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NOTE: these are not questions that will appear on the exam. However, they are like the questions that will appear on the exam.

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Cones greatly outnumber rods in the fovea of the retina. Otto Loewi discovered the chemical basis of neurotransmission using frog hearts. Rene Descartes discovered the electrical basis of neurotransmission using severed frog legs. The brain is 2% of body weight and uses about 20% of body metabolism.

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The extent to which results from the laboratory apply to the real world is referred to as _________________. a) generalizability c) replicability b) similarity d) explainability Answer: a When you define a phenomenon by the way you observe and measure it you ____________________. a) make it a universal statement of fact b) objectify it c) rationalize it d) operationalize it Answer: d ____________________ are particularly sensitive to color. a) feature detectors b) rods c) cones d) bipolar cells Answer: c Individuals with retinitis pigmentosa suffer from ____________________. a) color blindness b) night blindness c) blindness d) invisibility Answer: c The unreliability of introspection contributed to the waning popularity of a. structuralism. b. psychiatry. c. cognitive psychology. d. behaviorism. Answer: a

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Behaviorists dismissed the value of a. science. b. introspection. c. spaced practice. d. neuroscience. Answer: b To learn about the TV viewing habits of all the children attending Oakbridge School, Professor DeVries randomly selected and interviewed 50 of the school’s students. In this instance, all the children attending the school are considered to be a(n) a. population. b. representative sample. c. independent variable. d. control condition. Answer: a Which of the following is true for those assigned to a control group? a. The experimenter exerts the greatest influence on participants’ behaviour. b. The research participants are exposed to all the different experimental treatments. c. The research participants are exposed to the most favourable levels of experimental treatment. d. The experimental treatment is absent. Answer: d Central tendency is to variation as ________ is to ________. a. scatterplot; correlation b. range; skewed distribution c. mean; standard deviation d. median; mode Answer: c The central nervous system consists of a. sensory and motor neurons. b. somatic and autonomic systems. c. the brain and the spinal cord. d. sympathetic and parasympathetic branches. Answer: c The speed at which a neural impulse travels is increased when the axon is encased by a(n) a. association area. b. myelin stealth. c. glial cell. d. synaptic vesicle. Answer: b Innate ability is to learned skill as _______________ is to _______________. a) observation; introspection b) psychology; psychiatry c) nature; nurture d) behavior; mental processes Answer: c p. 2

Sensory adaptation refers to a) the process by which stimulus energies are changed into neural impulses b) diminishing sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus c) the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information d) changes in the shape of the lens as it focuses on objects Answer: b Which process allows more light to reach the periphery of the retina? a) accommodation of the lens b) transduction of the blind spot c) dilation of the pupil d) sensory adaptation of feature detectors Answer: c The feature detectors identified by Hubel and Weisel consist of a) nerve cells in the brain b) rods and cones c) bipolar cells d) ganglion cells Answer: a

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