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202020 Spring 2020 PSYC 101-
D20 LUO
Test Quiz 2 (Chapters 3–4)
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Question 1
What is the most widely used psychoactive drug?
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
b.
caffeine
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Question 2
All of the following can help a person develop healthier sleeping patterns EXCEPT
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Selected
Answer:
c.
taking naps to make up for lost sleep the preceding
night.
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Question 3
2 out of 2 points
Dr. Rhoden conducts animal experiments on visual perception. Rhoden wants to stop the animal’s pupil
from changing size, so he paralyzes the
Selected
Answer:
a.
iris.
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Question 4
2 out of 2 points
Cocaine blocks reuptake of , the chemical that stimulates reward pathways in the brain.
Selected
Answer:
b.
dopamine
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Question 5
0 out of 2 points
When you are watching a movie, what type of apparent movement gives you the perception of a
“moving picture”?
Selected
Answer:
c.
retinal disparity
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Question 6
2 out of 2 points
When the full moon appears near the horizon, 6-year-old Mallory says, “The moon is bigger tonight
than last night.” Last night, Mallory saw the moon later in the night, when it was high in the sky.
Mallory’s experience is an example of the
Selected
Answer:
b.
moon illusion.
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Question 7
Regarding alcohol, which of the following statements is FALSE?
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Selected
Answer:
c.
Women usually become intoxicated at lower doses of alcohol than men do.
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Question 8
2 out of 2 points
Sleep cycles repeat about every minutes, and the typical adult has cycles per night.
Selected
Answer:
c.
90; four to
five
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Question 9
2 out of 2 points
Marlee’s right eardrum was punctured in an accident when she was three years old. She is deaf in her
right ear, but is helped with a hearing aid that amplifies sound waves. What type of deafness does
Marlee have?
Selected
Answer:
e.
conduction
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Question 10
About what proportion of U.S. adults have used an illicit drug at some point in their lives?
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
d.
1/2
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Question 11
2 out of 2 points
Austin experiences motion sickness on his first cruise vacation. From which two senses has Austin
received conflicting information?
Selected
Answer:
d.
vestibular and
visual
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Question 12
Regarding subliminal perception, which of the following statements is TRUE?
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Selected
Answer:
e.
The effects of subliminal perception are strong.
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Question 13
About what percentage of people are “supertasters”?
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
e.
25%
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Question 14
The optic nerve consists of the axons of the cells and exits the eye in the .
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Selected
Answer:
b.
ganglion; blind spot
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Question 15
All but which of the following are part of the perceptual laws of grouping?
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Selected
Answer:
b.
connectedness
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Question 16
All of the following are true of cones EXCEPT
Selected b.
0 out of 2 points
Answer: they are less sensitive to light than are
rods.
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Question 17
Which sense is especially effective at stimulating emotional memories?
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
d.
smell
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Question 18
Regarding color blindness, which of the following statements is FALSE?
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
e.
Red-green color blindness appears to be carried on the Y chromosome.
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Question 19
2 out of 2 points
Rebecca tells Tom that he is singing “off pitch.” Rebecca is referring to which physical property of
sound?
Selected
Answer:
d.
Frequency
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Question 20
The function of the cochlea is to .
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
d.
transform vibrations into nerve impulses
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Question 21
Regarding the sense of smell, which of the following statements is FALSE?
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Selected
Answer:
e.
Human odor receptors are capable of sensing about 10,000 different substances.
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Question 22
Which situation provides an example of drug tolerance?
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
b.
Marco has to take larger and larger doses of cocaine to get high.
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Question 23
Which part of the eye gives a person her/his eye color?
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
c.
iris
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Question 24
“Tolerance” for a drug means that the brain and the body .
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
a.
require increasingly larger doses of the drug to achieve the same effect
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Question 25
The part of the eye that changes shape to adjust for an object’s distance is the
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
a.
lens.
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Question 26
Which of the following best describes sleep apnea?
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
c.
Temporary cessation of breathing during sleep
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Question 27
Which of the following statements about marijuana is FALSE?
0 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
c.
Its use increases heart rate and is linked to later use of harder
drugs.
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Question 28
2 out of 2 points
Red, green, and blue-violet light can be combined to create any color of the spectrum. This has been
interpreted as supporting
Selected
Answer:
c.
the trichromatic theory of color vision.
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Question 29
Psychologists refer to the state of awareness of ourselves and the world around us as
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
a.
consciousness.
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Question 30
2 out of 2 points
Addison has decided to learn transcendental meditation (TM). She will be given training in .
Selected
Answer:
e.
how to use a repeated sound to focus her attention
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Question 31
2 out of 2 points
According to the carpentered-world hypothesis, people living in cultures in which right-angled
structures are rare are less prone to which visual illusion?
Selected
Answer:
e.
Müller-Lyer illusion
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Question 32
Which of the following drugs can lead to psychological but not physiological dependence?
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
d.
LSD
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Question 33
Characteristics of a highly hypnotizable person include all of the following EXCEPT
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
b.
a tendency toward depression.
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Question 34
The role of feature detectors is to
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
b.
respond to particular features of visual stimuli.
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Question 35
Sleep apnea refers to .
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
c.
a condition whereby a person stops breathing while asleep for 10 or more
seconds
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Question 36
2 out of 2 points
Kelsey has a sleep disorder in which she suddenly wakes up in the night with a panicky scream. She is
only able to remember fragments of her dream images, and she is dazed and frightened upon
awakening. Which sleep disorder does Kelsey most likely have?
Selected
Answer:
a.
Sleep terror disorder
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Question 37
Which of the following is a “paradoxical” effect of nicotine?
0 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
b.
decreased appetite
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Question 38
Which of the following best describes REM sleep?
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
b.
Sleep in which the brain becomes more active but muscle activity is blocked
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Question 39
Alcohol is to as caffeine is to .
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
c.
depressant; stimulant
The place theory of perception is analogous to tones produced by .
Selected
Answer:
b.
sonar technology
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Question 40
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