Exam 4R

A  adrenal medulla.

B  pituitary.

C  sweat glands.

D  anterior pituitary.

E  adrenal cortex.

A  anxiety

B  schizophrenia spectrum

C  phobic

D  depressive

E  bipolar

A  adrenal cortex

B  their own striatal

C  fetal substantia nigra

D  their own substantia nigra

E  fetal adrenal medulla

A  anabolic steroids

B  John Money

C  Kluver-Bucy syndrome

D  estrous cycle

E  sexual dimorphism

A  acted like a male from an early age.

B  requested mastectomy and phalloplasty.

C  refused to wear a bra.

D  suspected he was a boy from the second grade on.

E  all of these

A  changes in personality.

B  seizures.

C  all of these

D  disturbances of attention.

E  a selective decline in memory.

A  psychiatric

B  neuropsychological

C  degenerative

D  neurochemical

E  neurobehavioral

A  treatments that improve depression increase BDNF.

B  regeneration is not possible without it.

C  women have twice as much as men.

D  BDNF is localized in the prefrontal lobes.

E  it plays an important role in mental health.

A  internalized testes.

B  shallow vaginas.

C  little public hair.

D  breasts.

E  all of these

A  ovaries.

B  the penis.

C  a Wolffian system.

D  a Müllerian system.

E  testes.

A  much more than 50%.

B  greater for males than for females.

C  greater among cocaine users.

D  much less than 100%.

E  more than for dizygotic twins.

A  occurs automatically even if testosterone is present in large amounts.

B  occurs automatically unless testosterone is present.

C  is stimulated by a high ratio of estrogens to androgens.

D  is stimulated by a high ratio of androgens to estrogens.

E  can be blocked by hormones but is not stimulated by them.

A  depressed people have high levels of monoamines.

B  depressed people have low levels of monoamines.

C  most drugs used to treat depression are monoamine antagonists.

D  most drugs used to treat depression are monoamine agonists.

A  air; body

B  glutamate; brain

C  blood; heart

D  blood; brain

E  neurotransmitters; brain

A  hallucinations

B  all of these

C  inappropriate affect

D  delusions

E  incoherent speech or thought

A  increase their muscularity.

B  render them potent.

C  enable them to achieve an erection.

D  eliminate their sterility.

E  increase their sex drive.

A  D2 receptors.

B  glutamate receptors.

C  autoreceptors.

D  D1 receptors.

E  dopamine.

A  all of these

B  severe dementia.

C  jerky, writhing movements of entire limbs.

D  increased fidgetiness.

A  scientists recover more than doctors.

B  they displayed a remarkable degree of recovery of lost cognitive functions.

C  doctors recover more than scientists.

D  their cognitive reserve allowed them to compensate for their cognitive deficits by accomplishing cognitive tasks in alternative ways, even though they did not recover lost functions.

E  their cognitive deficits were greater because they had more to lose.

A  the Wolffian system.

B  the female sex ducts.

C  testes.

D  ovaries.

E  the frenulum.

A  under estrogenic control.

B  under environmental control.

C  from the same bipotential tissue.

D  from different tissue.

E  under direct genetic control.

A  closed-head injuries of sudden onset.

B  cerebrovascular disorders of sudden onset.

C  cancerous brain tumors of sudden onset.

D  cerebral attacks.

E  brain infarcts.

A  is associated with damage to the myelin of the CNS.

B  occurs at a very high rate in Africans and East Asians.

C  all of these

D  is most common in very warm climates.

E  is usually the result of a dominant gene.

A  all of these

B  none of these

C  Jacksonian.

D  focal seizures whose symptoms are primarily sensory or motor.

E  often characterized by the systematic spread of motor symptoms through the body.

A  be triggered by an obvious traumatic event.

B  involve a suicide attempt.

C  last less than 2 weeks.

D  last more than 2 weeks.

E  NOT involve anhedonia.