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Personality Disorders — Cumulative exam Answers

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Which of the following statements represent communication similarities between the nervous and endocrine systems?

A
The nervous and endocrine systems both help the body to stay in balance through homeostasis.
B
The nervous and endocrine systems both communicate by sending electrical and chemical messages.
C
The nervous and endocrine systems both have chemical messengers called neurotransmitters.
D
The nervous and endocrine systems both provoke rapid communication between cells.
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Which of the following correctly lists the structures through which sound travels after being converted into neural signals?

A
auditory nerve, auditory cortex, thalamus
B
auditory cortex, thalamus, auditory nerve
C
auditory nerve, thalamus, auditory cortex
D
auditory membrane, auditory cortex, thalamus
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Which theory of dreaming claims that dreams are random by-products of brain processes during sleep?

A
wish fulfillment model
B
problem solving model
C
activation-synthesis model
D
memory reinforcement model
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Edward Tolman explained the results of his study by theorizing that the rats were learning about the maze during every trial but they __________.

A
were agitated because other groups were getting reinforcement
B
could not remember how to demonstrate it without reinforcement
C
were not motivated to demonstrate it without reinforcement
D
seemed to be too lazy to actually work without reinforcement
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Smoking can increase someone's risk for developing __________.

A
macular degeneration
B
cataracts
C
color vision deficiency
D
blindness
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The concept of “magnetisme animal” implied which of the following?

A
Most animals are magnetically conductive.
B
A person’s health is related to their pets.
C
Every person has a raw, magnetic energy.
D
Vegetarians lack essential curative properties.
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Which of the following statements is a prediction?

A
Aggressive chimpanzees should be monitored during meal times or fed separately from other chimpanzees.
B
Chimpanzees will behave aggressively when they feel threatened by other individuals.
C
A chimpanzee associates food stealing with aggression due to evolutionary pressure.
D
Giving better supplies of food to chimpanzees will decrease their aggressive behavior.
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Which of the following statements about the hypothalamus is not correct?

A
The hypothalamus regulates internal functioning in response to the external world.
B
The hypothalamus sends chemical messages to alert the pituitary gland.
C
The hypothalamus is located in each endocrine gland to help regulate functioning.
D
The hypothalamus regulates various physiological and emotional reactions.
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Which of the following explanations represents why taste aversion breaks the rules of conditioning?

A
Taste aversion requires no cognitive processes in order to develop.
B
Taste aversion is a learned response that does not occur without cognition.
C
Taste aversion can develop after only one pairing of a stimulus and response.
D
Taste aversion cannot be explained by using conditioning processes.
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Which of the following statements best illustrates Weber’s law?

A
The size of the difference threshold is greater for heavier objects than for lighter ones.
B
The size of the difference threshold is based not on the weight of the object, but the size.
C
The size of the different threshold is always the same, regardless of the size or weight of the object.
D
The size of the difference threshold is smaller for heavier objects than for lighter ones.

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