set 3
Which of the following are involved in regulating circadian rhythms?
Photoreceptors, hypothalamus, pineal gland
Primary sex characteristics include which of the following?
Presence of ovaries
Which of the following methods best limits the influence of unknown variables in an experiment?
Random assignment
A person with a severe head injury subsequently acts irresponsibly, does not seem to be able to plan effectively, and is easy to anger. Which of the following brain areas is most likely injured?
Frontal lobe
A psychologist administered the most recent edition of the Stanford-Binet IQ test to 50 students and their scores are shown in the chart above. How many students earned scores higher than two standard deviations above the mean?
2
The area labeled X in the drawing above denotes which of the following structures?
Axon terminals
In the figure above, where do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRls) have their initial effect?
C (little ladder things)
The intelligence quotient (IQ) has traditionally been based on the relationship between an individual's mental age and his or her
Chronological age
Which of the following neurotransmitters is most closely associated with schizophrenia?
Dopamine
he correlations between the IQ scores of identical twins reared apart are lower then those of identical twins reared together. This difference is best explained by which of the following?
Environment plays an important role in determining IQ
A teen-ager would most probably draw on which of the following to recall her tenth birthday party?
Episodic memory
Which of the following psychological approaches suggests that jealousy might serve as an adaptive function in protecting a sexual relationship from threats?
Evolutionary
Which of the following scenarios is the best example of the mere-exposure effect?
Hal begins to like a certain sports car after seeing it frequently on the road, even though he did not like the car at first.
Which of the following structures is most closely associated with communication between the central nervous system and the endocrine system?
Hypothalamus
What is the correct chronological order of the following perspectives of psychology, from past to present?
III, II, I, IV
Which of the following is a disease in which the immune system attacks the myelin of neurons in the central nervous system?
Multiple sclerosis
Significant damage to which of the following parts of the brain will most likely cause a person to fall into a deep coma from which the person will be unable to awaken?
Reticular formation
Nervousness can result in faster and more shallow breathing as well as a racing heart. This is due to activation of the
Sympathetic nervous system
Which of the following are NOT part of a neuron?
Synapses
The pituitary gland is controlled by the
hypothalamus