48 question (multiple choice) Psychology

1. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of REM sleep? 
a. Slow, delta waves in the electroencephalogram (EEG) 
b. The eyes move rapidly 
c. It begins about once every 90 minutes during the night 
d. Dreams are likely to occur

2. The corpus callosum 
a. is the part of the brain most important for thought and language 
b. is densely packed with cell bodies of neurons 
c. connects the left and right hemispheres of the cerebral cortex 
d. is the part of the brain most important for coordinating skilled voluntary movements 

3. After damage to the corpus callosum, a person has difficulty naming 
a. objects that were unfamiliar before the time of the damage 
b. objects felt with the right hand 
c. objects seen in the right visual field 
d. objects seen in the left visual field 

4. The right hemisphere of the cerebral cortex is specialized for controlling 
a. rapid or athletic movements 
b. hunger, thirst, and other biological motivations 
c. complex visual and spatial tasks 
d. language production 

5. In the human brain, most of the axons from the optic nerve go to the 
a. hypothalamus 
b. thalamus 
c. corpus callosum 
d. cerebellum

6. Which of the following is NOT a common effect of alcohol? 
a. depression of the brain areas that ordinarily inhibit aggressive, sexual, or playful behavior 
b. increased anxiety and tension 
c. impairment of judgment and memory 
d. social lubrication 

7. Alcohol and many tranquilizers exert many of their behavioral effects by facilitating 
a. acetylcholine 
b. dopamine 
c. norepinephrine 
d. GABA 

8. Many psychologists believe that the brain has a special module devoted specifically to face recognition because 
a. there is a map of the face on the cortex 
b. each face that we have ever seen in stored in the brain 
c. brain damage can impair the recognition of faces even though recognition of other objects is unimpaired 
d. only humans are capable of recognizing faces 

9. The hippocampus 
a. is the part of the brain most important for thought and language 
b. is densely packed with cell bodies of neurons and glia for control of metabolic activities 
c. is part of the limbic system involved in consolidation of new long-term episodic memories 
d. is the part of the brain most important for coordinating skilled voluntary movements 

10. After someone takes a drug repeatedly, the drug’s effects often grow weaker and weaker. This is called:
a. withdrawal 
b. tolerance 
c. addiction 
d. analgesia 

11. When excitatory neurotransmitter is released from synaptic vesicles from a pre-synaptic neuron’s axon ending, what happens? 
a. an IPSP occurs in the pre-synaptic neuron 
b. an IPSP occurs in the post-synaptic neuron 
c. an EPSP occurs in the post-synaptic neuron 
d. an EPSP occurs in the pre-synaptic neuron

12. In an experiment on classical conditioning, a tone is followed by a puff of air to the eyes. After several repetitions, subjects blink their eyes when they hear the tone. In this experiment the tone is the ____ and blinking to the tone is the ___ 
a.conditioned stimulus; unconditioned stimulus 
b.conditioned stimulus; conditioned response 
c. unconditioned stimulus; unconditioned response 
d. conditioned response; unconditioned response