1) in comparison to cocaine, methamphetamine does all of the following except:
a.increases the release of dopamine
b.stays in the body longer
c.is easier to manufacture
d.has fewer side effects
2) lokelani is a stunningly beautiful 5-year-old. the research on physical attractiveness
suggests that in the future:
a.she will usually have her intelligence and happiness overestimated
b.she will be more successful and more interesting than most people
c.she will never develop her other abilities and opportunities
d.intimidate a lot of men
3) from an adaptive standpoint, the disproportionate area of the cortex devoted to vision
suggests that our visual system _____ than our other senses.
a.developed more complexity
b.played a larger role in sexual selection
c.developed later in the course of evolution
d.facilitated survival more greatly
4) the relationship between religiousness and health can be described as:
a.basically negative
b.basically positive
c.basically random
d.difficult to infer
5) the notion of kin selection argues that we are:
a.altruistic to people who give evidence of the best genes
b.most altruistic toward those who share our genes
c.most altruistic to relatives because we expect reciprocity
d.altruistic to our kin group to avoid being ostracized
6) what are the branchlike appendages that detect chemical signals from neighboring
neurons?
a.axons
b.synapses
c.cell bodies
d.dendrites
7) the best approach for treating anxiety disorders is:
a.psychoanalytic therapy
b.the use of psychoactive drugs
c.cognitive-behavioral therapy
d.deep brain stimulation
8) in terms of their sexuality, women have more choice and control than do females of
many species. this phenomenon is largely due to the lesser effect of _____ on women.
a.oxytocin
b.androgen
c.nitric oxide
d.estrogen
9) someone who wears a hearing aid is most likely to have a problem with his _____.
someone who has a cochlear implant is most likely to have a problem with her _____.
a.cochlea; basilar membrane
b.basilar membrane; cochlea
c.ear drum; auditory nerve
d.auditory nerve; ear drum
10) if every developing country in the world suddenly developed into a highly
industrialized society, global rates of _____ in the female population would show a
decrease.
a.depression
b.schizophrenia
c.bipolar disorder
d.hypomania
11) fear of specific objects or situations is found in which type of anxiety disorder?
a.panic
b.agoraphobia
c.posttraumatic stress
d.phobia
12) one of the earliest and strongest proponents of learning theory was:
a.john watson
b.sigmund freud
c.joseph wolpe
d.john garcia
13) billy has watched many movies in which the hero smokes cigarettes. when billy
identifies with these heroes and begins to smoke, what psychological term might be
used to describe his behavior?
a.vicarious reinforcement
b.modeling
c.positive reinforcement
d.meme-based transmission
14) in behavior therapy, an important aspect of treatment is _____, and this is called
_____.
a.eliciting the undesirable behavior so it can be punished; behavior modification
b.getting the patient to model the correct behavior; classical conditioning
c.reinforcing desired behaviors; behavior modification
d.getting the patient to recognize the motives behind the maladaptive behavior;
projective behavioral assessment
15) imagine you are at the end part of the chain of activity on a production line. your
boss, who in his previous career was a neuroscientist, calls you an agonist. what would
he be implying?
a.that you completely halt production
b.that you interfere with production
c.that you take stuff out of the process that is defective
d.that you facilitate production