1.The ____ of the inner ear consist of three tubes containing fluid that sloshes through them when the head moves, signaling rotational or angular movement to the brain. A. semicircular canals B. stirrups c. hammer d. anvils 2. The body's voluntary movements are mostly controlled by which part of the cerebral cortex? A. Frontal lobe B. movement lobe C. temporal lobe

d. Occipital lobe 3. in an experiment, all participants receive a treatment but those in the control group receive a false treatment which is called a A. psychological anomaly b. lie c. drug treatment d. placebo 4. You study a sample of 100 high school students and find that student IQ scores increase significantly as the level of reported parental income increases. you can conclude from this that A. there's a positive correlation between parental income and children's IQ scores. B higher parental income causes an increase in children's IQ scores C .students get smarter when their parents earn more money. D there's a negative relationship between parental income and children's IQ scores 5. Ron is running an experiment to see if certain sounds can improve memory. While testing the subjects memory, Ron unintentionally smiles when the subjects seem to be arriving at the proper answer. in this case Ron is showing A. informed consent B. invalid experimental placebos c. experimental bias d. experiment effect 6. In his research, Dr. Caulfield wants to compare levels of the test anxiety among high school students in grades 10 and 12. His hypothesis is that seniors will have higher levels of test anxiety than sophomores will his______ definition of test anxiety for each person in his sample will be a self- reported test anxiety level marked in a questionnaire as high, moderate or low. A theoretical B. functional c. subjective d. operational 7. in a neuron the myelin sheath serves to insulate A. the axon B. terminal buttons c. the cell body D dendrites

8. A reflex like automatically removing your hand from a hot stove, involves pain messages sent to the spinal cord way of ____ neurons while the movement of your hand is controlled by _______ neurons. A somatic; sympathetic b. motor sensory c. sensory motor d. somatic sensory 9. In conducting an experiment the experimenter divides a sample group of 60 children into two groups of 30 called group A and group b using a/an______ assignment procedure, such as a coin toss, where heads sends a subject to group a and tails sends a subject to group b. A random b. subjective c. experimental D independent 10. The region of the central cortex known as the __________is/are considered the site of higher mental processes such as a thinking language memory and speech. A sensory areas b. hindbrain c. association areas D. spinal cord 11. if you adopt the _______perspective you reject an emphasis on what goes on in people's minds favor of focusing on behaviors that can be measured objectively. A behavioral B neuroscience c. psychodynamic d. cognitive 12. The______ secretes chemical messages that circulate through the blood and also communicates messages that influence behavior and many aspects of biological functioning. A spinal cord B neurotransmitter c. endocrine system d limbic system 13 it has been hypothesized that______ of dopamine produces negative consequences like schizophrenia. A normal production

B. overproduction c. underproduction continuous production 14. where does most processing of visual images take place? A. Visual cortex b. Optic chiasm d. Rods c. Cones 15. The________ division of the automatic nervous system is responsible for what's often called body's fight or flight response. A sympathetic B. peripheral-autonomous c. peripatetic

d. peripheral somatic 16. Dr. Lambard's research focuses on the capacity of the human mind to store and retrieve information. Her colleague, Dr. Fry is a clinician who strives to helps his clients be all they can be As a fly on the wall listening to these two psychologists civil disputes during coffee breaks which psychological perspective can you assume Dr. Fry adheres to? A behavioral B cognitive C Psychodynamic D. Humanist 17.Researchers in the field of ___________ are finding links between genetic factors and psychological disorders. A genetic psychology B behavioral genetics C parasympathetic psychology D disorder psychology 18. Dr. jones suspects that loud noises can raise level stress levels in young children. He decides to test his idea using the the scientific method. His idea about loud noises would be considered a/an. A experiment B. hypothesis C. educated guess. D law 19. Regarding the trichromatic theory of color vision which statement is most accurate A Specialized cells in the retina engage in a process called feature detection B the theory maintains that receptor cells are grouped in pairs such as black-white C Specialized cells in the retina are sensitive to blue-violet, green, and yellow-red D The theory helps explain why we see afterimages of different colors 20. The five basic perspective that comprises psychological theory are A Psychoanalysis Gestalt Behavioral Cognitive and functionalism B Neuroscience Psychodynamic behavioral Cognitive and Humanistic. C Experimental Gestalt introspection Structuralism and Functionalism D. Humanistic Existential cognitive Behavioral and introspection