PSYC 325 Final Exam All Possible
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PSYC 325
FINAL EXAM
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ONLY
Question 6 of 25
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In one test commonly used to study
medial-temporal-lobe amnesia in macaque monkeys,
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A.the sample appears over the
central food well during the test phase of each trial.
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B.food is available under both
objects during the test phase of each trial.
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C.food is available under the
nonsample object during the test phase of each trial.
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D.no food is available during
the sample-presentation phase of each trial.
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Question 7 of 25
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Which of the following tasks is
commonly used to study the spatial abilities of rats?
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A.Morris water maze
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B.radial-arm maze
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C.Mumby box
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D.both A and B
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Question 8 of 25
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2.5/ 2.5 Points
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Because H.M.’s surgery seemed to
disrupt only those retrograde memories acquired shortly before his surgery,
it was once widely believed that the hippocampus
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A.stores most long-term
memories.
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B.stores all long-term memories.
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C.temporarily stores memories
before they are transferred to a more permanent storage site.
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D.stores spatial memories.
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Question 9 of 25
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2.5/ 2.5 Points
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The hypothetical neural mechanism
in humans that continuously assesses patterns of events and tries to make
sense of them is termed the
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A.right-hemisphere interpreter.
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B.left-hemisphere interpreter.
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C.right prefrontal lobe.
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D.left prefrontal lobe.
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Question 10 of 25
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2.5/ 2.5 Points
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The strongest evidence for the
linguistic theory of cerebral asymmetry comes from the study of
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A.deaf people who use American
Sign Language and subsequently suffer unilateral brain damage.
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B.split-brain deaf people.
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C.deaf monkeys with unilateral
brain damage.
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D.split-brain people with
right-hemisphere damage.
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Question 11 of 25
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2.5/ 2.5 Points
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According to the
Wernicke-Geschwind model, signals are carried from Wernicke’s area to Broca’s
area via the left
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A.corpus callosum.
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B.arcuate fasciculus.
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C.massa intermedia.
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D.angular gyrus.
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Question 12 of 25
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2.5/ 2.5 Points
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According to the text, which
theory of sleep does the best job of explaining why there are such large
differences in the amount of time that the members of various mammalian
species spend sleeping?
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A.recuperative theory
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B.Freudian theory
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C.adaptation theory
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D.activation-synthesis theory
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Question 13 of 25
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The performance of which of the following
tasks is most likely to be disrupted by sleep deprivation?
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A. sprinting
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B.weight lifting
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C.watching a radar screen for
occasional unpredictable blips
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D.solving a series of complex
geometric problems
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Question 14 of 25
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2.5/ 2.5 Points
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Sleep deprivation lasting several
days usually produces
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A.chronic psychosis.
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B.microsleeps.
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C.neuronal fatigue.
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D.chronic tremor.
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Question 15 of 25
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Clock is a circadian gene; it was
discovered in
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A.mice.
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B.sunflowers.
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C.dogs.
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D.humans.
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Question 16 of 25
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2.5/ 2.5 Points
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Because REM sleep is similar to
wakefulness in several respects, it makes sense that REM sleep circuits are
controlled by a structure involved in maintaining wakefulness: the
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A.thalamus.
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B.basal forebrain.
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C.reticular activating system.
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D.cerveau isolé.
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Question 17 of 25
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2.5/ 2.5 Points
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In view of the evidence, the
widespread practice of taking melatonin to promote sleep is
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A.dangerous and should be
stopped.
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B.definitely a waste of time.
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C.likely to be of no more than
minor benefit.
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D.almost certain to have major
sleep benefits in most people.
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Question 18 of 25
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2.5/ 2.5 Points
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Which of the following causes epilepsy?
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A.neurotoxins
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B.cerebrovascular diseases
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C.head injuries
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D.all of the above
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Question 19 of 25
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2.5/ 2.5 Points
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Which of the following is common
in children and often ceases in puberty?
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A.absence epilepsy
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B.tonic-clonic epilepsy
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C.temporal lobe epilepsy
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D.simple partial epilepsy
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Question 20 of 25
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2.5/ 2.5 Points
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Epidemiology is the study of
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A.epidemics.
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B.infections.
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C.the spread of neurological
disorders.
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D.the various factors that
influence the distribution of a disease in the general population.
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Question 21 of 25
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2.5/ 2.5 Points
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Most patients with gastric ulcers
display signs of H. pylori infection, however, to put this observation in
perspective, it is important to understand that
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A.yogurt can reduce the
infection.
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B.yogurt can increase the
infection.
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C.probiotic yogurt can cure
ulcers.
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D.many healthy people are
similarly infected.
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Question 22 of 25
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Stress disrupts the performance of
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A.tasks mediated by the
hippocampus.
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B.most memory tasks.
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C.almost all avoidance tasks.
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D.most cognitive tasks.
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Question 23 of 25
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2.5/ 2.5 Points
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Studies of electrical intracranial
self-stimulation have influenced the development of biopsychological theories
of addiction by indicating that
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A.the rewarding effects of drugs
play a major role in addiction.
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B.there are particular areas of
the brain that mediate the experience of pleasure.
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C.drug withdrawal and drug
pleasure are opposite processes.
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D.there are particular areas of
the brain that mediate pleasure from drugs.
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Question 24 of 25
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2.5/ 2.5 Points
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In humans, the following trait
predicts individuals who will initially begin taking a drug:
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A.novelty seeking.
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B.low IQ.
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C.high IQ.
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D.paranoia.
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Question 25 of 25
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0.0/ 2.5 Points
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The early physical-dependence
theories of drug addiction were discredited by the observation that
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A.detoxified addicts almost
always return to their drug-taking habits.
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B.if addicts withdraw over a
long period, withdrawal symptoms are more severe.
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C.drug addicts who are kept from
using drugs for a year or more almost always permanently kick the habit.
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D.both A and B
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