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Experimental Psychology introduces students to the scientific methods used to investigate human behavior and mental processes. This course covers the design and implementation of psychological experiments, including hypothesis formulation, variable control, data collection, and statistical analysis. Students will explore foundational topics such as perception, learning, memory, and cognition through laboratory exercises and critical analysis of classic and contemporary research studies. Emphasis is placed on ethical considerations, reproducibility, and interpreting experimental results, equipping students with practical skills for conducting and evaluating psychological research.
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Brain and Behavior An Introduction to Biological Psychology 3rd Edition by Bob L. Garrett
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Chapter 1: What is Biopsychology?
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Q1) Descartes concluded the mind and body interacted in the pituitary gland.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The proposition that specific functions are controlled by specific brain areas refers to:
A)Functionalism
B)Specific nerve control
C)Localization
D)Neuroscience
Answer: C
Q3) If a person has different genes for hand clasping preference,they are ___ for that trait.
A)homozygous
B)phenotypic
C)heterozygous
D)polygenic
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Communication Within the Nervous System
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Q1) Two disease conditions associated with dopamine are:
A)Depression and Parkinson's disease
B)Parkinson's disease and Huntington's chorea
C)Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia
D)Schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease
Answer: D
Q2) The rate at which a neuron fires depends on the number of:
A)Number of terminals of nearby interneurons
B)Relative strength of excitatory and inhibitory inputs it receives
C)Postsynaptic receptors on this neuron
D)Autoreceptors on this neuron
Answer: B
Q3) Who first observed that neurons communicate at the synapse via chemicals?
A)Golgi
B)Loewi
C)Cajal
D)Fugu
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: The Organization and Functions of the Nervous System
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Q1) The midbrain includes:
A)The substantia nigra
B)The inferior colliculi
C)The superior colliculi
D)All of the above
Answer: D
Q2) Severing the cerebral commissures:
A)Leaves a person with limited language skills
B)Leaves a person unable to locate objects in space
C)Has shown that for most people language is located in the left hemisphere while spatial skills are located in the right hemisphere
D)Has shown that for most people language and spatial skills are located in the left hemisphere
Answer: C
Q3) The spinal nerves carry both motor and sensory information.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: The Methods and Ethics of Research
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true?
A)Deception has never been used in psychological research.
B)Although deception has been used in the past,it has been banned by the American Psychological Association.
C)In recent decades,there has been a steady increase in the use of deception in psychological research.
D)The American Psychological Association has stated that deception is acceptable only if the study's value justifies it and alternatives are not available.
Q2) Correlational studies:
A)Express the degree of relationship between two variables
B)Use a measure called a correlation coefficient that can vary from 0 to 100%
C)Should never be used in studies that investigate heredity
D)All of the above
Q3) Animal rights activists may be making headway in their efforts,since in the last 30 years:
A)More studies use computer simulations instead of actual animal subjects
B)The number of subjects used in animal research has declined significantly
C)More research is being done with just tissue cultures
D)All of the above
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Chapter 5: Drugs, Addiction, and Reward
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Q1) A key reason for heroin being so addictive is that it:
A)Can be consumed in many ways
B)Easily and rapidly enters the brain
C)Produces euphoria followed by a phase of intense alertness
D)Has very aversive withdrawal symptoms
Q2) With chronic alcoholism vitamin B deficiency can occur,which can produce Korsakoff's syndrome.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Rats will self-administer PCP.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Psychotic behavior following heavy amphetamine use:
A)Has never been documented
B)Lacks the delusions of schizophrenia
C)May be permanent
D)May be accompanied by a permanent sensitivity to amphetamines
Q5) Identify four major stimulants and indicate what neurotransmitter(s)they primarily affect.Pick one and describe its negative effects on the brain and/or body.
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Chapter 6: Motivation and the Regulation of Internal States
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Q1) In selecting diets:
A)Herbivores get all nutrients from a single source,plants.
