as a means of preventing the onset of withdrawals.
Answer Choices:
Accumbens-redirect
Incentive-sensitization
Physical-dependence
Positive-incentive
Answer: Physical-dependence
Question: Explicit memories for the particular events or experiences of one’s life are __________ memories.
Answer Choices:
Semantic
Procedural
Episodic
Implicit
Answer: Episodic
Question: All hormones influencing sexual behavior are:
Answer Choices:
Peptides
Ions
Nucleic acids
Steroids
Answer: Steroids