PSYCH 111 EXAM 2

Sariah enters a room with several chirping crickets in it. Upon first entering the room, Sariah can hear the chirping; however, as she begins to talk to her friends, she is no longer aware of the chirping even though it is still there. The fact that Sariah no longer perceives the chirping sound demonstrates sensory ________. A.adaptation B. formation C.regression D.revision

A

Which of the following is false about sensation? A. Sensation refers to the way sensory information is organized, interpreted, and consciously experienced. B.We have a sensory system that provides information about balance, called the vestibular sense. C. We have more than five senses. D.When sensory information is detected by a sensory receptor, sensation has occurred.

A

Derek wants to win the student of the year award so badly that when the name of the award winner is announced, he is convinced that he hears his name. He stands up and begins to leave the aisle when his friend grabs his hand. Someone else won the award. This illustrates how ________can affect perception. A. attention B.motivation C. peripherals D.sensation

B

Kelsey had a CT scan that showed a tumor in the right frontal cortex. Which of the following behavioral symptoms most likely prompted the scan to take place? A.difficulty comprehending language B.difficulty producing language C.motor skill deficits in the left side of her body D.sensory deficits in the right side of her body

C

Psychotropic medications are drugs that treat psychiatric symptoms by restoring ________ balance. A.emotional B.GABA C.neurotransmitter D.serotonin

C

Sensory and motor neurons of the ________ nervous system are associated with activities traditionally thought of as conscious or voluntary. A.autonomic B.parasympathetic C.somatic D.sympathetic

C

Studying close relatives allows behavioral geneticists to determine ________. A. how behaviors have changed over time B.the contribution of genes or environment to the behavior in the individuals studied C. the relative contributions of genes and environment in a population D. whether genes or environment cause a behavior or trait

C

The ________ of a neuron contain ________ that house neurotransmitters, the chemical messengers of the nervous system. A.axons; terminal buttons B.dendrites; synaptic vesicles C. terminal buttons; synaptic vesicles D.terminal buttons; transport proteins

C

Why are olfaction and gustation called chemical senses? A.Neither one has sensory receptors that respond to molecules in the food we eat or in the air we breathe. B.They are unrelated to biological senses. C.They have sensory receptors that respond to molecules in the food we eat or in the air we breathe. D.We cannot use these senses without the presence of specific chemicals in the body.

C

Kimya stares at a bright light and then looks away. After she looks away, she perceives a spot. What is this spot? A. afterimage B. blind spot C.preimage D.night blindness

A

Read the following two sentences. (1) Gre eng rass gr ow son themoun tain. (2) Green grass grows on the mountain. How does the principle of proximity explain why the second sentence makes sense immediately, but the first sentence does not? A. The first sentence is encoded, and the second sentence is decoded. B.We group letters of a given word together because there are no spaces between the letters, and we perceive words because there are spaces between each word. C.We learn the first sentence subliminally which lets us translate the meaning of the second sentence quicker. D.We read the first sentence as practice and the second sentence as real.

B

Which of the following senses is not routed through the thalamus? A. audition B.smell C.taste D.vision

B

________ is a neurotransmitter involved in mood, reward, addiction, and motor behavior. A.acetylcholine B.dopamine C.glutamate D.serotonin

B

________ refers to the way that sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced; ________ refers to what happens when sensory information is detected by a sensory receptor. A.perception; reception B.perception; sensation C. preception; postception D.sensation; perception

B

Catherine is at a crowded baseball game when she loses track of her son, Nick. Despite the loud cheering and noise of the crowd, she can pinpoint his location when he calls for her because she can distinguish the sound of his voice from the all the other voices. This illustrates ________ theory. A.absolute threshold B.just noticeable difference C.sensory adaptation D.signal detection

D

Jeremy has Parkinson's disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects motor skills. In addition to motor symptoms, Jeremy has noticed changes in his mood, and he feels the need to smoke more cigarettes than he used to. It is likely that Jeremy's ________ is producing less ________ than it needs to. A.motor cortex; acetylcholine B.motor cortex; dopamine C.substantia nigra; acetylcholine D. substantia nigra; dopamine

D

Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the case study of Phineas Gage's accident, which led to brain injury? A.Frontal lobe injury causes people to be incapable of controlling their emotional impulses. B. Injury to the brain causes changes in behavior, but specific brain areas are not linked to specific behaviors. C. Injury to the frontal lobe does not affect behavior. D.Injury to the brain causes changes in behavior, and specific brain areas are linked to particular behaviors.

D

Which type of processing involves the interpretation of sensations and is influenced by available knowledge, experiences, and thoughts? A. absolute threshold B. signal detection C. subliminal D. top-down

D

Your ears receive sound waves and convert this energy into neural messages that travel to your brain and are processed as sounds. This is an example of ________. A. just noticeable difference B. subliminal messaging C. top-down processing D. transduction

D

________ asserts that our genes set the boundaries within which we can operate, and our environment interacts with our genes to determine where within those boundaries we will fall. A.behavioral genetics B.environmental psychology C. evolutionary psychology D.range of reaction

D