CHAPTER 1
BIOPSYCHOLOGY AS A NEUROSCIENCE: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHOLOGY, ANYWAY?
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1) The human brain weighs about
A) 0.3 kilograms (0.7 pounds). D) 1.3 kilograms (2.9 pounds).
B) 0.8 kilograms (1.8 pounds). E) 2.3 kilograms (5.1 pounds).
C) 1.0 kilograms (2.2 pounds).
Answer: D
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Topic: Chapter 1 Introduction
2) The human brain is composed of various cells, including about 100 billion that are specialized to
receive and transmit electrochemical signals. These specialized cells are called
A) glial cells. D) oligodendroglia.
B) axons. E) sulci.
C) neurons.
Answer: C
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Topic: Chapter 1 Introduction
3) The study of the nervous system is called
A) neuroscience. D) neurochemistry.
B) psychology. E) neurophysiology.
C) biopsychology.
Answer: A
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Topic: Chapter 1 Introduction
4) Jimmie G., the man frozen in time, had a severe problem with his
A) memory. D) attention.
B) temperature regulation. E) ability to tell time.
C) IQ.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 2
Topic: Chapter 1 Introduction
5) Which of the following is a major theme of your text?
A) thinking creatively about biopsychology D) neuroplasticity
B) clinical implications E) all of the above
C) the evolutionary perspective
Answer: E
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Topic: Chapter 1 Introduction
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6) Research has now established that the brain is
A) static. D) white.
B) immutable. E) gray.
C) plastic.
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3
Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
7) Biopsychology is the scientific study of the
A) biology of behavior. D) biology of the brain.
B) brain. E) biology of cognition.
C) chemistry of the brain.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3
Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
8) Psychobiology, behavioral biology, and behavioral neuroscience are all approximate synonyms for
A) cognitive behavior. D) neurophysiology.
B) behavioral psychology. E) neuroscience.
C) biopsychology.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 3
Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
9) Psychology is often defined as the scientific study of
A) psychophysics. D) the brain.
B) behavior. E) conditioning.
C) biopsychology.
Answer: B
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Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
10) The man who played a key role in the emergence of biopsychology as a discipline by writing “The
Organization of Behavior” is
A) Sperry. D) Milner.
B) Hebb. E) Pinel.
C) Lashley.
Answer: B
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Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
11) According to the textbook, the science of biopsychology as it is practiced today emerged as a
discipline in about
A) 1549. D) 1849.
B) 1649. E) 1949.
C) 1749.
Answer: E
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Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
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12) Which of the following is the youngest scientific discipline?
A) physics D) biopsychology
B) astrology E) chemistry
C) biology
Answer: D
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Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
13) Biopsychology is a branch or division of
A) neuropsychology. D) all of the above
B) psychophysiology. E) both A and B
C) neuroscience.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4
Topic: 1.2 Relation between Biopsychology and Other Disciplines
14) What distinguishes biopsychology from the other subdisciplines of neuroscience?
A) its focus on the study of behavior D) its focus on psychoactive drugs
B) its focus on animal subjects E) both C and D
C) its focus on psychiatric disorders
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4
Topic: 1.2 Relation between Biopsychology and Other Disciplines
15) Which subdiscipline of neuroscience focuses on the study of brain disorders?
A) ethoexperimental psychology D) neuropathology
B) biopsychology E) neuroendocrinology
C) developmental neurobiology
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4
Topic: 1.2 Relation between Biopsychology and Other Disciplines
16) Structure is to function as
A) biopsychology is to psychology. D) neuroscience is to biopsychology.
B) neuroanatomy is to neurophysiology. E) biopsychology is to neuroscience.
C) neuropathology is to clinical psychology.
Answer: B
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 4
Topic: 1.2 Relation between Biopsychology and Other Disciplines
17) Which of the following animals are currently the most common subjects of biopsychological
research?
A) monkeys D) rats
B) chimpanzees E) cats
C) dogs
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4
Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach
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18) The main difference between human brains and the brains of their mammalian relatives is that human
brains tend to be bigger and
A) are white. D) have two hemispheres.