B)Carnivores get all nutrients from a single source,meat.
C)Omnivores get all nutrients from a variety of sources.
D)All of the above are true.
Q2) Contrast anorexia and bulimia with respect to the symptoms,causes,and treatment options.What are the relative contributions of genetics and environment to these conditions?
Q3) The pattern of eating discrete rather than continuous meals:
A)Requires a complex system for storing nutrient reserves
B)Requires a mechanism for allocating reserves during the fasting period
C)Requires a way to monitor reserves in order to initiate the next meal
D)All of the above
Q4) Terri Schaivo spent the last years of life in a persistent vegetative state after a heart attack deprived her brain of oxygen;she had a heart attack due to a severe ___ deficiency,possibly resulting from bulimia.
A)caloric
B)protein
C)sodium
D)potassium
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Chapter 7: The Biology of Sex and Gender
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Q1) The "neutral at birth" theorists argue that:
A)One's sexual genotype and phenotype always have to coincide
B)Rearing has no effect on one's sexual phenotype
C)One's genitals determine one's sexual phenotype
D)One's sexual genotype is largely irrelevant to one's sexual phenotype
Q2) Some researchers suggest the homosexuality may sometimes occur through a epigenetic process called:
A)Reverse skewing
B)Imprinting
C)The "helper" effect
D)None of the above
Q3) Which of the following is not part of the female internal genitalia?
A)Clitoris
B)Uterus
C)Inner vagina
D)Fallopian tubes
Q4) Compare and contrast the "neutral-at-birth" position versus the "sexuality-at-birth" position.
Q5) Give evidence that shows testosterone plays a role in female sexual behavior.
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Q6) Describe the role of oxytocin in animals and humans.
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Chapter 8: Emotion and Health
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Q1) Just as you are parking your car at home,a moderate earthquake hits.You get out of your car and run to your bathroom,where you notice you are shaking.According to the James-Lange theory,you felt afraid:
A)When you felt the earthquake
B)When you noticed you were shaking
C)Because a fear of earthquakes is innate
D)All of the above
Q2) The prefrontal cortex is directly involved in making judgments and learning from the consequences of one's actions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which statement best characterizes the James-Lange theory of emotion?
A)Feelings of emotions elicit behaviors such as fleeing or trembling.
B)Observing and monitoring our own emotional states causes changes in the autonomic nervous system.
C)Emotions cause physiological responses.
D)Physiological responses to a stimulus precede any feeling of emotion.
Q4) Discuss the contributions of the following brain areas to emotion: hypothalamus,insular cortex,basal ganglia,anterior cingulate gyrus.
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Chapter 9: Hearing and Language
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Q1) Which of the following brain regions is involved in Wernicke's aphasia?
A)Left posterior temporal lobe
B)Superior temporal gyrus
C)Prefrontal cortex
D)Frontal lobe area anterior to the motor cortex
Q2) Intensity is to ___ as frequency is to ___.
A)pitch,loudness
B)loudness,pitch
C)pitch,amplitude
D)telephone theory,volley theory
Q3) The mechanism of place analysis explains how we can hear through our skulls.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Most of our knowledge about the brain structures of language has been obtained by studying:
A)Chemicals released by specific brain areas
B)Blood flow to language areas in intact,normal people who are talking
C)People who have suffered brain damage
D)Patients who have had spinal tumors removed
Q5) Describe the basis of recovery from aphasia.
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Chapter 10: Vision and Visual Perception
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Q1) Low-frequency visual information produces sharp edges and fine detail.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The fovea is colorblind.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Human patients with deteriorating retinas who received transplants of ___ have shown improvement in visual acuity.
A)fetal stem cells
B)foveas
C)fetal retinal cells
D)optic nerves
Q4) The unit of measurement of wavelengths of visible light is the ___,which corresponds to a ___ of a meter.
