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

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

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