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Weeks 12 - 13
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Question 1

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A delusion is a(n) ____.
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  • Loss of memory for part of one's past
  • Unfounded belief
  • Inability to understand abstract concepts
  • Sensory experience that does not correspond to reality

Question 2

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

Question 3

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After damage in and around the ventromedial hypothalamus, animals are more likely to ____.
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  • Overeat and gain weight
  • Produce low levels of the hormone CCK
  • Refuse food and lose weight
  • Be slow in their digestion

Question 4

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After damage to the lateral hypothalamus, animals ____.
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  • Show normal hypovolemic thirst but not osmotic thirst
  • Eat more
  • Show normal osmotic thirst but not hypovolemic thirst
  • Eat less

Question 5

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

Question 6

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An example of a “negative symptom” of schizophrenia is:
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  • Thought disorder
  • Hallucinations
  • Delusions
  • Poor emotional expression

Question 7

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Cells in the preoptic area of the hypothalamus monitor which temperatures?
Answer
  • Differences between internal organs and the skin
  • Internal organs
  • Differences between the arteries and veins
  • Their own and the skin

Question 8

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

Question 9

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Eating salty potato chips increases the amount of sodium in the ____.
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  • osmotic fluid
  • intracellular fluid
  • nuclear fluid
  • extracellular fluid

Question 10

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Glucagon stimulates the liver to ____.
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  • convert stored glycogen to glucose
  • store glucose
  • convert glucose to glycogen
  • decrease blood glucose levels

Question 11

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High levels of leptin are associated with ____.
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  • Increased activity and eating
  • Decreased activity and increased eating
  • Increased activity and decreased eating
  • Decreased activity and eating

Question 12

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Many female mammals become very attentive after delivering their babies largely because of a sudden ____.
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  • Increase in leptin
  • Increase of prolactin and decrease of oxytocin
  • Surge of prolactin and oxytocin
  • Drop in testosterone levels

Question 13

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Most depressed people show ___ activity in the ___ prefrontal cortex.
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  • Increased; left
  • Increased; right
  • Decreased; right
  • Decreased; left

Question 14

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors operate similarly to ____.
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  • Antabuse
  • Tricyclics
  • MAOIs
  • L-Dopa

Question 17

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Sex differences are to ____ as gender differences are to ____.
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  • Identity; anatomy
  • Adults; children
  • Excitation; inhibition
  • Anatomy; identity

Question 18

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The brain gets part of its information regarding low osmotic pressure from ___.
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  • receptors around the third ventricle
  • the duodenum
  • the blood brain barrier, equally throughout the brain
  • the thalamus

Question 19

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The frequency of homosexuality in men is highest if ____.
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  • An adopted brother is homosexual
  • A dizygotic twin brother is homosexual
  • A sister is homosexual
  • A monozygotic twin brother is homosexual

Question 20

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The symptoms of tardive dyskinesia are ____.
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  • Attacks of anxiety that prevent active behaviour
  • Anterograde and retrograde amnesia
  • Outbursts of unprovoked violent behaviour
  • Tremors and other involuntary movements

Question 21

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Which of the following best descibes the role of insulin?
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  • 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

Question 22

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Vasopressin raises blood pressure by:
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  • Decreasing the blood's salt concentration
  • Increasing the blood's salt concentration
  • Causing the blood vessels to dilate
  • Constricting the blood vessels

Question 23

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What causes hypovolemic thirst?
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  • Low blood volume
  • Dryness of the throat
  • Too much salt in the diet
  • Increased concentration of solutes in the blood

Question 24

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What is one of the best treatments for seasonal affective disorder?
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  • Adrenal hormones
  • Dietary changes
  • Bright light
  • Electroconvulsive shock therapy

Question 25

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

Question 26

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Which of the following is unique to genetic males early in development?
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  • Wolffian ducts
  • Müllerian inhibiting hormone
  • Primitive gonads
  • Müllerian ducts

Question 27

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Which is true of androgens and estrogens?
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  • 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

Question 28

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

Question 29

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

Question 30

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Wolffian ducts are found in ____.
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  • female and male fetuses early in development
  • genetic female fetuses only
  • genetic male fetuses only
  • female and male fetuses until shortly before birth
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