THE MINDS MACHINE ACTUAL TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE SOLUTION GUIDE
●● biological psychology
Answer: The study of the biological bases of psychological processes
and behavior.
●● dualism
Answer: The notion (Rene Descartes) that the mind has an immaterial
aspect that is distinct from the material body and brain.
●● phrenology
Answer: The belief that bumps on the skull reflect enlargements of brain
regions responsible for certain behavioral faculties.
●● localization of function
Answer: the concept that different brain regions specialize in specific
behaviors.
●● ontogeny
Answer: the process by which an individual changes in the course of its
lifetime... grows up and grows old.
,●● neuron
Answer: the basic unit of the nervous system- nerve cell
●● neural plasticity
Answer: the ability of the nervous system to change in response to
experience or the environment.
●● adult neurogenesis
Answer: the creation of new neurons in the brain of an adult
●● evolutionary psychology
Answer: a field of study devoted to asking how natural selection has
shaped behavior in humans and other animals.
●● epigenetics
Answer: the study of factors that affect gene expression without making
any changes in the nucleotide sequence of the genes themselves
●● gene expresion
Answer: the turning on and off of specific genes
●● somatic intervention
, Answer: an approach to finding relations between body varia bles and
behavioral variables that involves manipulating body structure or
function and looking for resultant changes in behavior.
●● independent variable
Answer: Manipulated variable
●● dependent
Answer: Monitored variable
●● within subjects exp
Answer: an experiment in which the same set of subjects is compared
before and after an experimental manipulation. subjects=controls
●● between subjects exp
Answer: two groups, with or without experiment
●● behavioral intervention
Answer: an approach to finding relations between body variables that
involves intervening in the behavior of an organism and looking for
resultant changes in body structure or function
●● causality
PAPER QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE SOLUTION GUIDE
●● biological psychology
Answer: The study of the biological bases of psychological processes
and behavior.
●● dualism
Answer: The notion (Rene Descartes) that the mind has an immaterial
aspect that is distinct from the material body and brain.
●● phrenology
Answer: The belief that bumps on the skull reflect enlargements of brain
regions responsible for certain behavioral faculties.
●● localization of function
Answer: the concept that different brain regions specialize in specific
behaviors.
●● ontogeny
Answer: the process by which an individual changes in the course of its
lifetime... grows up and grows old.
,●● neuron
Answer: the basic unit of the nervous system- nerve cell
●● neural plasticity
Answer: the ability of the nervous system to change in response to
experience or the environment.
●● adult neurogenesis
Answer: the creation of new neurons in the brain of an adult
●● evolutionary psychology
Answer: a field of study devoted to asking how natural selection has
shaped behavior in humans and other animals.
●● epigenetics
Answer: the study of factors that affect gene expression without making
any changes in the nucleotide sequence of the genes themselves
●● gene expresion
Answer: the turning on and off of specific genes
●● somatic intervention
, Answer: an approach to finding relations between body varia bles and
behavioral variables that involves manipulating body structure or
function and looking for resultant changes in behavior.
●● independent variable
Answer: Manipulated variable
●● dependent
Answer: Monitored variable
●● within subjects exp
Answer: an experiment in which the same set of subjects is compared
before and after an experimental manipulation. subjects=controls
●● between subjects exp
Answer: two groups, with or without experiment
●● behavioral intervention
Answer: an approach to finding relations between body variables that
involves intervening in the behavior of an organism and looking for
resultant changes in body structure or function
●● causality
