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- A. Gonads
- B. Adrenals
- C. Medulla
- D. Cortex
Explanation: The adrenal glands are paired endocrine glands located above the kidneys.
Correct answer: Adrenals- A. Aldosterone
- B. Androgenic hormone
- C. Adrenaline
- D. Both a & b
Explanation: The adrenal cortex produces steroid hormones, including aldosterone and adrenal androgens.
Correct answer: Both a & b- A. Hypoglycemia
- B. Hyperglycemia
- C. Diabetes mellitus
- D. Both a & b
Explanation: Excess insulin removes too much glucose from the bloodstream, producing hypoglycemia.
Correct answer: Hypoglycemia- A. Diabetes insipidus
- B. Diabetes mellitus
- C. Gluconism
- D. Both a & b
Explanation: Insulin deficiency causes diabetes mellitus, in which blood glucose remains abnormally high.
Correct answer: Diabetes mellitus- A. Muscles
- B. Liver
- C. Islets of Langerhans
- D. Both a & b
Explanation: Insulin promotes glycogen formation and therefore inhibits glycogen breakdown in both liver and muscles.
Correct answer: Both a & b- A. Glucagon
- B. Insulin
- C. Alpha cells of pancreas
- D. None of theseTry Prep Courses
Explanation: Insulin lowers blood glucose by helping cells take up glucose and by promoting its storage as glycogen.
Correct answer: Insulin367. A receptor may be a:
- A. Cell
- B. Neuron ending
- C. Receptor organ
- D. All of the above
Explanation: A receptor is a stimulus-detecting structure and may be a specialized cell, a neuron ending, or an entire receptor organ such as the eye…
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Receptors
- B. Effectors
- C. Motor neurons
- D. Glands and MusclesEnroll In Courses
Explanation: Receptors detect stimuli and convert them into neural signals, whereas effectors such as muscles and glands carry out responses.
Correct answer: Receptors- A. Photoreceptors
- B. Mechanoreceptors
- C. Chemoreceptors
- D. All of the above
Explanation: Chemoreceptors respond to chemical changes, including odor molecules, taste substances and carbon dioxide levels in the blood.
Correct answer: Chemoreceptors- A. Photoreceptors
- B. Mechanoreceptors
- C. Chemoreceptors
- D. Thermoreceptors
Explanation: Mechanoreceptors detect mechanical forces such as touch, pressure, sound vibrations and changes involved in equilibrium.
Correct answer: Mechanoreceptors- A. external locus of control
- B. projection
- C. optimism
- D. the Barnum effect
Explanation: Positive psychology studies strengths and conditions that help people flourish, including optimism, happiness, resilience, and meaning.
Correct answer: optimism- A. Lightner Witmer
- B. G. Stanley hall
- C. Wilhelm Wundt
- D. William James
Explanation: G. Stanley Hall organized and became the first president of the American Psychological Association, founded in 1892.
Correct answer: G. Stanley hall- A. Rorschach inkblot test
- B. Thematic appreciation
- C. Dap
- D. Stanford Binet v
Explanation: The Stanford-Binet is a widely used standardized intelligence test and is the only intelligence measure listed.
Correct answer: Stanford Binet v- A. WAIS-IV
- B. WISC-V
- C. WIAT-III
- D. WPPSI-IV
Explanation: The WIAT-III measures academic achievement rather than general intellectual ability.
Correct answer: WIAT-III- A. From age 25+
- B. The entire lifespan (ages 2-85+)
- C. From age 2-50 years
- D. Academic
Explanation: The modern Stanford-Binet covers nearly the entire lifespan, beginning around age 2 and extending to adults aged 85 and older.
Correct answer: The entire lifespan (ages 2-85+)- A. Weak validity
- B. May facilitate rapport
- C. Questions that are predetermined
- D. Questions that are not predetermined
Explanation: A structured interview uses a fixed set of questions decided before the interview, usually asked in the same order.
Correct answer: Questions that are predetermined- A. Four
- B. Four or five
- C. Exactly five
- D. Exactly three
Explanation: The Stanford-Binet Fifth Edition provides five factor index scores: Fluid Reasoning, Knowledge, Quantitative Reasoning, Visual-Spatial…
Correct answer: Exactly five- A. Clinical intervention
- B. Clinical testing
- C. Diagnosis
- D. Pragmatics of clinical interview
Explanation: The pragmatics of a clinical interview concern its practical arrangements, including recording methods, note-taking, room setup, and…
Correct answer: Pragmatics of clinical interview- A. Diagnostic interview
- B. Rapport building in clinical interview
- C. Types of clinical interview
- D. Testing
Explanation: Rapport building depends on communicating respect and care through body language, eye contact, vocal qualities, and accurate verbal…
Correct answer: Rapport building in clinical interview- A. the placebo effect
- B. an extraneous variable
- C. variability
- D. psychosomatic illness
Explanation: The placebo effect occurs when a person shows a response because they expect a treatment to work, even though the substance has no active…
Correct answer: the placebo effect