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What is Psychology International Edition 3rd Edition by Ellen E. Pastorino – Test Bank
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Making Connections Chapter 2—How Does Biology Influence Our Behavior?
MULTIPLE CHOICE
- The fact that hunger is partially influenced by secretions of the hormone cholecystokinin indicates that the ___________________ is involved in hunger.
| a. | hippocampus. |
| b. | endocrine system |
| c. | cerebellum |
| d. | thalamus |
ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: 72
OBJ: How Does the Endocrine System Influence Our Behavior?
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- Sensation occurs in the ___________________, and perception occurs in the __________________.
| a. | thalamus; hypothalamus |
| b. | sympathetic nervous system; parasympathetic nervous system |
| c. | brain stem; cortex |
| d. | peripheral nervous system; central nervous system. |
ANS: D DIF: Difficult REF: 55
OBJ: Is the Nervous System a Single System? MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- When a person has a specific phobia, their body’s fear response arises from the
| a. | sympathetic nervous system. |
| b. | parasympathetic nervous system. |
| c. | occipital lobe. |
| d. | temporal lobe. |
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: 56-57
OBJ: Is the Nervous System a Single System? MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- The physiological reaction involved in emotion arises from the
| a. | parasympathetic nervous system. |
| b. | occipital lobe. |
| c. | sympathetic nervous system. |
| d. | temporal lobe. |
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: 56-57
OBJ: Is the Nervous System a Single System? MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- The professional most likely to prescribe an anti-depressant to you would be a
| a. | personality psychologist. |
| b. | clinical psychologist. |
| c. | counseling psychologist. |
| d. | psychiatrist. |
ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: 52
OBJ: How Do Neurotransmitters, the Brain’s Chemical Messengers, Work?
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- The sympathetic nervous system is most likely to be involved in which of the following psychological phenomena?
| a. | Aubliminal perception |
| b. | The general adaptation syndrome |
| c. | ESP |
| d. | Operant conditioning |
ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: 56-57
OBJ: Is the Nervous System a Single System? MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- The activation-synthesis theory of dreaming maintains that dreams reflect the brain’s ____________ attempting to make sense of random neural impulses.
| a. | corpus callosum |
| b. | limbic system |
| c. | cortex |
| d. | diencephalon |
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: 63 OBJ: How Is the Brain Organized?
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- Information from rods and cones is primarily transmitted to the
| a. | temporal lobe. |
| b. | occipital lobe. |
| c. | frontal lobe. |
| d. | parietal lobe. |
ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: 67-68 OBJ: How Is the Brain Organized?
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- The part of the brain that seems to change the most in adolescence is the
| a. | prefrontal cortex. |
| b. | brain stem. |
| c. | septum. |
| d. | temporal lobe. |
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: 67 OBJ: How Is the Brain Organized?
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- In order to study what is happening in the brain when a subject is thinking, scientists would use a(n)
| a. | CAT scan. |
| b. | MRI scan. |
| c. | angiogram. |
| d. | SPECT scan. |
ANS: D DIF: Difficult REF: 70
OBJ: How Do We Study the Brain? MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- Scientists agree that intelligence is due
| a. | to both nature and nurture. |
| b. | primarily to nature. |
| c. | primarily to nurture. |
| d. | primarily to the environment. |
ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: 76
OBJ: What Makes Us Who We Are–Our Biology or the Environment?
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- The only treatment found to be successful for depression is a medication like Prozac.
ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: 52
OBJ: How Do Neurotransmitters, the Brain’s Chemical Messengers, Work?
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- The hippocampus plays a primary role role in many biological motives.
ANS: F DIF: Moderate REF: 61-62 OBJ: How Is the Brain Organized?
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- Systematic desensitization is an attempt to replace sympathetic nervous system activity with parasympathetic nervous system activity.
ANS: T DIF: Moderate REF: 56-57
OBJ: Is the Nervous System a Single System? MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- Sensory register memory occurs in the cortex of the brain.
