Psychoanalytic practice questions

Question: The case of Phineas Gage best supports the idea that:

Answer Choices:

A. Dualism has a place in science

B. The cortex functions as a whole unit

C. Individual brain areas have specialized functions

D. The brain has regenerative capabilities

Answer: C – Individual brain areas have specialized functions

Question: Broca is best known for:

Answer Choices:

A. Studying the brains of lower animals to learn about human brains

B. Equating cortical size with intelligence

C. Discovering a brain area responsible for a specific disorder

D. Suggesting the cortex functioned as a whole

Answer: C – Discovering a brain area responsible for a specific disorder

Question: The part of the cortex known as Broca’s area is associated with:

Answer Choices:

A. Speech comprehension

B. Visual analysis

C. Speech articulation

D. Motor movement differentiation

Answer: C – Speech articulation

Question: The part of the cortex known as Wernicke’s area is associated with:

Answer Choices:

A. Speech comprehension

B. Visual analysis

C. Speech articulation

D. Motor movement differentiation

Answer: A – Speech comprehension

Question: How did the work of such researchers as Broca, Fritsch, Hitzig, and Ferrier relate to phrenology?

Answer Choices:

A. The research showed that brain function is not localized to specific cortical regions.

B. The research showed that protrusions of the skull can be used to map cortical motor faculties.

C. The research demonstrated localized brain function, just as the phrenologists had predicted.

D. The research demonstrated localized brain function, but not as the phrenologists had predicted.

Answer: D – The research demonstrated localized brain function, but not as the phrenologists had predicted.

Question: What was one important discovery of Fritsch and Hitzig?

Answer Choices:

A. They stimulated the cortex and found that muscular movements are elicited from the opposite side of the body.

B. They used electrical stimulation to produce a more articulated map of the motor cortex.

C. They mapped cortical regions to the senses.

D. They performed autopsies on humans to determine the cause of behavioral deficits.

Answer: A – They stimulated the cortex and found that muscular movements are elicited from the opposite side of the body.

Question: What was an important discovery of David Ferrier?

Answer Choices:

A. He stimulated the cortex and found that muscular movements were elicited from the opposite side of the body.

B. He used electrical stimulation to produce a more articulated map of the motor cortex.

C. He mapped cortical regions to the senses.

D. He performed autopsies on humans to determine the cause of behavioral deficits.

Answer: B – He used electrical stimulation to produce a more articulated map of the motor cortex.

Question: Based on his experimental research, it can be argued that which person listed below was the very first “scientific” psychologist?

Answer Choices:

A. Gustav Fechner

B. Sigmund Freud

C. Edmund Husserl

D. Charles Darwin

E. Friedrich Nietzsche

Answer: A – Gustav Fechner

Question: Weber called the smallest difference that could be detected between two stimuli the:

Answer Choices:

A. Two-point threshold

B. Just noticeable difference

C. Limes

D. Psychophysical threshold

Answer: B – Just noticeable difference

Question: What is the study of the relationship between physical and psychological events?

Answer Choices:

A. Philosophy

B. Metaphysics

C. Epistemology

D. Psychophysics

Answer: D – Psychophysics

Question: Fechner called the lowest intensity at which a stimulus can be detected the:

Answer Choices:

A. Difference threshold

B. Absolute threshold

C. Just noticeable difference

D. Poetic perception

Answer: B – Absolute threshold

Question: Match the following terms with the correct description.

Answer Choices:

A. Monosaccharide:

B. monomer or carbohydrates

C. Disaccharide:

D. two simple sugars linked together

E. Oligosaccharide:

F. small polymer of simple sugars

G. Polysaccharide:

H. large polymer of simple sugars

Answer: Monosaccharide: monomer or carbohydrates Disaccharide: two simple sugars linked together Oligosaccharide: small polymer of simple sugars Polysaccharide: large polymer of simple sugars

Question: Monosaccharides polymerize through [Select] and result in a [Select].

Answer Choices:

A. Answer 1: condensation reaction

B. Answer 2: glycosidic linkages

Answer: A – Answer 1: condensation reaction B – Answer 2: glycosidic linkages

Question: Which of the following is not a role of carbohydrates?

Answer Choices:

A. Indicate cell identity

B. Serve as precursors to larger molecules

C. Store chemical energy

D. Catalyze reactions

E. Provide fibrous structural support

Answer: D – Catalyze reactions

Question: Which of the following types of carbohydrates is for energy storage in animals?

Answer Choices:

A. Cellulose

B. Peptidoglycan

C. Glycogen

D. Starch

Answer: C – Glycogen

Question: How does temperature and concentration affect reaction rates?

Answer Choices:

A. An increase in temperature and an increase in concentration can both increase reaction rates.

B. An increase in temperature and an increase in concentration will both increase reaction rates.

C. A decrease in temperature and a decrease in concentration will both increase reaction rates.

D. A decrease in temperature and an increase in concentration will both increase reaction rates.

Answer: A – An increase in temperature and an increase in concentration can both increase reaction rates.

Question: reaction involves the loss of electrons while reaction involves the gain of electrons.

Answer Choices:

A. An endergonic; an oxidation

B. An oxidation; an endergonic

C. An endergonic; an exergonic

D. An oxidation; a reduction

Answer: D – An oxidation; a reduction

Question: The energy released from an exergonic reaction can power an endergonic reaction.

Answer Choices:

A. True

B. False

Answer: A – True

Question: The reduced state of the electron carrier FAD is __________.

Answer Choices:

A. FADH

B. FADH2

C. FAD

Answer: B – FADH2

Question: The Vice President of the United States is the President of the U.S. Senate.

Answer Choices:

A. True

B. False

Answer: A – True

Psychoanalytic practice questions

Question: The case of Phineas Gage best supports the idea that:

Question: Broca is best known for:

Question: The part of the cortex known as Broca’s area is associated with:

Question: The part of the cortex known as Wernicke’s area is associated with:

Question: How did the work of such researchers as Broca, Fritsch, Hitzig, and Ferrier relate to phrenology?

Question: What was one important discovery of Fritsch and Hitzig?

Question: What was an important discovery of David Ferrier?

Question: Based on his experimental research, it can be argued that which person listed below was the very first “scientific” psychologist?

Question: Weber called the smallest difference that could be detected between two stimuli the:

Question: What is the study of the relationship between physical and psychological events?

Question: Fechner called the lowest intensity at which a stimulus can be detected the:

Question: Match the following terms with the correct description.

Question: Monosaccharides polymerize through [Select] and result in a [Select].

Question: Which of the following is not a role of carbohydrates?

Question: Which of the following types of carbohydrates is for energy storage in animals?

Question: How does temperature and concentration affect reaction rates?

Question: __________ reaction involves the loss of electrons while __________ reaction involves the gain of electrons.

Question: The energy released from an exergonic reaction can power an endergonic reaction.

Question: The reduced state of the electron carrier FAD is __________.

Question: The Vice President of the United States is the President of the U.S. Senate.

Question: reaction involves the loss of electrons while reaction involves the gain of electrons.