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Question 1 of 30

1

A delusion is a(n) ____.

Select one of the following:

  • Loss of memory for part of one's past

  • Unfounded belief

  • Inability to understand abstract concepts

  • Sensory experience that does not correspond to reality

Explanation

Question 2 of 30

1

A key difference between bipolar I disorder and bipolar II disorder is in regard to ____.

Select one of the following:

  • how rapidly the cycles occur

  • whether they include full-blown manic phases

  • how many relatives also have the condition

  • whether they develop suddenly at an early age or gradually at a later age

Explanation

Question 3 of 30

1

After damage in and around the ventromedial hypothalamus, animals are more likely to ____.

Select one of the following:

  • Overeat and gain weight

  • Produce low levels of the hormone CCK

  • Refuse food and lose weight

  • Be slow in their digestion

Explanation

Question 4 of 30

1

After damage to the lateral hypothalamus, animals ____.

Select one of the following:

  • Show normal hypovolemic thirst but not osmotic thirst

  • Eat more

  • Show normal osmotic thirst but not hypovolemic thirst

  • Eat less

Explanation

Question 5 of 30

1

An advantage of maintaining a constant body temperature is that it:

Select one of the following:

  • Minimizes the energy that must be expended on basal metabolism

  • Enables an animal to stay equally active at all environmental temperatures

  • Enables an animal to detect changes in the temperature of the environment

  • Enables an animal to survive on a wider variety of diets

Explanation

Question 6 of 30

1

An example of a “negative symptom” of schizophrenia is:

Select one of the following:

  • Thought disorder

  • Hallucinations

  • Delusions

  • Poor emotional expression

Explanation

Question 7 of 30

1

Cells in the preoptic area of the hypothalamus monitor which temperatures?

Select one of the following:

  • Differences between internal organs and the skin

  • Internal organs

  • Differences between the arteries and veins

  • Their own and the skin

Explanation

Question 8 of 30

1

What is one current recommendation for raising children who have intersex conditions?

Select one of the following:

  • Initially identify the child as male or female based mainly on the predominant external appearance of genitalia but be prepared for possible changes in gender identity later

  • Do not use any gender pronouns at all

  • Identify the child as female, and have genital surgery performed as soon as possible

  • Raise the child according to whether the chromosomes are male or female

Explanation

Question 9 of 30

1

Eating salty potato chips increases the amount of sodium in the ____.

Select one of the following:

  • osmotic fluid

  • intracellular fluid

  • nuclear fluid

  • extracellular fluid

Explanation

Question 10 of 30

1

Glucagon stimulates the liver to ____.

Select one of the following:

  • convert stored glycogen to glucose

  • store glucose

  • convert glucose to glycogen

  • decrease blood glucose levels

Explanation

Question 11 of 30

1

High levels of leptin are associated with ____.

Select one of the following:

  • Increased activity and eating

  • Decreased activity and increased eating

  • Increased activity and decreased eating

  • Decreased activity and eating

Explanation

Question 12 of 30

1

Many female mammals become very attentive after delivering their babies largely because of a sudden ____.

Select one of the following:

  • Increase in leptin

  • Increase of prolactin and decrease of oxytocin

  • Surge of prolactin and oxytocin

  • Drop in testosterone levels

Explanation

Question 13 of 30

1

Most depressed people show ___ activity in the ___ prefrontal cortex.

Select one of the following:

  • Increased; left

  • Increased; right

  • Decreased; right

  • Decreased; left

Explanation

Question 14 of 30

1

One important difference between organizing effects and activating effects of hormones is that activating effects ____.

Select one of the following:

  • Control only the peripheral nervous system

  • Take place mostly during an early sensitive period

  • Are shorter-term

  • Cause the pituitary gland to release another hormone

Explanation

Question 15 of 30

1

Research suggests that the brain abnormalities in people with schizophrenia develop:

Select one of the following:

  • Late in life and remain fairly steady

  • Late in life and progressively get worse

  • Early and then remain fairly steady

  • Early and progressively get worse

Explanation

Question 16 of 30

1

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors operate similarly to ____.

