Dennis Miller Psych 1000- Final Exam
Questions and All Correct Answers.
Observable behavior only - Answer Behaviorists, like John B. Watson believed that
psychology must study _____ in order to be scientific.
Unusually important - Answer A delusion of grandeur is an unjustified belief that one is...
Negative - Answer A psychologist observed that as a household income increases, tobacco
use decreases. This reflects a ____ correlation.
Performance on the memory test - Answer A cognitive psychologist studies the effects of
coconut oil on memory function. Elderly people with an early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
are randomly assigned to eat a) zero teaspoons b) two teaspoons, or c) four teaspoons of
coconut oil per day. All are then asked to take a 20-question memory test. Some participants
live alone, and some are married. Which is the dependent variable?
Support for a political candidate causes people to be intelligent and being intelligent causes
people to have support for a political candidate. - Answer If the correlation between
intelligence and degree of support for a political candidate is +1.0, then we can say...
tangles - Answer Alzheimer's disease is characterized by ___, the buildup of tau protein
inside neurons.
autonomic; somatic - Answer The peripheral nervous system is made up of the ___ nervous
system, which controls the organs, and the ___ nervous system, which controls muscles.
sympathetic - Answer An athlete has been running on the track at the gym. He notices his
heart rate increases, as does his breathing. This autonomic increase from his normal state is due
to the activity of the ___ system.
frontal lobe - Answer After damage to the cerebral cortex, Joshua has an impairment in
planning and organizing behavior. Where is the damage probably located?
dendrites - Answer What are the branchlike appendages that detect chemical signals from
other neurons?
increases as the action potential travels down an axon. - Answer The strength of an action
potential... *****
, It moves from -70mV to -72 mV - Answer Which is the best example of a neuron's
membrane becoming hyperpolarized?
Phenotype - Answer Physical or behavioral characteristics actually expressed.
The signal causes the vesicles to release neurotransmitters - Answer What happens when
the action potential reaches the terminal button? *****
The positive symptoms of schizophrenia are due to excessive dopamine. - Answer According
to the dopamine dysregulation hypothesis of schizophrenia....
Muscles are paralyzed, the mind produces dreams, and there is desynchronous neural activity,
especially in the occipital lobe. - Answer Which best describes REM sleep?
Circadian rhythms - Answer The biological clocks that control hormone levels, temperature,
and the sleep cycle.
Split-brain - Answer A condition that occurs when the corpus calossum is surgically cut and
the two hemispheres of the brain do not receive information directly from each other.
Sensation; perception - Answer ___ is the body's detection of external or internal sensory
stimuli, whereas ___ is its further processing, organizing, and interpreting those stimuli.
False alarm - Answer A guy is taking a hearing test. The nurse does not present a tone, but
Dillon says, "I hear it". This is a ___.
Fovea - Answer The part of the retina that has the best color vision.
Cochlea - Answer Sound waves are carried through the ear by three tiny bones to this fluid-
filled, snail-shaped structure.
Sensitization - Answer A guy experiences moderate back pain from compressed vertebrae;
however, when he is stressed at work, his back pain is very intense. What type of learning is
represented by this behavior?
unconditioned stimulus; unconditioned response - Answer A puff of air to the eye causes
blinking. In an experiment on classical conditioning, a tone is followed by a puff of air to the
Questions and All Correct Answers.
Observable behavior only - Answer Behaviorists, like John B. Watson believed that
psychology must study _____ in order to be scientific.
Unusually important - Answer A delusion of grandeur is an unjustified belief that one is...
Negative - Answer A psychologist observed that as a household income increases, tobacco
use decreases. This reflects a ____ correlation.
Performance on the memory test - Answer A cognitive psychologist studies the effects of
coconut oil on memory function. Elderly people with an early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
are randomly assigned to eat a) zero teaspoons b) two teaspoons, or c) four teaspoons of
coconut oil per day. All are then asked to take a 20-question memory test. Some participants
live alone, and some are married. Which is the dependent variable?
Support for a political candidate causes people to be intelligent and being intelligent causes
people to have support for a political candidate. - Answer If the correlation between
intelligence and degree of support for a political candidate is +1.0, then we can say...
tangles - Answer Alzheimer's disease is characterized by ___, the buildup of tau protein
inside neurons.
autonomic; somatic - Answer The peripheral nervous system is made up of the ___ nervous
system, which controls the organs, and the ___ nervous system, which controls muscles.
sympathetic - Answer An athlete has been running on the track at the gym. He notices his
heart rate increases, as does his breathing. This autonomic increase from his normal state is due
to the activity of the ___ system.
frontal lobe - Answer After damage to the cerebral cortex, Joshua has an impairment in
planning and organizing behavior. Where is the damage probably located?
dendrites - Answer What are the branchlike appendages that detect chemical signals from
other neurons?
increases as the action potential travels down an axon. - Answer The strength of an action
potential... *****
, It moves from -70mV to -72 mV - Answer Which is the best example of a neuron's
membrane becoming hyperpolarized?
Phenotype - Answer Physical or behavioral characteristics actually expressed.
The signal causes the vesicles to release neurotransmitters - Answer What happens when
the action potential reaches the terminal button? *****
The positive symptoms of schizophrenia are due to excessive dopamine. - Answer According
to the dopamine dysregulation hypothesis of schizophrenia....
Muscles are paralyzed, the mind produces dreams, and there is desynchronous neural activity,
especially in the occipital lobe. - Answer Which best describes REM sleep?
Circadian rhythms - Answer The biological clocks that control hormone levels, temperature,
and the sleep cycle.
Split-brain - Answer A condition that occurs when the corpus calossum is surgically cut and
the two hemispheres of the brain do not receive information directly from each other.
Sensation; perception - Answer ___ is the body's detection of external or internal sensory
stimuli, whereas ___ is its further processing, organizing, and interpreting those stimuli.
False alarm - Answer A guy is taking a hearing test. The nurse does not present a tone, but
Dillon says, "I hear it". This is a ___.
Fovea - Answer The part of the retina that has the best color vision.
Cochlea - Answer Sound waves are carried through the ear by three tiny bones to this fluid-
filled, snail-shaped structure.
Sensitization - Answer A guy experiences moderate back pain from compressed vertebrae;
however, when he is stressed at work, his back pain is very intense. What type of learning is
represented by this behavior?
unconditioned stimulus; unconditioned response - Answer A puff of air to the eye causes
blinking. In an experiment on classical conditioning, a tone is followed by a puff of air to the
