Psychology 100 Exam 1 Spring. 98 Name 1. Which is the first person to contended the mind is a blank slate? a. Pavlov b. Watson c. Plato d. Freud e. Aristotle 2. Which of the following individuals contend you should only study the function of a behavior and not the conscious mind? a. Pavlov b. Watson c. Wundt d. Freud e. James 3. Which school would define Psychology as the Science of Behavior? a. Structuralists b. Functionalists c. Gestaltists d. Behaviorists 4. As defined by lecture, Psychology is defined as a. The study of metaphysical processes only. b. The study of observable behavior. c. The scientific study of behavior and the mind. d. The scientific study of the conscious mind. 5. Psychologists receive which type of degree? a. M.D. b. Ph.D. c. MSW d. none of these 6. Which of the following psychologists would most likely study memory, reasoning, or problem solving. a. counseling, b. clinical c. cognitive d. personality 7. Which psychologist would most likely to use psychological tests? a. clinical b. personality c. developmental. d. both b and c 8. Which psychologist would most likely evaluate employee performance a. clinical b. industrial c. educational d. both a and c. 9. To examine the parenting behavior of panda's, two psychologists spent three years observing them in the mountains. Which method did the psychologists probably use? a. Survey b. Naturalistic Observation c. Case study. d. none of these 10. An extensive interview with a person would be an example of a. a case study. c. the survey method b. naturalistic observation. d. none of these 11. is a way of estimating the extent two variables are related to each other a. A case study c. both a and b are correct b. Naturalistic Observation d. Correlation 12. Which experimental method will only allow you to determine cause-effect relationships? a. A case study b. Naturalistic Observation c. Experimental d. a and b. 13. Of these correlation s, which indicates the weakest relationship a. +.77 b. +.42 c. -. 83 d. -.38 e. +2
14. A group of 100 introductory psychology students takes an exam. The mean of the exam is 71 and the standard deviation is 8. Your score is 88. How many standard deviations away from the mean is your score? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5 15. Of these correlations, which indicates the greatest relationship? a. -.92 b. +.42 c. +. 83 d. -.38 e. -2 16. An experiment was conducted where medical students were given various dosages of alcohol. Thirty minutes after consuming the alcohol, the students were asked to press a button as fast as they could for two minutes. Results indicated the more alcohol they consumed, the faster they pushed the button. In this example the is the independent variable while the is the dependent variable. a. alcohol, button press c. button press, alcohol b. button press, medical students d. none of these are correct 17. When you take three tests and each time get the same score, the test has high. a. Validity. b. Constancy. c. Reliability. d. Stability. 18. The medulla and pons are located in the a. hind brain b. mid brain c. brain stem d. both b and c e. both a and c 19. Mark blows into a new breathalyzer and gets a blood alcohol concentration of.10 (legal limit). He then proceeds to blow into the machine several more times. His blood alcohol concentrations are listed as follows. Time 1.10 Time 2.15 Time 3..01 Time 4..44 The breathalyzer has high, but low. a. reliability, validity c. validity, reliability b. stability, reliability d. stability, validity 20. 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 The range of these numbers is. (All totals are added correctly) a. 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 10 + 12 + 14 + 16 = 72 / 8 = 9 c. 16-2 = 14 / 2 = 7 b. b. 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 10 + 12 + 14 + 16 = 72 d. 16-2 = 14 21. 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 6 5 4 3 3 3 The mode of these numbers is a. 3 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 70 c. 6 b. 70-15 = 65 d. 3 22. Which neuron structure sends information toward the soma? a. The dendrite b. The axon c. The myelin d. none of these 23. The structure that decides if an action potential will begin is called a. The dendrite b. The axon cleft c. The myelin d. none of these 24. Mark has just been scared and ran up a tree. Once in the tree Mark begins to relax. Which of the following would be correct for Mark? a. Mark's digestive system would slow down b. Mark's blood pressure would go up. c. Mark's heart rate would increase d. Mark's pupils would get larger e. none of these are correct
25. Which brain structure begins voluntary movement. a. Pons b. Thalamus c. Frontal lobe d. Temporal lobe 26. Myelin is designed to a. Cause calcium to enter faster. c. Speed up the action potential. b. Cause the action potential to stop. d. None of these. 27. Neurons to communicate with other neurons by using. a. electric shocks b. neurotransmitters c. limbic substances d. all of these 28. The lobe of the brain responsible for hearing is called the a. Frontal lobe b. Parietal lobe c. Occipital lobe d. Temporal lobe. 29. Which brain structure is involved with breathing? a. Medulla b. Pons c. Thalamus d. Limbic system 30. Brain chemicals that are similar in effects to Morphine and other opiates are called a. tranquilizers b. colenergic enzymes c. MEOS d. endorphins 31. The somatic and autonomic systems are part of the nervous system. a. Central b. Peripheral c. Limbic d. endocrine 32. Which of the following can be used to examine brain functioning? a. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) c. Computerized Axial Tomography b. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) d. All can be used 33. The structure that connects the left and right hemisphere is called the a. Corpus Callosum c. limbic system b. Mammillary Body d. Hippocampus 34. Damage to the reticular activating system would disrupt a. speech comprehension c. thinking b. speech production d. none of these 35. Mark has a brain tumor which does not allow him to see. Mark has damaged the a. Frontal lobe b. Wernicke s area c. area 3 d. Occipital lobe e. area 22 The relay center of the brain is called a. Wernicke s area b. Broca s area c. Thymus d. Thalamus 37. The structure that assists with motor movement is called a. Arcuate Fasiculus b. Cerebellum c. Broca s area d. None of these 38. Which structure is involved with sleep. a. Cerebellum b. Parietal Lobe c. Temporal Lobe d. Pons
39. Receptors are located on the a. Axon b. Dendrite c. Axon Hillock d. None of these e. all of these b. 40. The structure that is involved with attention and arousal is called the a. Reticular Activating System b. Medulla c. Pons. d. Frontal lobe 41. When an axon is at rest, the outside is a. Positive b. Negative c. Negative and Positive 42. When an axon potential is occurring, which ion is at high concentrations on the inside of the axon. a. Chloride b. Potassium c. Helium d. Sodium. 43. Sacks that contain neurotransmitters are called a. Boles sacks b. Synaptic Vesicles c. Teleodendria d. none of these 44. Structure 1 is called the and is involved with a. Frontal lobe, vision c. Occipital lobe, audition b. Parietal lobe, vision d. Occipital lobe, vision 45. Referring to the figure in the previous question: Structure 2 is called the and is involved with. a. Frontal lobe, vision c. Parietal Lobe, Sensation b. Parietal lobe, vision d. Occipital lobe, vision 46. Referring to the figure in the previous question: Structure 3 is called the and is involved with. a. Insular lobe, hearing c. Wernicke s area, vision e. Cerebellum, balance b Broca's area, speech, d. Wernicke's area, thinking, 47. Structure 1 is called. a. Teleodendria b. Presynaptic element c. axon hillock d. dendrite 48. Referring to the figure in question 47, Structure 2 is called a. Teleodendria b. Presynaptic element c. axon hillock d. dendrite 49. Referring to the figure in question 47, structure 3 is called a. synaptic cleft b. axon hillock c. dendrite d. post synaptic element 50. This is a free question. Answer A on your scantron sheet.