Monitoring the future surveys students in - 8th, 10th, 12th grade - only high schoolers - only middle schoolers - undergraduate students 8th, 10th, 12th grade
Based on Monitoring the Future the only drugs that have shown an increase in consumption in the last years are - weed and hallucinogenic dr...
Psych 115 Exam 3 Questions and
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Monitoring the future surveys students in
- 8th, 10th, 12th grade
- only high schoolers
- only middle schoolers
- undergraduate students ✅8th, 10th, 12th grade
Based on Monitoring the Future the only drugs that have shown an increase in
consumption in the last years are
- weed and hallucinogenic drugs
-weed and tobacco
- weed and alcohol
- weed and opioids ✅marijuana and hallucinogenic drugs
The activity of dopamine receptors is higher in people with substance use disorder
True or false ✅false
The National Institute on Drug Abuse supports the idea of substance use disorder as
- brain disease
-choice ✅brain disease
Carl Hart (remember your reading) supports the idea of substance use disorder as
- choice
- brain disease ✅choice
Based on the lecture, what is the most effective treatment for stimulants use disorder
- contingency management + community reinforcement
- 12 step program
- contingency management & 12 step program
- cognitive behavioral therapy ✅contingency management and community
reinforcement
methadone works in the same receptors as heroin
- ture or false ✅true
researchers argue that the _________ evolved to allow women to ensure the safety of
their offspring
- fight or flight response
- tend and befriend response
,-HPA axis response
- general adaptation syndrome ✅tend and befriend response
During the tend and befriend response to stress, females secrete a hormone that helps
them to bond with the baby. This hormone is
- prolactin
-oxytocine
- estrogen
-progesterone ✅oxytocine
IN which of the following types off depression the person responds positively to good
events?
- catatonic
-atypical
-melancholic ✅atypical
Under stressful conditions the hypothalamus releases
- ACTH
- Cortisol
-CRH ✅CRH
cortisol
- inhibits the immune system
- enhances the immune system
- decreases heart rate ✅inhibits the immune system
Cortisol in high concentration is neurotoxic for the hippocampus
- incorrect
-correct ✅correct
The stress responses changes depending on the stressor
- false
- correct ✅false
Cortisol exerts the negative feedback by
- stopping the release of oxytocin
- stopping the release of CRH
- stopping the release of ACTH ✅stopping the release of CRH
People with Cushing syndrome has an increased release of
- aCTH
- Cortisol
-CRH ✅cortisol
,Family studies, twin studies, and adoption studies have shown that persons related to
someone who has had mood disorders are more likely to develop mood disorders than
those who are not related. This evidence highlights the importance of ________ as a
possible cause of mood disorders.
- brain abnormalities
- neurotransmitter imbalance
- genetics
- environment ✅genetics
The number of people with mental illness in the US has been decreasing in the last 10
years
- true or false ✅false
pellagra is caused by a deficiency on
- viral infection
-vitamin B3
- vitamin B1
- bacterial infection ✅vitamin B3
In the diathesis-stress hypothesis of depression, depression is the consequence of a
combination of
- early life stress and brain abnormalities
- early life stress and environment
- genetic predisposition and brain abnormalities
- genetic predisposition and early life stress ✅genetic predisposition and early life
stress
ketamine is a
- glutamate agonist
- glutamate antagonist
-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor
serotonin reuptake inhibitor ✅glutamate antagonist
SSRI's have a lower therapeutic index than tricyclics
- true or false ✅false
SSRI's block the the serotonin receptor
- true or false ✅false
What food is not recommended to eat if taking MAOi?
- tomatoes
- trout
- large amounts of coffee
- eggs ✅large amounts of coffee
, Melancholic depression responds well to
- MAOi
-SSRI's
- SSNRI's
- Tricyclic antidepressants ✅tricyclic antidepressants
Psilocybin have shown to be effective in cases of
- atypical depression
-treatment resistant depression
- melancholic depression ✅treatment resistant depression
depression has been correlated with
- high Vit-D levels
- Low Vit D levels ✅low Vit-D levels
Sir Francis Galton did NOT originate the idea that
- intelligence is quantifiable
- differences in intelligence could be measures
- intelligence is distributed in the form of a bell curve
- intelligence could be measured as a ratio of mental to chronological age differences in
intelligence could be measured ✅intelligence could be measured as a ratio of mental
to chronological age differences in intelligence could be measured
The Cerebral Circumference Index is a measure of intelligence based on the
circumference of the head just above the eyebrows. It is most reasonable to assume
that the test is
- both valid and reliable
- reliable but not valid
- neither valid nor reliable
- valid but not reliable ✅reliable but not valid
The formula for IQ can best be expressed as ________ multiplied by 100.
- MA-CA = IQ
- CA+MA = IQ
- IQ= MA/CA
- IQ= CA/MA
(mental age = MA, chronological age = CA) ✅IQ = MA/CA
The Stanford Binet test is used in people 3-18 years old
- true or false ✅true
The army alpha test was an intelligence test for those who could not read
- true or false ✅false
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