PSYC 2000 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
True or False? All psychologists provide therapy - Answers - false
The field of psychology has _____ divisions
27
56
18
80 - Answers - 56
Not always reporting the truth is a disadvantage of which type of research method?
Naturalistic observation
Empirical experiment
Survey
Correlation - Answers - survey
As ice cream consumption increases, happiness increases. What type of correlation is
this?
positive
negative
none
confounding - Answers - positive
In an experiment to see if a drug causes mood swings in females, dosage of drug given
to the women is what variable?
independent
confounding
dependent
pink - Answers - dependent
I want to know about the toilet paper habits of men in a country of 2 billion. Which
research method should I use?
correlation
survey
naturalistic observation
case study - Answers - survey
The part of the neuron that receives incoming signals from other neurons, aka the
"inbox" is the
dendrite
axon
terminal buttons
synapse - Answers - dendrite
, The ______ is the state of the neuron while firing a neural impulse
synaptic excitement
repolarization
resting potential
action potential - Answers - action pontential
______ is the process by which neurotransmitters are taken back into the synaptic
vesicles
Uptake
Farts
Reuptake
impulse - Answers - reuptake
The _____ nervous system is the part of your overall nervous system responsible for
the "fight or flight" response
parasympathetic
sympathetic
somatic
central - Answers - sympathetic
The _____ regulates homeostasis in the body (e.g., temperature, blood pressure,
appetite)
pons
cerebellum
hypothalamus
thalamus - Answers - hypothalamus
The _____ nervous system is the part of your overall nervous system responsible for
the "rest and digest" response
sympathetic
parasympathetic
central
somatic - Answers - parasympathetic
The _____ lobe is associated with hearing, memory, emotion, and some aspects of
language
frontal
terminal
temporal
spaghetti - Answers - temporal
The ______ lobe contains the primary visual cortex which is responsible for interpreting
incoming visual information
occipital
visual
ACCURATE ANSWERS
True or False? All psychologists provide therapy - Answers - false
The field of psychology has _____ divisions
27
56
18
80 - Answers - 56
Not always reporting the truth is a disadvantage of which type of research method?
Naturalistic observation
Empirical experiment
Survey
Correlation - Answers - survey
As ice cream consumption increases, happiness increases. What type of correlation is
this?
positive
negative
none
confounding - Answers - positive
In an experiment to see if a drug causes mood swings in females, dosage of drug given
to the women is what variable?
independent
confounding
dependent
pink - Answers - dependent
I want to know about the toilet paper habits of men in a country of 2 billion. Which
research method should I use?
correlation
survey
naturalistic observation
case study - Answers - survey
The part of the neuron that receives incoming signals from other neurons, aka the
"inbox" is the
dendrite
axon
terminal buttons
synapse - Answers - dendrite
, The ______ is the state of the neuron while firing a neural impulse
synaptic excitement
repolarization
resting potential
action potential - Answers - action pontential
______ is the process by which neurotransmitters are taken back into the synaptic
vesicles
Uptake
Farts
Reuptake
impulse - Answers - reuptake
The _____ nervous system is the part of your overall nervous system responsible for
the "fight or flight" response
parasympathetic
sympathetic
somatic
central - Answers - sympathetic
The _____ regulates homeostasis in the body (e.g., temperature, blood pressure,
appetite)
pons
cerebellum
hypothalamus
thalamus - Answers - hypothalamus
The _____ nervous system is the part of your overall nervous system responsible for
the "rest and digest" response
sympathetic
parasympathetic
central
somatic - Answers - parasympathetic
The _____ lobe is associated with hearing, memory, emotion, and some aspects of
language
frontal
terminal
temporal
spaghetti - Answers - temporal
The ______ lobe contains the primary visual cortex which is responsible for interpreting
incoming visual information
occipital
visual
