Biopsychology Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers
What is Biopsychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The study of the
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biological mechanisms of behavior and experience
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Other names for biopsychology: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. Behavioral
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Neuroscience
2. Behavioral Biology
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3. Psychobiology
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What did the accident with Phineas Gage imply? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Implied that personality and emotion could be tied to a | | | | | | | | | |
specific part of the brain; represented the historical beginning of the
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study of the biological basis for behavior.
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How much does the adult human brain weigh? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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1400 grams (3 pounds)
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How many neurons does the brain contain? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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100 billion neurons
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,How many connections do the neurons make with other neurons of the
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brain? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1,000 to 10,000 connections
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Trephination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-technique that cuts a circular
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opening into the skull to reveal brain tissue and decrease intracranial
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pressure
Mesopotamians and Babylonians believed that - CORRECT | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-emotion was mediated in the liver, intellect was mediated | | | | | | | | |
by the heart
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Egyptians believed that - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-intellect and spirit
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were mediated in the heart
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Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus (3000 B.C) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Ancient Egyptian medical text, and the oldest known surgical treatise on
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trauma. Describes 48 cases of injuries, fractures, wounds, dislocations
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and tumors. Describes "brain" and "bumps and folds" of brain
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Aristotle believed (and influenced a lot of people into thinking) that -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-intellect was mediated by the heart and the
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brain was a radiator that cooled the blood made warm by the heart
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,Hippocrates (400 B.C.) believed that - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the brain
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is the source of all intellect
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Roman Physician Galen - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-believed that the
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mind/soul were located in the head, but in the brain's cavities
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(ventricles)
Mind/Brain Problem - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-What is the relationship
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between the mind and the brain?
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Dualism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The mind and the brain are made of
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different substances, and exist independently. (mind is the soul/spirit,
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brain is the physical brain)
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Monism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The mind and the brain are the same
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Materialism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-everything that exists is physical
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(branch of monism)
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Descartes believed that - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the mind
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communicated with the brain via the pineal gland (dualist)
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Phrenology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of skull structure to
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determine a person's charecter | | |
, Importance of phrenology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-introduced the idea
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that function is localized to different parts of the brain
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Franz Joseph Gall - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Father of Phrenology
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William James - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Believed that the "mind" is a
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function of the brain and all human cognition and behavior is the result
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of physiological processes
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Physiological psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of neural
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mechanisms of behavior | |
Psychopharmacology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of chemical | | | | | |
mechanisms of behavior and the effects of drugs on behavior
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Cognitive neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of neural
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mechanisms of cognition | |
Comparative neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of biology of
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behavior among species| |
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What is Biopsychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The study of the
| | | | | | | | |
biological mechanisms of behavior and experience
| | | | |
Other names for biopsychology: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. Behavioral
| | | | | | | |
Neuroscience
2. Behavioral Biology
| |
3. Psychobiology
|
What did the accident with Phineas Gage imply? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Implied that personality and emotion could be tied to a | | | | | | | | | |
specific part of the brain; represented the historical beginning of the
| | | | | | | | | | |
study of the biological basis for behavior.
| | | | | |
How much does the adult human brain weigh? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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1400 grams (3 pounds)
| | |
How many neurons does the brain contain? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
100 billion neurons
| |
,How many connections do the neurons make with other neurons of the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
brain? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1,000 to 10,000 connections
| | | | | |
Trephination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-technique that cuts a circular
| | | | | | | |
opening into the skull to reveal brain tissue and decrease intracranial
| | | | | | | | | | |
pressure
Mesopotamians and Babylonians believed that - CORRECT | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-emotion was mediated in the liver, intellect was mediated | | | | | | | | |
by the heart
| |
Egyptians believed that - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-intellect and spirit
| | | | | | | |
were mediated in the heart
| | | |
Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus (3000 B.C) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | |
Ancient Egyptian medical text, and the oldest known surgical treatise on
| | | | | | | | | |
trauma. Describes 48 cases of injuries, fractures, wounds, dislocations
| | | | | | | | | |
and tumors. Describes "brain" and "bumps and folds" of brain
| | | | | | | | |
Aristotle believed (and influenced a lot of people into thinking) that -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-intellect was mediated by the heart and the
| | | | | | | | |
brain was a radiator that cooled the blood made warm by the heart
| | | | | | | | | | | |
,Hippocrates (400 B.C.) believed that - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the brain
| | | | | | | | |
is the source of all intellect
| | | | |
Roman Physician Galen - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-believed that the
| | | | | | | |
mind/soul were located in the head, but in the brain's cavities
| | | | | | | | | | |
(ventricles)
Mind/Brain Problem - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-What is the relationship
| | | | | | | |
between the mind and the brain?
| | | | |
Dualism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The mind and the brain are made of
| | | | | | | | | | |
different substances, and exist independently. (mind is the soul/spirit,
| | | | | | | | |
brain is the physical brain)
| | | |
Monism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The mind and the brain are the same
| | | | | | | | | |
Materialism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-everything that exists is physical
| | | | | | | |
(branch of monism)
| |
Descartes believed that - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the mind
| | | | | | |
communicated with the brain via the pineal gland (dualist)
| | | | | | | |
Phrenology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of skull structure to
| | | | | | | | |
determine a person's charecter | | |
, Importance of phrenology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-introduced the idea
| | | | | | | |
that function is localized to different parts of the brain
| | | | | | | | |
Franz Joseph Gall - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Father of Phrenology
| | | | | | |
William James - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Believed that the "mind" is a
| | | | | | | | | |
function of the brain and all human cognition and behavior is the result
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
of physiological processes
| |
Physiological psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of neural
| | | | | | |
mechanisms of behavior | |
Psychopharmacology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of chemical | | | | | |
mechanisms of behavior and the effects of drugs on behavior
| | | | | | | | |
Cognitive neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of neural
| | | | | | |
mechanisms of cognition | |
Comparative neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of biology of
| | | | | | | |
behavior among species| |
