AP Psych Unit 1 Test

Jay experiences brain damage that results in an inability to make plans about the future. What lobe of his brain was most likley damaged?

Frontal Lobe

What are the two main parts of the Central Nervous System?

Spinal Cord and Brain

Torin believes in nature's influence on behavior, why Kyla believes in nurture's influence. What are their beliefs examples of?

Genetic factors / environmental factors

Thomas who drinks alcohol regularly, now finds that he requires a larger does to experience the same effect. this is called Tolerance or Addiction?

Tolerance

When Elle is sleep-deprived she is more likely to be sick, why?

Sleep helps to restore the immune system

Kay has a damaged hippocampus. Would she have difficulties in creating new memories OR not be able to regulate her body temperature?

Creating new memories

What is the main function of the Peripheral Nervous System?

it connects the brain and the spinal cord to the rest of the body.

Jay is an evolutionary psychologist. Would he seek to understand behavioral tendencies through psychophysics or natural selection?

Natural Selection

After taking a drug, Carmen experiences slow reactions, slurred speech, and decreased skill performance (reaction time). Which drug did he mostly take? Ecstasy or alcohol?

Alcohol

As part of a sleep study researchers notice bursts of rapid rhythmic brain-wave activity and determine that Jane is in sleep stage 2. What is she experiencing?

Sleep Spindles

When researchers surgically lesioned the amygdala of monkey's brain, would this result in him becoming more or less agressive?

Less aggressive

what is the purpose of the myelin sheath?

to speed up the transmission of info within a neuron 

The gene-environment interaction is the basic tenet (belief) of Heredity or Evolutionary psychology? 

Evolutionary Psychology

Calvin is taking a dug that acts both as stimulant and a hallucinogen. It could disrupt his serotonin in the long term. Is he taking LSD, ecstasy, alcohol or cocaine? 

Ecstasy

What type of scan would a researcher conduct to look at the brain?

MRI

Would the RIGHT hemisphere of the brain be more active imagining what an outfit would look like on OR solving a math problem?

Math Problem

Automatically pulling your hand away from a hot stove is an example of what?

The Reflex Arc

Why do researchers find the study of fraternal twins important? 

They are usually raised in the same environment but they do not have the same genetic code. 

When Joe ingested an opioid drug, what neurotransmitters did the opioid mimic in his brain? norepinephrine or endorphins?

Endorphins

Sarah is about to take her driver's test. Which region of the brain plays the most significant role in her sense of alertness?

Reticular Formation

Pham's brain tissue has the ability to take on new functions, what is this an example of?

Neuroplasticity

If you are researching the electrical impulses that travel down axons to better understand their function, what are you researching?

The Action Potential 

Why do researchers use adoption studies in an effort to reveal genetic influences on personality? 

to evaluate whether adopted children more closely resemble their adoptive parents of their bio parents

Lei has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Which of the following neurotransmitters most likely to contribute to the disorder? ACH, GABA, Glutamate, or Dopamine? 

Dopamine

Surgical stimulation of the somatosensory cortex might result in the false sensation of what? Flashes of color or someone tickling you?

Someone tickling you