Bio Exam AP Psychology (Neurons and Brain) Test with Answers
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Bio Exam AP Psychology (Neurons and Brain) Test with Answers
1. In which of the following techniques do researchers
inject a harmless, radioactive substance into the liv-
ing human brain to examine activity?
A. Lesioning
B. Electroencephalogram(EEG)
C. Computerized axial tomography(CAT)
D. P...
Bio Exam AP Psychology (Neurons and Brain) Test with Answers
1. In which of the following techniques do researchers D. Positron-emis-
inject a harmless, radioactive substance into the liv- sion tomogra-
ing human brain to examine activity? phy(PET)
A. Lesioning
B. Electroencephalogram(EEG)
C. Computerized axial tomography(CAT)
D. Positron-emission tomography(PET)
E. Magnetic resonance imaging(MRI)
2. A polygraph machine is often called a "lie detector," B. autonomic
although it does not detect lies. Instead, it responds arousal
to changes in
A. cognitive states
B. autonomic arousal
C. parasympathetic functioning
D. motivational level
E. neurotransmitter level
3. For most people, speech functions are primarily local- B. left cerebral
ized in the hemisphere
A. right cerebral hemisphere
B. left cerebral hemisphere
C. occipital lobe
D. corpus callosum
E. cerebellum
4. An image projected to the left visual field of a B. right visual cor-
split-brained person will be processed in the tex
A. left visual cortex
B. right visual cortex
C. right side of the left retina
D. left side of the right retina
E. sensory cortex
5.
, Bio Exam AP Psychology (Neurons and Brain) Test with Answers
The hypothesis that intelligence is in part inherited is B. pairs of identi-
best supported by the fact that the IQ correlation for cal twins is greater
than for pairs of
A. pairs of twins reared together is greater than the fraternal twins
correlation for pairs of twins reared apart
B. pairs of identical twins is greater than for pairs of
fraternal twins
C. pairs of fraternal twins is greater than the correla-
tion for other pairs of siblings
D. adopted children and their adoptive parents is
greater than zero
E. adopted children and their adoptive parents is
greater than the correlation for the same children and
their biological parents
6. Electrically stimulating a rat's amygdala would most D. Aggression
likely produce which of the following?
A. Calmness
B. A coma
C. Memory loss
D. Aggression
E. Sleep
7. A double-blind control is essential for which of the D. Assessment
following? of a treat-
ment designed
A. A study comparing the IQ test scores of children to reduce schizo-
from different educational systems phrenic symptoms
B. A study of relationships among family members
C. An experiment to determine the effect of a food
reward on the bar-pressing rate of a rat
D. Assessment of a treatment designed to reduce
schizophrenic symptoms
E. A survey of drug use among teenagers
8. In terms of the effect on the central nervous system, A. Depressant
alcohol is most accurately classified as which of the
following types of drug?
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