An Introduction to Brain and Behavior
7th Edition
Bryan Kolb, Ian Q. Whishaw, G. Campbell Teskey
TEST BANK
WHAT'S INCLUDED
✓ 2,220 Questions with Answers
✓ 1,789 Multiple-Choice Questions
✓ 431 Short Answer & Written-Response Questions
✓ Complete Coverage of 16 Chapters
✓ 461-Page Complete Test Bank
✓ Updated 2026/2027 Content
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
An Introduction to Brain and Behavior - 7th Edition
Chapter 1 What Are the Origins of Brain and Behavior?
Chapter 2 What Is the Nervous System's Functional Anatomy?
Chapter 3 What Are the Nervous System's Functional Units?
Chapter 4 How Do Neurons Use Electrical Signals to Transmit Information?
Chapter 5 How Do Neurons Communicate and Adapt?
Chapter 6 How Do Drugs Influence Brain and Behavior?
Chapter 7 How Do We Study the Brain's Structures and Functions?
Chapter 8 How Does the Nervous System Develop and Adapt?
Chapter 9 How Do We Sense, Perceive, and See the World?
Chapter 10 How Do We Hear, Speak, and Make Music?
Chapter 11 How Does the Nervous System Respond to Stimulation and Produce Movement?
Chapter 12 What Causes Emotional and Motivated Behavior?
Chapter 13 Why Do We Sleep and Dream?
Chapter 14 How Do We Learn and Remember?
Chapter 15 How Does the Brain Think?
Chapter 16 What Happens When the Brain Misbehaves?
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Chap 01 7e - Kolb
1. Identify and explain the five main reasons for linking the study of the brain to the study of behavior.
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2. Explain why brain folding occurs in large-brained mammals and the advantages of this characteristic.
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3. Why was the pineal body important to Descartes?
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4. What are memes, and how do they influence our evolution?
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5. What is an encephalization quotient (EQ)?
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Chap 01 7e - Kolb
6. Describe the different reasons a person's brain might be smaller than average.
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7. Define common ancestor and how this term relates to evolution.
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8. What is the radiator hypothesis? How does it explain the evolution of the human brain?
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9. What did Darwin postulate about emotional expressions?
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10. Differentiate between Homo habilis and Homo erectus.
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7th Edition
Bryan Kolb, Ian Q. Whishaw, G. Campbell Teskey
TEST BANK
WHAT'S INCLUDED
✓ 2,220 Questions with Answers
✓ 1,789 Multiple-Choice Questions
✓ 431 Short Answer & Written-Response Questions
✓ Complete Coverage of 16 Chapters
✓ 461-Page Complete Test Bank
✓ Updated 2026/2027 Content
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
An Introduction to Brain and Behavior - 7th Edition
Chapter 1 What Are the Origins of Brain and Behavior?
Chapter 2 What Is the Nervous System's Functional Anatomy?
Chapter 3 What Are the Nervous System's Functional Units?
Chapter 4 How Do Neurons Use Electrical Signals to Transmit Information?
Chapter 5 How Do Neurons Communicate and Adapt?
Chapter 6 How Do Drugs Influence Brain and Behavior?
Chapter 7 How Do We Study the Brain's Structures and Functions?
Chapter 8 How Does the Nervous System Develop and Adapt?
Chapter 9 How Do We Sense, Perceive, and See the World?
Chapter 10 How Do We Hear, Speak, and Make Music?
Chapter 11 How Does the Nervous System Respond to Stimulation and Produce Movement?
Chapter 12 What Causes Emotional and Motivated Behavior?
Chapter 13 Why Do We Sleep and Dream?
Chapter 14 How Do We Learn and Remember?
Chapter 15 How Does the Brain Think?
Chapter 16 What Happens When the Brain Misbehaves?
,Name: Class: Date:
Chap 01 7e - Kolb
1. Identify and explain the five main reasons for linking the study of the brain to the study of behavior.
ANSWER:
2. Explain why brain folding occurs in large-brained mammals and the advantages of this characteristic.
ANSWER:
3. Why was the pineal body important to Descartes?
ANSWER:
4. What are memes, and how do they influence our evolution?
ANSWER:
5. What is an encephalization quotient (EQ)?
ANSWER:
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, Name: Class: Date:
Chap 01 7e - Kolb
6. Describe the different reasons a person's brain might be smaller than average.
ANSWER:
7. Define common ancestor and how this term relates to evolution.
ANSWER:
8. What is the radiator hypothesis? How does it explain the evolution of the human brain?
ANSWER:
9. What did Darwin postulate about emotional expressions?
ANSWER:
10. Differentiate between Homo habilis and Homo erectus.
ANSWER:
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