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Chapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience
CHAPTER 1
BIOLOGY AS A NEUROSCIENCE: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHLOGY,
ANYWAY?
Total Assessment Guide (T.A.G.)
Question Remember the Understand the Apply What You
Topic
Type Facts Concepts Know
Multiple
1-4, 6-10, 13, 15, 16 5, 11, 12, 14
What Is Biopsychology? Choice
Fill-In 1-3
Essay 1
Multiple 17-21, 23-25, 27-31,
What Types of Research 22, 26 32
Choice 33, 34
Characterize the
Fill-In 4, 6 5
Biopsychological Approach?
Essay 2, 3
Multiple
35, 36, 39-41, 43-49 37, 38, 42
What Are the Dvisions of Choice
Biopsychology? Fill-In 7-12
Essay 4, 5
Multiple
50-54, 56 55, 57
How Do Biopsychologists Choice
Conduct Their Work? Fill-In 13-15
Essay 6
Multiple
58-65
Thinking Critically about Choice
Biopsychological Claims Fill-In 16-18
Essay 7
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Chapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience
3. The scientific study of the nervous system is called
a. neuroscience.
b. psychology.
c. biopsychology.
d. neurochemistry.
e. neurophysiology.
Answer: A
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Introduction
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
4. Jimmie G., “the man frozen in time” described in the chapter vignette, had a severe
problem with his
a. memory.
b. temperature regulation.
c. intellectual functioning.
d. allocation of attention.
e. ability to recognize faces.
Answer: A
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Introduction
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
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Chapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience
5. Eduardo wants to understand the development of the human brain by comparing it to the
brains of other species and theorizing about the environmental pressures that helped to
shape those brains over the long process of historical time. Which perspective on
biopsychology is Eduardo adopting?
a. historiography
b. conscious awareness perspective
c. clinical perspective
d. computational perspective
e. evolutionary perspective
Answer: E
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Four Major Themes of This Text
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
6. Understanding the ongoing interaction between genes and experience is the subject
matter of
a. the clinical perspective.
b. biochemistry.
c. epigenetics.
d. neuroanatomy.
e. consciousness.
Answer: C
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Emerging Themes of This Text
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
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Chapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience
7. Biopsychology is the scientific study of the
a. biology of behavior.
b. brain.
c. evolution of the brain.
d. anatomy of the brain.
e. chemistry underlying cognition.
Answer: A
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Defining Biopsychology Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by
biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
8. Psychobiology, behavioral biology, and behavioral neuroscience are all approximate
synonyms for
a. cognitive behavior.
b. behavioral psychology.
c. biopsychology.
d. neurophysiology.
e. neuroscience.
Answer: C
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Topic: Defining Biopsychology
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
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Chapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience
CHAPTER 1
BIOLOGY AS A NEUROSCIENCE: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHLOGY,
ANYWAY?
Total Assessment Guide (T.A.G.)
Question Remember the Understand the Apply What You
Topic
Type Facts Concepts Know
Multiple
1-4, 6-10, 13, 15, 16 5, 11, 12, 14
What Is Biopsychology? Choice
Fill-In 1-3
Essay 1
Multiple 17-21, 23-25, 27-31,
What Types of Research 22, 26 32
Choice 33, 34
Characterize the
Fill-In 4, 6 5
Biopsychological Approach?
Essay 2, 3
Multiple
35, 36, 39-41, 43-49 37, 38, 42
What Are the Dvisions of Choice
Biopsychology? Fill-In 7-12
Essay 4, 5
Multiple
50-54, 56 55, 57
How Do Biopsychologists Choice
Conduct Their Work? Fill-In 13-15
Essay 6
Multiple
58-65
Thinking Critically about Choice
Biopsychological Claims Fill-In 16-18
Essay 7
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Chapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience
3. The scientific study of the nervous system is called
a. neuroscience.
b. psychology.
c. biopsychology.
d. neurochemistry.
e. neurophysiology.
Answer: A
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Introduction
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
4. Jimmie G., “the man frozen in time” described in the chapter vignette, had a severe
problem with his
a. memory.
b. temperature regulation.
c. intellectual functioning.
d. allocation of attention.
e. ability to recognize faces.
Answer: A
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Introduction
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
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Chapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience
5. Eduardo wants to understand the development of the human brain by comparing it to the
brains of other species and theorizing about the environmental pressures that helped to
shape those brains over the long process of historical time. Which perspective on
biopsychology is Eduardo adopting?
a. historiography
b. conscious awareness perspective
c. clinical perspective
d. computational perspective
e. evolutionary perspective
Answer: E
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Four Major Themes of This Text
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
6. Understanding the ongoing interaction between genes and experience is the subject
matter of
a. the clinical perspective.
b. biochemistry.
c. epigenetics.
d. neuroanatomy.
e. consciousness.
Answer: C
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Emerging Themes of This Text
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
4
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Chapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience
7. Biopsychology is the scientific study of the
a. biology of behavior.
b. brain.
c. evolution of the brain.
d. anatomy of the brain.
e. chemistry underlying cognition.
Answer: A
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Defining Biopsychology Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by
biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
8. Psychobiology, behavioral biology, and behavioral neuroscience are all approximate
synonyms for
a. cognitive behavior.
b. behavioral psychology.
c. biopsychology.
d. neurophysiology.
e. neuroscience.
Answer: C
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Topic: Defining Biopsychology
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
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