A)nanometer,billionth
B)manometer,trillionth
C)nanometer,trillionth
D)nano-nanometer,billionth
E)ranometer,millionth
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Chapter 11: The Body Senses and Movement
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Q1) ___ function as___.
A)Endorphins,neurotransmitters and neuropeptides
B)Opiates,neurotransmitters and neuropeptides
C)Neurotransmitters,endorphins
D)Endorphins,neurotransmitters and hormones
Q2) The brain chemicals known as endorphins produce effects similar to which substance(s)?
A)Naloxone
B)Substance P
C)Opiates
D)Histamine
Q3) Multiple sclerosis involves the loss of myelin in the peripheral nervous systems.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Neurons in the periacqueductal gray are ___ by endorphins.
A)activated
B)disinhibited
C)inhibited
D)made refractory
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Chapter 12: Learning and Memory
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Q1) Korsakoff's syndrome is characterized by:
A)Anterograde amnesia
B)Retrograde amnesia
C)Both of the above
D)Degraded learning,but no amnesia
Q2) Consolidation of memory refers to:
A)Formation of permanent memories
B)Accessing stored memories
C)Filtering of sensory information in order to make memories
D)None of the above
Q3) The amygdala contributes to learning by strengthening declarative memories about emotional events involving:
A)Good things that happen to you
B)Surprising things that happen to you
C)Bad things that happen to you
D)All are strengthened,provided there is an emotional component
Q4) The two types of glutamate receptors are AMT and NMDA.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List the different types of memory and how they are connected.
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Chapter 13: Intelligence and Cognitive Functioning
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Q1) Which of the following statements regarding hydrocephalus is/are true?
A)It is treatable.
B)If untreated,it always causes mental retardation.
C)It results from a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid.
D)All of the above
Q2) The four categories of intellectual disability are:
A)Dumb,moderate,severe,and profound
B)Mild,moderate,severe,and profound
C)Mild,moderate,extensive,and profound
D)Mild,moderate,severe,and autistic
Q3) Reaction time was first used as a measure of intelligence by:
A)Binet
B)Galton
C)Hanson
D)Einstein
Q4) If a child has autism,something must have been done to that child such as environmental toxins,vaccines,or parental neglect.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How does brain thickness relate to IQ? Explain.
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Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Type I schizophrenia is characterized by ___.
A)intellectual impairment and positive symptoms
B)poor response to drugs and increased D2 receptors
C)increased dopamine receptors and a good response to drug treatment
D)negative symptoms that are irreversible
Q2) Many researchers believe the vulnerability model is the best explanation for how schizophrenia develops.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following statements is false regarding schizophrenia?
A)It is a psychosis.
B)Its diagnosis is on the rise.
C)It is the most severe of the mental illnesses.
D)All social classes are equally vulnerable.
Q4) Glycine,which can exert effects at the NMDA receptor,is important because it:
A)Produces symptoms of schizophrenia
B)Temporarily controls the positive symptoms of schizophrenia
C)Temporarily controls the negative symptoms of schizophrenia
D)Can work by itself,without adding another antipsychotic medication
Q5) Explain the stress-diathesis model as it applies to suicide.
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Chapter 15: Sleep and Consciousness
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Q1) Which of the following do not show self-awareness when facing a mirror?
A)Chimpanzees younger than 17 years
B)Chimpanzees older than 17 years
C)Human children younger than 15 months
D)Human children older than 15 months
Q2) There is evidence that slow-wave sleep is important for:
A)Brain recuperation
B)Restoration of processes involved in cognition
C)Cooling off a heated brain
D)All of the above
Q3) Penelope is having a difficult time staying awake in her overheated introductory class,even though she is not sleep deprived.One reason may be because:
A)Overheating decreases the activity of the attention centers in the brain
B)Overheating activates the preoptic area
C)REM sleep is increased when the body becomes warm
D)None of the above
Q4) Why are sleeping pills not a good treatment for insomnia?
Q5) REM sleep is important for learning and memory over the lifespan.
A)True
B)False
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