ANS: F DIF: Moderate REF: 63 OBJ: How Is the Brain Organized?
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
Making Connections Chapter 4—Consciousness: Wide Awake, in a Daze, or Dreaming?
MULTIPLE CHOICE
- Knowing that sleep facilitates hormonal activity important for growth and metabolism, it is clear that sleep affects the
| a. | endocrine system. |
| b. | sympathetic nervous system. |
| c. | parasympathetic system. |
| d. | somatic nervous system. |
ANS: A DIF: Moderate
REF: What Happens When We Sleep? Rest, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythm
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- One of the reasons that we are tired after being deprived of sleep comes from the effect of sleep on our body’s sensitivity to
| a. | insulin. |
| b. | glutamate. |
| c. | norepinephrine. |
| d. | GABA. |
ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: 136
OBJ: What Happens When We Sleep? Rest, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythm
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- What do lack of sleep and stress have in common?
| a. | They both occur because of a lack of testosterone. |
| b. | They both are best treated with medication. |
| c. | They both suppress the immune system. |
| d. | They both are the most common causes of bipolar disorder. |
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: 135
OBJ: What Happens When We Sleep? Rest, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythm
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- One of the reasons why sleep-learning is not an effective method of learning new information is that
| a. | long-term memory shuts down during sleep. |
| b. | dreaming interferes with memory consolidation during sleep. |
| c. | the inactivity of the pons hinders the retrieval process while sleeping. |
| d. | memories are not effectively encoded while sleeping. |
ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: 136
OBJ: What Happens When We Sleep? Rest, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythm
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- The suprachiasmatic nucleus that helps regulate circadian rhythms is located in the
| a. | midbrain. |
| b. | hindbrain. |
| c. | forebrain. |
| d. | brainstem. |
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: 139
OBJ: What Happens When We Sleep? Rest, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythm
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- Compared to other branches of the nervous system, while in REM sleep, your ____ nervous system is not very active.
| a. | sympathetic |
| b. | autonomic |
| c. | somatic |
| d. | central |
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: 142
OBJ: What Happens When We Sleep? Rest, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythm
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- Which of the following would be most interested in research on the meaning of dreams?
| a. | A behavioral psychologist |
| b. | A humanistic psychologist |
| c. | A cognitive psychologist |
| d. | A psychodynamic psychologist |
ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: pg. 155143
OBJ: What Happens When We Sleep? Rest, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythm
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- The fact that alcohol has a negative effect on embryonic development makes it a(n)
| a. | teratogen. |
| b. | hallucinogen. |
| c. | narcotic. |
| d. | agonist. |
ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: 158
OBJ: What Are the Effects of Psychoactive Drugs? MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
TRUE/FALSE
- Sleep researchers routinely use an EEG to help determine the sleep stages of their subjects.
ANS: T DIF: Moderate REF: 141-142
OBJ: What Happens When We Sleep? Rest, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythm
MSC: TYPE: Factual
- Alcohol tends to increase sexual arousal.
ANS: F DIF: Moderate REF: 157
OBJ: What Are the Effects of Psychoactive Drugs? MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- There is complete agreement among psychologists that hypnosis represents a distinct biological state.
ANS: F DIF: Moderate REF: 151 OBJ: Hypnosis: Real or Imagined?
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- Hypnosis has been shown to be an effective treatment for opiate addiction.
ANS: F DIF: Moderate REF: 151-152 OBJ: Hypnosis: Real or Imagined?
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
- Hypnosis has been shown to be an effective method of facilitating long-term memory recall.
ANS: F DIF: Moderate REF: 151-152 OBJ: Hypnosis: Real or Imagined?
MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
SHORT ANSWER
- Describe the biological processes that occur in the brain and body as one progresses through the sleep stages.
ANS: Answer not provided.
- Outline the age-related differences that exist in the amount of sleep people average each night and in the incidence of sleep disorders.
ANS: Answer not provided.
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