Psychology 103 - Physiological Psychology » Spring 2022 » Exam 4R

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Question #1
To be considered a major depressive disorder, symptoms must
A.   be triggered by an obvious traumatic event.
B.   NOT involve anhedonia.
C.   last more than 2 weeks.
D.   last less than 2 weeks.
E.   involve a suicide attempt.
Question #2
Simple partial seizures are
A.   none of these
B.   often characterized by the systematic spread of motor symptoms through the body.
C.   focal seizures whose symptoms are primarily sensory or motor.
D.   all of these
E.   Jacksonian.
Question #3
Multiple sclerosis
A.   is usually the result of a dominant gene.
B.   is most common in very warm climates.
C.   is associated with damage to the myelin of the CNS.
D.   occurs at a very high rate in Africans and East Asians.
E.   all of these
Question #4
"Stroke" commonly refers to
A.   cancerous brain tumors of sudden onset.
B.   brain infarcts.
C.   cerebrovascular disorders of sudden onset.
D.   closed-head injuries of sudden onset.
E.   cerebral attacks.
Question #5
The external reproductive organs of males and females develop
A.   under direct genetic control.
B.   from different tissue.
C.   under estrogenic control.
D.   under environmental control.
E.   from the same bipotential tissue.
Question #6
The cortices of the primordial gonads may develop into
A.   the female sex ducts.
B.   the Wolffian system.
C.   the frenulum.
D.   ovaries.
E.   testes.
Question #7
Kapur (1997) studied the effects of brain damage on doctors and scientists. He concluded that
A.   they displayed a remarkable degree of recovery of lost cognitive functions.
B.   doctors recover more than scientists.
C.   scientists recover more than doctors.
D.   their cognitive reserve allowed them to compensate for their cognitive deficits by accomplishing cognitive tasks in alternative ways, even though they did not recover lost functions.
E.   their cognitive deficits were greater because they had more to lose.
Question #8
Huntington's disease is associated with
A.   all of these
B.   jerky, writhing movements of entire limbs.
C.   increased fidgetiness.
D.   severe dementia.
Question #9
The clinical effectiveness of typical antipsychotic drugs is positively correlated with the degree to which they bind to
A.   D2 receptors.
B.   dopamine.
C.   D1 receptors.
D.   autoreceptors.
E.   glutamate receptors.
Question #10
Which of the following statements is NOT true? Testosterone replacement injections administered to adult orchidectomized males usually
A.   enable them to achieve an erection.
B.   increase their sex drive.
C.   increase their muscularity.
D.   render them potent.
E.   eliminate their sterility.
Question #11
Which of the following is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?
A.   inappropriate affect
B.   all of these
C.   delusions
D.   hallucinations
E.   incoherent speech or thought
Question #12
Cerebral ischemia is a disruption of the supply of __________ to the __________.
A.   blood; brain
B.   air; body
C.   glutamate; brain
D.   blood; heart
E.   neurotransmitters; brain
Question #13
The monoamine theory of depression is based on the fact that
A.   depressed people have high levels of monoamines.
B.   most drugs used to treat depression are monoamine agonists.
C.   depressed people have low levels of monoamines.
D.   most drugs used to treat depression are monoamine antagonists.
Question #14
Generally speaking, feminization of the body at puberty
A.   is stimulated by a high ratio of androgens to estrogens.
B.   can be blocked by hormones but is not stimulated by them.
C.   is stimulated by a high ratio of estrogens to androgens.
D.   occurs automatically even if testosterone is present in large amounts.
E.   occurs automatically unless testosterone is present.
Question #15
Evidence that environmental factors play a role in the etiology of schizophrenia is that the concordance rate for monozygotic twins is
A.   greater for males than for females.
B.   much more than 50%.
C.   more than for dizygotic twins.
D.   much less than 100%.
E.   greater among cocaine users.
Question #16
Sry protein triggers the development of the medullas of the primordial gonads into
A.   a Wolffian system.
B.   a Müllerian system.
C.   ovaries.
D.   testes.
E.   the penis.
Question #17
Genetic males with androgenic insensitivity syndrome have
A.   internalized testes.
B.   breasts.
C.   little public hair.
D.   shallow vaginas.
E.   all of these
Question #18
Brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) has been of particular interest to researchers because
A.   regeneration is not possible without it.
B.   women have twice as much as men.
C.   BDNF is localized in the prefrontal lobes.
D.   treatments that improve depression increase BDNF.
E.   it plays an important role in mental health.
Question #19
A disorder of psychological function sufficiently severe to require treatment by a psychiatrist is called a __________ disorder.
A.   neuropsychological
B.   neurobehavioral
C.   neurochemical
D.   psychiatric
E.   degenerative
Question #20
The early stages of Alzheimer's disease are often characterized by
A.   changes in personality.
B.   all of these
C.   a selective decline in memory.
D.   seizures.
E.   disturbances of attention.
Question #21
In a follow-up study of Money's famous case study of ablatio penis, it was revealed that the patient had
A.   refused to wear a bra.
B.   acted like a male from an early age.
C.   requested mastectomy and phalloplasty.
D.   all of these
E.   suspected he was a boy from the second grade on.
Question #22
Which of the following suggested that the amygdala plays an important role in human sexual behavior?
A.   John Money
B.   estrous cycle
C.   sexual dimorphism
D.   Kluver-Bucy syndrome
E.   anabolic steroids
Question #23
Several clinical case studies have found that Parkinson's patients improve following transplants of __________ cells, but the treatment remains controversial.
A.   adrenal cortex
B.   their own striatal
C.   fetal substantia nigra
D.   their own substantia nigra
E.   fetal adrenal medulla
Question #24
Most prevalent of all psychiatric disorders are the __________ disorders.
A.   anxiety
B.   phobic
C.   schizophrenia spectrum
D.   bipolar
E.   depressive
Question #25
All of the sex steroids that are released by the gonads are also released by the
A.   sweat glands.
B.   adrenal medulla.
C.   pituitary.
D.   adrenal cortex.
E.   anterior pituitary.

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