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

Need help with your exam preparation?

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

Need help with your exam preparation?