The conduction of a nerve impulse down the axon is called a(n): ____________?

A. Ion potential
B. Action potential
C. Resting discharge
D. Synapes

The part of the brain that functions as a “switching station” between the STM and LTM is the:

A. Hippocampus
B. Cerebral cortex
C. Rs.
D. Engram switching center

What is the common, underlying view that unites the various subfields of psychology?

A. Cross-cultural psychology
B. Common sense
C. Empiricism
D. Behaviourism

The beginnings of modern psychology were based on which of the following influences?

A. Philosophy, physiology and psychophysics
B. The bystander effect, milgram’s experiments and common sense
C. Dualism, materialism and behaviorism
D. None of the above

it is most likely that hotter regions of the world witness more aggression than cooler regions because:

A. People in hotter regions have inherited the tendency to be more aggressive through their genetic make-up
B. Environmental temperature can modulate the expression of aggression in everyone
C. People in hotter regions have been socialized to behave in a more aggressive manner
D. People who live in hotter regions are less technologically developed, more likely to suffer from brain damage and therefore more likely to be aggressive

Cartesian dualism specifies that: _____________?

A. The body can interact with the mind via the pineal gland.
B. The mind can interact with the body via the pineal gland.
C. Both a and b
D. Neither a nor b

Herman von Helmholtz (1821-94)?

A. Investigated the speed of neural impulses
B. Suggested that thought and movement do not occur instantaneously as previously believed, but that thought occur first, followed by movement
C. Made significant contributions to sensory psychology, especially audition and vision
D. All of the above

David Hume regarded the laws of association as being the mental counterpart of laws governing the physical universe. According to Hume, which of the following is NOT a fundamental law of association?

A. Similarity
B. Gravity
C. Contiguity
D. Causality

According to many, the founder of modern day psychology and first psychologist’ was: _________?

A. Wundt
B. Fechner
C. Weber
D. Helmholtz

Which of the following researchers had a profound impact in developmental psychology despite the limitations of his methodology?

A. Sigmud freud
B. Francis galton
C. Jean piaget
D. B.f. skinner