Select one of the following:

  • Antabuse

  • Tricyclics

  • MAOIs

  • L-Dopa

Explanation

Question 17 of 30

1

Sex differences are to ____ as gender differences are to ____.

Select one of the following:

  • Identity; anatomy

  • Adults; children

  • Excitation; inhibition

  • Anatomy; identity

Explanation

Question 18 of 30

1

The brain gets part of its information regarding low osmotic pressure from ___.

Select one of the following:

  • receptors around the third ventricle

  • the duodenum

  • the blood brain barrier, equally throughout the brain

  • the thalamus

Explanation

Question 19 of 30

1

The frequency of homosexuality in men is highest if ____.

Select one of the following:

  • An adopted brother is homosexual

  • A dizygotic twin brother is homosexual

  • A sister is homosexual

  • A monozygotic twin brother is homosexual

Explanation

Question 20 of 30

1

The symptoms of tardive dyskinesia are ____.

Select one of the following:

  • Attacks of anxiety that prevent active behaviour

  • Anterograde and retrograde amnesia

  • Outbursts of unprovoked violent behaviour

  • Tremors and other involuntary movements

Explanation

Question 21 of 30

1

Which of the following best descibes the role of insulin?

Select one of the following:

  • It acts as a key to "allow access" of glucose into cells

  • It reduces the sensation of thirst

  • It increases the sensation of fullness

  • It sends information to the hypothalamus about long term fat supplies

Explanation

Question 22 of 30

1

Vasopressin raises blood pressure by:

Select one of the following:

  • Decreasing the blood's salt concentration

  • Increasing the blood's salt concentration

  • Causing the blood vessels to dilate

  • Constricting the blood vessels

Explanation

Question 23 of 30

1

What causes hypovolemic thirst?

Select one of the following:

  • Low blood volume

  • Dryness of the throat

  • Too much salt in the diet

  • Increased concentration of solutes in the blood

Explanation

Question 24 of 30

1

What is one of the best treatments for seasonal affective disorder?

Select one of the following:

  • Adrenal hormones

  • Dietary changes

  • Bright light

  • Electroconvulsive shock therapy

Explanation

Question 25 of 30

1

What would cause a mammal to develop the external anatomy of a male, regardless of its chromosomes?

Select one of the following:

  • Deprivation of estradiol during an early stage of development

  • Exposure to high levels of testosterone during an early stage of development

  • An infusion of testosterone at puberty

  • Exposure to neither testosterone nor estradiol during an early stage of development

Explanation

Question 26 of 30

1

Which of the following is unique to genetic males early in development?

Select one of the following:

  • Wolffian ducts

  • Müllerian inhibiting hormone

  • Primitive gonads

  • Müllerian ducts

Explanation

Question 27 of 30

1

Which is true of androgens and estrogens?

Select one of the following:

  • Males and females both have androgens and estrogens, but in different amounts

  • Only males have androgens; only females have estrogens

  • Only males have estrogens; only females have androgens

  • Males and females have androgens and estrogens in similar amounts

Explanation

Question 28 of 30

1

Which is true when considering the role of genetics in depression?

Select one of the following:

  • Late-onset depression has higher heritability than early-onset depression

  • Adopted children who become depressed are more likely to have depressed adoptive relatives than depressed biological relatives

  • Depression in males runs in families, depression in females does not

  • Adopted children who become depressed are more likely to have depressed biological relatives than depressed adoptive relatives

Explanation

Question 29 of 30

1

Which of the following characterizes total brain activity, as measured by the rate of glucose metabolism, in those suffering from mood disorders?

Select one of the following:

  • Low in mania and high in depression

  • High in both mania and depression

  • High in mania and low in depression

  • Low in both mania and depression

Explanation

Question 30 of 30

1

Wolffian ducts are found in ____.

Select one of the following:

  • female and male fetuses early in development

  • genetic female fetuses only

  • genetic male fetuses only

  • female and male fetuses until shortly before birth

Explanation

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