1) Which of the following statements is true regarding the development of the sex organs in a baby?

 

A) The first sex organs appear far earlier in girls than in boys, since the organs do not require extra tissue for their formation.

 

B) The first sex organs do not develop until the first twelve weeks of pregnancy are over, which is why pregnant parents cannot find out the gender of the baby until this point.

 

C) The first sex organs appear far earlier in boys than in girls, since the organs are external as opposed to internal.

 

D) The first sex organs, which are the gonads, are identical in male and female fetuses for the first month of pregnancy.

 

 

 

2) The telephone wires that lead from your home to the homes of friend, relatives, and even strangers are all covered by a thick, protective tube that insulates them from damage. This tube helps eliminate damage from things like water, birds' feet, bugs, dirt weather, tree branches, and other potential interruptions in communication. In the human neuron, the same sort of protection is provided by the ................

 

A) synaptic vesticles

 

B) dendrites

 

C) sodium ions

 

D) myelin sheath

 

 

 

3) Which of the following facts about the James Lange theory of emotions is true?

 

A) James was older than Lange, which is why his name came first in the theory.

 

B) James and Lange did not know each other, and proposed the same theory at the exact same time.

 

C) Lange was James's teacher, and he agreed to let James's name come first to forward his career.

 

D) James and Lange worked together for over thirty years before their theory was finally accepted in mainstream psychology.

 

 

 

4) Dr. Llewellyn conducted research into the effects of classroom temperature on exam score, and hypothesized that subjects who took a test in a colder room would do better on that test than subjects who took a test in a warmer room. After he gathered his data, he found exactly the opposite of what he hypothesized. What should Dr. Llewellyn do now?

 

A) He should use a different research method so that he can find ways of proving his hypothesis

 

B) He should look for other explanations for his observations and construct a new hypothesis

 

C) He should find a new research question, because research is not valuable when our hypotheses are disproven by the data.

 

D) He should conduct his research repeatedly until he gets the data that he was expecting.

 

 

 

5) Which cognitive process allows us to determine which of the many sensations around us we are going to store in memory and which of those data we are going to discard?

 

A) eidetics

 

B) selection

 

C) concentration

 

D) attention

 

 

 

6) What is meant by the statement, "A major characteristic of the human brain is adaptability?"

 

A) The human brain's structures are constantly competing and cooperating.

 

B) The human brain is always working and constantly changing.

 

C) The human brain is physically connected to every other major organ in the body

 

D) The human brain is significantly more complex than even the most sophisticated computer.

 

 

 

7) What happens to an action potential when it comes to one of the nodes of Ranvier?

 

A) The action potential jumps from node to node, which is how it moves down the axon with great speed.

 

B) The action potential gets rebounded back to the soma, where it has to reestablished.

 

C) The action potential dissipates and fails to make it to the next neuron, which is why illnesses that cause the nodes of Ranvier are so devastating.

 

D) The action potential causes neurotransmitters to be released from the node.

 

 

 

8) You come home from middle school one afternoon with a report card that boasts all As. You can't wait to show your grandmother, who has recently been visiting from out of town. When you hand her the report card, she has to hold it at arm's length in order to read it, because the lenses of her eyes no longer able to accommodate to objects that are nearby. This eye condition, called ..................... us very common in older people.

 

A) cataract

 

B) presbyopia

 

C) presbycusis

 

D) retinitis pigmentosa

 

 

 

9) Generally speaking, at what point in a twenty four hour period is our body temperature going to be at its peak, or highest?

 

A) immediately after our biggest meal

 

B) when we first wake up

 

C) at midday

 

D) right before bedtime

 

 

 

10) Dr. Petrich is a dentist who specializes in treating those with extreme anxiety of dental work. In addition to the availability of nitrous oxide ( commonly referred to as laughing gas) Dr. Petrich's office offers private rooms with soothing music, televisions in the ceilings that show relaxing images like beaches and clouds, and headphones that offer supportive and calming messages. Dr. Petrich's patients are being given a form of ......... to help reduce their anxiety and actual experience of pain while receiving dental work.

 

A) hypnoplasia

 

B) posthypnotic suggestions

 

C) hypnotic analgesia

 

D) guided transference