You wish to replicate Gregor Mendel’s experiments into recessive and dominant genes.
After cross-pollinating pea plants with purple and white flowers, you would have the
offspring plants pollinate with:
A.purple-flowered plants.
B.white-flowered plants.
C.plants with different-colored flowers.
D.themselves.
You are asked to write a newspaper article on a controversial political topic and you
want to make sure you are not influenced by the confirmation bias. Which of the
following should you do in order to avoid the confirmation bias?
A.focus mainly on evidence that you find on your favorite news website
B.place equal importance on evidence that supports and contradicts your own beliefs
C.focus mainly on evidence that supports your own beliefs, since it is the most accurate
research
D.place equal importance on evidence you find online and in textbooks
Wavelengths of light are to ________ constancy as differences in light reflected off
various objects are to ________constancy.
A.size; shape
B.shape; size
C.lightness; color
D.color; lightness
Growth hormone (GH) is released primarily through the regulatory action of the:
A.cerebral cortex.
B.hypothalamus.
C.cerebellum.
D.thalamus.
Which of the following is closest to a perfect positive correlation?
A.0.49
B.0.98
C.-0.049
D.-0.98
How are the scientific goals of description and explanation different?
A.Description aims to identify the state of a research field; explanation aims to discuss
the future of a research field.
B.Description aims to characterize what a phenomenon is; explanation aims to illustrate
why a phenomenon occurs.
C.Explanation aims to identify the state of a research field; description aims to discuss
the future of a research field.
D.Explanation aims to characterize what a phenomenon is; description aims to illustrate
why a phenomenon occurs.
An overdose of an acetylcholine agonist is most likely to produce:
A.fatigue.
B.paralysis.
C.impulsiveness.
D.anxiety.
Dolphins and bats are able to echolocate, meaning they can detect the locations of
objects in their environment by certain waves of energy emitted or reflected by those
objects. Which of the following might dolphins and bats have that humans do not?
A.glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves
B.thalamic input from sensory receptors
C.sensory receptors for echolocation
D.the ability to navigate in water or air
Which parts of women’s brains may be connected by more fibers than the equivalent
parts in men’s brains?
A.front and back cortex
B.left and right hemisphere
C.top and bottom cortex
D.brain and spinal cord
Bincheng has been taught to visualize the pain from his migraine headaches as simply a
part of his experience of life. While he is engaging in this visualization, an fMRI scan
of his brain would be likely to show ________ in activity while his perceptual
experience of pain would likely ________.
A.a change; increase
B.no change; increase
C.a change; decrease
D.no change; decrease
As Pippa threads a needle, her eyes rotate inward. She knows the needle is close enough
to perform the task by virtue of the depth cue termed:
A.convergence.
B.binocular disparity.
C.occlusion.
D.parallax.
How do theories reflect the law of parsimony?
A.Good theories should be based on the smallest amount of data possible.
B.Theories should be supported by several researchers.
C.Theories usually do not need to be tested if they are concise.
D.Good theories tend to be the simplest explanations that fit the data.
Socially desirable responding is a potential problem in research because it may:
A.clue participants in to researchers’ hypotheses.
B.interfere with the integrity of data.
C.cause researchers to fabricate data.
D.indicate a zero correlation.
Memory requires attention. If you want to remember something well, it is best to attend
to only one thing at a time because:
a.attention is limited.
b.attention is unlimited.
c.attention is relatively permanent.
d.attention waxes and wanes.
Pheromone receptors are most like:
A.auditory hair cells.
B.olfactory receptors.
C.photoreceptors.
D.taste buds.