1-7 Midterm Test

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1. An ontogenetic explanation is one that describes the development of a
structure or behavior.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of
behavior. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues


2. Gottfried Leibniz (1714) posed the question: “Why is there something rather
than nothing?”
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points
that are important to remember from this text.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major
Issues KEYWORDS: New


3. The mind-body problem refers to how the mind controls the body.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points
that are important to remember from this text.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major
Issues KEYWORDS: New


4. The universe could have been different in many ways, nearly all of which
would have made life impossible
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

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DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points
that are important to remember from this text.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major
Issues KEYWORDS: New


5. Chalmers explanation of the mind-body problem has largely laid the issue to rest.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points
that are important to remember from this text.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major
Issues KEYWORDS: New


6. Neurons vary enormously in size, shape, and functions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of
behavior. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New


7. Perception occurs primarily in sense organs.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of
behavior. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New


8. Electrical stimulation of your brain can produce a hand experience even if you
had no hand.

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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.01 - Briefly state the mind–
brain problem and contrast monism with dualism.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major
Issues KEYWORDS: New


9. Mental activity and certain types of brain activity are, so far as we can
tell, inseparable.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.01 - Briefly state the mind–
brain problem and contrast monism with dualism.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major
Issues KEYWORDS: New


10. Research scientists are free to do as they wish when conducting research
with animals.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues
of research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues


11. The underlying mechanisms of behavior are similar across species.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues
of research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues

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12. Invertebrate nerve action follows the same basic principles as human nerves.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues
of research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues


13. Minimalists do not tolerate any kind of animal research.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues
of research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues


14. Abolitionists maintain that animals do not have the same rights as humans.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues
of research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues


15. The dispute between abolitionists and animal researchers is a dispute
between two ethical positions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in
Research TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major
Issues


Multiple Choice