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(Answer) PSYU 333 Quiz 5

QUESTIONS

Question 1

Metaphorically speaking, which gland is the master gland?

  • thyroid
  • anterior pituitary
  • posterior pituitary
  • adrenal

Question 2

The most prevalent estrogen is

  • estradiol
  • progestin
  • progesterone
  • androstenedione

Question 3

Insulin promotes the

  • conversion of glucose to glycogen and fat.
  • use of glucose as the primary source of energy by the body.
  • storage of glycogen and fat.
  • all of the above

Question 4

During the fasting phase, the main fuel of the brain is

  • free fatty acids.
  • glucose
  • ketones
  • carbohydrates

Question 5

People who engage in cycles of fasting, bingeing, and purging are said to suffer from

  • bulimia nervosa.
  • obsessive eating.
  • purging nervosa.
  • anorexia nervosa.

Question 6

Orchidectomy usually produces impotence, which is eliminated by replacement injections of

  • testosterone
  • estradiol
  • androstenedione
  • progesterone

Question 7

Small amounts of food eaten prior to a meal __________ hunger. This is called __________.

  • reduce; feeding intervention
  • increase; the appetizer effect
  • increase; sham eating
  • increase; conditioning

Question 8

Animals with a sodium deficiency tend to favor diets rich in sodium because

  • they learn to recognize the health-promoting effects of sodium-rich diets.
  • the deficiency produces an immediate preference for the taste of sodium salts.
  • sodium is usually found in thiamine-rich diets.
  • thiamine is usually found in sodium-rich diets.

Question 9

All set-point systems are __________ systems.

  • negative feedback
  • positive feedback
  • settling point
  • positive-incentive

Question 10

A major problem with the set-point theory of body weight regulation is that it

  • cannot explain the effects of satiety peptides.
  • cannot explain how LH lesions increase hunger.
  • cannot explain the increasing prevalence of obesity.
  • is too vague.

Question 11

Endocrine glands are ductless glands; they release

  • substances to the outside world.
  • hormones to the outside world.
  • perspiration, among other things.
  • hormones into the circulatory system.

Question 12

Negative feedback systems in the body tend to maintain

  • excessive body weight.
  • lipolysis
  • homeostasis
  • positive incentives.

Question 13

Human male brains and human female brains

  • differ substantially in size.
  • differ slightly in size, but appear to be identical.
  • are the same size.
  • differ in size very slightly, but differ greatly in function.

Question 14

In the mathematics of copulation,

  • ovaries + testes = zygote
  • Y + Y = zygote
  • ovum + sperm = zygote
  • gonads + testes = scrotum

Question 15

As one loses weight, there is __________ of diet-induced thermogenesis.

  • a loss
  • a reduction in the rate
  • a disturbance
  • an increase in the rate

Question 16

A portal vein is any vein

  • in the pituitary stalk or “porta.”
  • that carries blood toward the pituitary.
  • that connects one capillary network with another.
  • that carries blood away from the hypothalamus.

Question 17

The testes and ovaries are

  • zygotes
  • gonads
  • sex chromosomes.
  • ova

Question 18

Located just above the pituitary is the

  • hypothalamus
  • pinel gland.
  • penile gland.
  • pineal gland.

Question 19

In males, one sex chromosome is an X chromosome and the other is

  • an XX chromosome.
  • a Y chromosome.
  • a large X chromosome.
  • a small X chromosome.

Question 20

Sexual attraction develops

  • with the onset of puberty.
  • before the onset of puberty.
  • after the onset of puberty.
  • following puberty.

Question 21

Most of the body’s energy reserves are stored in the form of

  • fat
  • glucose
  • protein
  • alcohol

Question 22

The body stores energy as

  • fats
  • glycogen
  • proteins
  • all of the above

Question 23

During the third month of male fetal development, the testes secrete substantial amounts of testosterone and

  • estradiol
  • Müllerian-inhibiting substance.
  • releasing factors.
  • Wolffian-inhibiting substance.

Question 24

Rats eat __________ when fed __________.

  • less; in groups
  • less; a cafeteria diet
  • more; in groups
  • more; in isolation

Question 25

Receptors for insulin and leptin are particularly dense in the

  • arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus.
  • frontal cortex.
  • cutaneous fat.
  • gut fat.

ANSWERS: 

Question 1

Metaphorically speaking, which gland is the master gland?

  • thyroid
  • anterior pituitary
  • posterior pituitary
  • adrenal

Correct Answer: anterior pituitary

Question 2

The most prevalent estrogen is

  • estradiol
  • progestin
  • progesterone
  • androstenedione

Correct Answer: estradiol.

Question 3

Insulin promotes the

  • conversion of glucose to glycogen and fat.
  • use of glucose as the primary source of energy by the body.
  • storage of glycogen and fat.
  • all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above

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