AP Psych
The medulla oblongata is a part of the
brain stem
Which hormone is released when a person is under stress?
cortisol
The psychodynamic theory of dreaming would postulate that
dreams fulfill unconscious wishes
The hormone most associated with the fight or flight response is
epinephrine
A person whose body is not producing enough testosterone is most likely to exhibit
fatigue
Johnny often hits his brother even though his brother does not do anything to antagonize him. Johnny's aggression is most likely due to a combination of
his genetic makeup, the environment he grew up in, and the fact that aggression can be evolutionarily adaptive
The fatty casing that helps speed up the neural transmissions of a neuron is called the
myelin sheath
A neuron sends a signal along its
axon
Antagonists function by
blocking receptors to prevent other neurotransmitters from binding to the neural receptors
A drug that is used to treat seizures functions by preventing inhibitory neurotransmitters from returning to the presynaptic neuron. This slows the rate of neurons firing by increasing the amount of the inhibitory neurotransmitter in the synapse. The drug is most likely to be classified as a
GABA reuptake inhibitor (GRI)
Which of the following best describes a major role of the thalamus?
It relays most sensory signals to the cortex.
The idea that there is a part of the mind that is not directly accessible to awareness but still drives a person's thinking and behavior is most directly attributable to
Sigmund Freud
Which of the following describes what happens when a neuron sends a signal?
The neuron goes from being negatively charged to briefly being positively charged, and finally returns to being negatively charged again. The magnitude of the negative charge is fixed regardless of the strength of the input signal it receives.
If a body does not have enough potassium, how might that affect neuronal firing?
The neurons will struggle to fire because there will not be enough positively charged ions to trigger the firing of the neuron.
At a synapse, neurotransmitters released by the sending neuron do which of the following?
They bind to receptors at the receiving neuron, which opens ion channels.
An adult with a healthy sleep cycle is most likely to enter REM sleep
after cycling through the NREM sleep stages
Carl Wernicke discovered the region of the brain that is responsible for
language comprehension
Ruth and Debbie are identical twins who were raised by the same family. Vince and Frankie are identical twins who were separated at birth and raised by different families. According to research on the heritability of personality traits, Ruth's and Debbie's personalities are statistically
likely to be as similar and dissimilar to one another as are Vince's and Frankie's personalities
The parietal lobe is most involved in
processing sensory information
Waking up frequently, loud snoring, silent pauses in breathing, and sleepiness during the day are symptoms of
sleep apnea
Michael Gazzaniga is best known for
studying split-brain patients
Madeline has previously been diagnosed with major depressive disorder. She has an identical twin sister, Josephine, and a nonidentical sister, Abigail. Neither of Madeline's sisters have previously been diagnosed with major depressive disorder. Which of the following statements is true of Madeline's sisters?
Josephine is more likely to be diagnosed with major depressive disorder than Abigail in response to a stressful or traumatic event.
What effect do agonists have?
They increase the likelihood that a postsynaptic neuron will fire.
The phenomenon of declining physiological effects of taking a drug after sustained use is referred to as
tolerance
