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Chapter 1 Physiological Psychology Mid-term Study Quiz

Apparently, I have too much time on my hands. Hope this is helpful; it probably has more information than necessary, but I figure better safe than sorry.

Questions: 58 | Attempts: 1562 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2022

Sample Question
Dualism is the belief that...

All thoughts, feelings, and actions are at the mercy of our biochemical and physiological processes, with no free will.

The mind is a manifestation of the workings of the body

The best way to understand a biological phenomena is to understand its useful functions for the organism

The mind and body are separate entities

Chapter 4 Physiological Psychology Mid-term Study Quiz

Psychopharmacology

Questions: 47 | Attempts: 424 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

Sample Question
Carrots, when eaten in high enough quantities, will turn your skin orange (it's true!). However, they're not considered drugs, why not?

They're not exogenous.

The effect requires too high a dosage.

The effect doesn't actually change how the bodily cells function, only how they appear

They are a drug, most people just don't view them like that

Chapter 2 Physiological Psychology Mid-term Study Quiz

Structure and Functions of Cells of the Nervous System

Questions: 57 | Attempts: 825 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2022

Sample Question
_______ neurons gather information from the environment so that _________ neurons can relay the information through the body to the brain, so that a message can come down and tell the ______ neurons to contract muscles.

Motor; sensory; inter

Motor; inter; sensory

Sensory; inter; motor

Inter; sensory; motor

Chapter 3 Physiological Psychology Mid-term Study Quiz

Structures of the Nervous System

Questions: 58 | Attempts: 241 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

Sample Question
The __________ is in the anterior/rostral part of the human body.

Top of your head

Face

Left food

Stomach

Chapter 6-1 Physiological Psychology Final Study Quiz

Vision, Part 1

Questions: 39 | Attempts: 319 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2022

Sample Question
Which of the following is not a part of the sensory system?

Cells with specialized sensory receptors

Cells that receive information from the internal environment

Cells that receive information from the external environment

Cells that move nutrients through the system

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Chapter 8 Physiological Psychology Study Quiz

Chapter 8: Control of Movement

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 136 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

Sample Question
Which of these is not a category of muscles?

Skeletal

Smooth

Cardiac

Rough

Chapter 7 Physiological Psychology Study Quiz

Chapter 7: Auditory, Vestibular, Somatosensory, Gustatory, and Olfactory Senses

Questions: 42 | Attempts: 116 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

Sample Question
Which of the following contains ossicles?

Outer ear

Middle ear

Inner ear

Cochlea

Chapter 6-2 Physiological Psychology Final Study Quiz

Vision Lecture, Part 2.

Questions: 14 | Attempts: 101 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

Sample Question
ON channels are activated _____________.

For brightly lit stimuli

For dimly lit stimuli

For stimuli changing from dark to light

For stimuli changing from light to dark

Chapter 5 Physiological Psychology Mid-term Study Quiz

Chapter 5 Physiological Psychology Mid-Term Study Quiz

10 Ways to Kill a Rat, and More Things You Don't Care About!

Questions: 27 | Attempts: 91 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022

Sample Question
One problem with experimental albation is that ______________.

There's no way to determine if you did damage to the right area of the brain

A change in behavior could be the result of the brain structure you ablated or any number of structures it interacted with

Since experimental ablation causes permanent destruction of tissue, studies must be conducted with very low N and conclusions are therefore rarely generalizable

There's no way to determine if a change in behavior is the result of the brain structure you ablated, or the surgery itself