Multiple choice quiz

Quizzes are available to test your understanding of the key concepts covered in each chapter. Click on the arrows next to each question to view the answer.

1. Neurotransmitters are activated in response to stress in order to:

  1. Encourage effective coping
  2. Attenuate the psychological effect of the stressor
  3. Prepare an individual to adapt to the challenge
  4. Allow appraisals of the event
  5. All of the above

Answer:

e. All of the above

2. Monoamines collectively refer to:

  1. Acetylcholine, Serotonin, Epinephrine
  2. Norepinephrine, Dopamine, Serotonin
  3. Dopamine, Acetylcholine, Epinephrine
  4. Serotonin, Oxytocin, Norepinephrine
  5. Dopamine, Corticosterone, Norepinephrine

Answer:

b. Norepinephrine, Dopamine, Serotonin

3. Utilization of a neurotransmitter refers to:

  1. Synthesis
  2. Release
  3. Allostasis
  4. Production
  5. None of the above

Answer:

b. Release

4. If the utilization of a neurotransmitter exceeds synthesis, _______.

  1. An increase in neurotransmitter availability will occur
  2. Homeostasis will occur
  3. A decrease in neurotransmitter availability will occur
  4. The organism will be more equipped to deal with the stressor
  5. The availability of the neurotransmitter will not change

Answer:

c. A decrease in neurotransmitter availability will occur

5. An earlier stressor encourages an exaggerated response to cocaine; this is known as:

  1. Sensitization
  2. Desensitization
  3. Cross-Sensitization
  4. Amplification
  5. Synergism

Answer:

c. Cross-Sensitization

6. An example of a drug that can have powerful anti-depressant effects within a very brief time (hours) is:

  1. Fluoxetine
  2. Prozac
  3. Citalopram
  4. Effexor
  5. Ketamine

Answer:

e. Ketamine

7. The coordinated appearance of this neurotransmitter’s receptor subunits are altered in response to chronic stressors:

  1. GABA
  2. Glutamate
  3. Serotonin
  4. CRH
  5. Cortisol

Answer:

a. GABA

8. This disorder is marked by blunted cortisol release:

  1. Depression
  2. Generalized anxiety
  3. Drug addiction
  4. Obesity
  5. PTSD

Answer:

e. PTSD

9. Upon chronic exposure to the same stressor, a/an _______ effect may occur:

  1. Sensitized
  2. Adaptation
  3. Synergistic
  4. Additive
  5. None of the above

Answer:

b. Adaptation

10. Depressed women who experienced abuse when they were young, displayed _______ in response to the TSST:

  1. Attenuated cortisol responses
  2. Exaggerated HPA responses
  3. Attenuated ACTH responses
  4. Exaggerated GABA responses
  5. Exaggerated glutamate responses

Answer:

b. Exaggerated HPA responses