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JEOPARDY!
Philosophical
Foundations
and Research
Evolution
Genetics
Hormones
Neurons
The Brain
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For most of human history,
Western scholars believed that the
mind and body were separate and
that humans were unique because
a. they possessed a soul.
b. they controlled other
animals.
c. they were mortal.
d. the mind and body
interacted for a divine purpose.
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a. they possessed a soul.
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You are listening to some musical
tones and are being asked to
report the quality, intensity, and
clarity of the tones. What is the
limitation of this type of
information in understanding your
mind?
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too subjective
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Daily Double!!!
With regard to their theories, Freud
can be thought of as the ____________
of Pavlov and Watson.
a. “father”
b. opposite
c. theoretical partner
d. son
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b. opposite
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A psychologist examines the
experience of asking someone for
a date by measuring the separate
components of heart rate,
sweatiness of palms, stuttering,
and subsequent sensations of
relief. This characterizes which
approach to understanding
behavior?
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structuralism
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The expression, “a penny for your
thoughts (or given inflation make
that a dollar)” or asking “what’s on
your mind?” would be least likely
to come from which of the
following?
a. Freud
b. Skinner
c. Descartes
d. George Miller
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b. Skinner
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Evolution is an important area of study
for understanding behavior because it is
based on assumptions that behaviors are
a.
adaptable and influenced by
natural selection.
b.
entirely determined by genes.
c.
the result of rapid changes in
natural selection.
d.
related to the activities of lower
mammals.
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a. adaptable and influenced
by natural selection.
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The ability to read your textbook
and comprehend psychology
may be considered
a. an adaptive solution.
b. an adaptive by-product.
c. natural selection.
d. reproductive fitness.
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b. an adaptive by-product.
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Which of the following is not an
evolutionary based reason for
excluding people from groups?
a. because they are
untrustworthy
b. because they are weak
c. because they drain group
resources
d. because they are attractive
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d. because they are
attractive
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A friend says to you, “I have a gene
for Krispy Kreme” as a poetic way
of joking about her addiction to
doughnuts. In what way might she
be correct?
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Humans are evolutionarily
predisposed to enjoy fatty-sweet
foods because early humans
increased their likelihood of
survival with greater caloric
intake.
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The fact that infants become
wary of heights at about the
same time they begin to crawl
is an example of
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an adaptation.
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Schizophrenia is an example of a disorder
that
a.
is best understood from an
environmental—nurture—perspective.
b.
is best understood from a
biological—nature—perspective.
c.
is best understood as resulting
from the inseparable interaction of nature and
nurture.
d.
was originally thought to be caused
entirely by biological factors and now is
known to be caused largely by environmental
factors
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c. is best understood as
resulting from the inseparable
interaction of nature and
nurture.
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The ________ refers to the genetic
constitution of an individual, while
the _______ refers to the observable
characteristics.
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genotype; phenotype
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Sickle cell disease occurs more frequently in
certain populations because
a. homozygotes for this disease are able to
survive with very little water, preventing death
from dehydration.
b. heterozygotes for this disease are less
susceptible to environmental influences of
violence.
c. heterozygotes for this disease are resistant to
malaria.
d. homozygotes for this disease are less
susceptible to environmental influences of
violence.
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c. heterozygotes for this
disease are resistant to
malaria.
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What creates genotypic variation in the
population?
a. natural selection
b. sexual reproduction
c. sexual selection
d. chromosomal abnormalities
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b. sexual reproduction
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Suomi’s studies with monkeys demonstrate
that
a. the short version of the gene he studied
causes neurobehavioral deficits.
b. raising infant monkeys without their
mothers causes neurobehavioral deficits.
c. the environment an infant monkey is
raised in does not influence its outcomes.
d. there is a gene-environment interaction
between the short version of the gene and
maternal buffering.
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d. there is a gene-environment
interaction between the short version
of the gene and maternal buffering.
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What is the name of the biological
system that functions as the body’s
slow communication system, sending
chemical messages throughout the
body?
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the endocrine system
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Hormones travel through the
body and affect target cells
that have _____________.
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receptor sites
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Feminizing sex hormones are
called _______; masculinizing
sex hormones are called
________.
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estrogens; androgens
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Which hormone has been
demonstrated to influence
aggression?
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testosterone
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Women show more interest
in sex during which phase
of the menstrual cycle?
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ovulation
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When you burn your finger,
____________ neurons carry the
message to the spinal cord and
____________ neurons instruct
the muscles in your arm to retract
from the flame.
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afferent; efferent
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Another term for neuronal
firing is ____________.
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action potential.
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Excitatory signals are to
____________ as inhibitory signals
are to ____________.
a. depolarized; hyperpolarized
b. action potential; resting
potential
c. hyperpolarized; depolarized
d. resting potential; action
potential
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a. depolarized; hyperpolarized
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The neuroanotomical conditions
of multiple sclerosis and the
resulting difficulties in function
demonstrate the importance of
____________.
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myelin
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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, comes up to you and calls
you an agonist; what would he be
implying?
a. that you slow down production
b. that you halt production
c. that you take stuff out of the
process that is defective
d. that you facilitate production.
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d. that you facilitate production.
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After a head injury the child had
difficulty keeping his balance and
was noticeably less coordinated.
What portion of the brain was
most likely injured?
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the cerebellum
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When placed in an fMRI, you are
asked to view emotionally stimulating
faces on the screen. What area of
your brain should be highly activated
when a scary face is presented?
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the amygdala
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The structure near the
brainstem that is important for
arousal is known as the
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the reticular formation.
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Olfaction is the only one of the
five senses that is not routed
through this brain structure.
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the thalamus
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You are in your room listening to
music, realize you are thirsty, you
can feel that your soda is no longer
cold, and you decide to invite a friend
over. What parts of the central
nervous system would be
primarily involved in each of these
italicized behaviors?
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temporal lobe, hypothalamus,
parietal lobe, frontal lobe
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