B) are gray. E) both C and D
C) have more cortex.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5
Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach
19) The comparison of brain-behavior relations in different species is called
A) the comparative approach. D) evolutionary biology.
B) ethology. E) none of the above
C) biopsychology.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5
Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach
20) An advantage of biopsychological research on nonhuman animals as opposed to humans is that
A) the brains of nonhumans are simpler.
B) there are fewer ethical constraints in studying nonhumans.
C) research in several species makes it possible to use the comparative approach.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5
Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach
21) The advantage of humans over other primates as subjects in biopsychological research is that they
A) are often cheaper. D) all of the above
B) can report their subjective experiences. E) both B and C
C) can follow verbal directions.
Answer: D
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Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach
22) The term "within-subjects design" refers to experiments in which
A) each subject is exposed to each condition of the experiment.
B) a different group of subjects is tested in each condition of the experiment.
C) some groups of subjects receive drug injections.
D) invasive procedures are used, that is, those in which the internal physiology of the subjects is
manipulated.
E) either C or D
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5
Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach
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BIOPSYCHOLOGY AS A NEUROSCIENCE: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHOLOGY, ANYWAY?
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1) The human brain weighs about
A) 0.3 kilograms (0.7 pounds). D) 1.3 kilograms (2.9 pounds).
B) 0.8 kilograms (1.8 pounds). E) 2.3 kilograms (5.1 pounds).
C) 1.0 kilograms (2.2 pounds).
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 2
Topic: Chapter 1 Introduction
2) The human brain is composed of various cells, including about 100 billion that are specialized to
receive and transmit electrochemical signals. These specialized cells are called
A) glial cells. D) oligodendroglia.
B) axons. E) sulci.
C) neurons.
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 2
Topic: Chapter 1 Introduction
3) The study of the nervous system is called
A) neuroscience. D) neurochemistry.
B) psychology. E) neurophysiology.
C) biopsychology.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 2
Topic: Chapter 1 Introduction
4) Jimmie G., the man frozen in time, had a severe problem with his
A) memory. D) attention.
B) temperature regulation. E) ability to tell time.
C) IQ.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 2
Topic: Chapter 1 Introduction
5) Which of the following is a major theme of your text?
A) thinking creatively about biopsychology D) neuroplasticity
B) clinical implications E) all of the above
C) the evolutionary perspective
Answer: E
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3
Topic: Chapter 1 Introduction
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
1
,Test Bank for Biopsychology, 8/e
6) Research has now established that the brain is
A) static. D) white.
B) immutable. E) gray.
C) plastic.
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3
Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
7) Biopsychology is the scientific study of the
A) biology of behavior. D) biology of the brain.
B) brain. E) biology of cognition.
C) chemistry of the brain.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3
Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
8) Psychobiology, behavioral biology, and behavioral neuroscience are all approximate synonyms for
A) cognitive behavior. D) neurophysiology.
B) behavioral psychology. E) neuroscience.
C) biopsychology.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 3
Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
9) Psychology is often defined as the scientific study of
A) psychophysics. D) the brain.
B) behavior. E) conditioning.
C) biopsychology.
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3
Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
10) The man who played a key role in the emergence of biopsychology as a discipline by writing “The
Organization of Behavior” is
A) Sperry. D) Milner.
B) Hebb. E) Pinel.
C) Lashley.
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4
Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
11) According to the textbook, the science of biopsychology as it is practiced today emerged as a
discipline in about
A) 1549. D) 1849.
B) 1649. E) 1949.
C) 1749.
Answer: E
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4
Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
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12) Which of the following is the youngest scientific discipline?
A) physics D) biopsychology
B) astrology E) chemistry
C) biology
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4
Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
13) Biopsychology is a branch or division of
A) neuropsychology. D) all of the above
B) psychophysiology. E) both A and B
C) neuroscience.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4
Topic: 1.2 Relation between Biopsychology and Other Disciplines
14) What distinguishes biopsychology from the other subdisciplines of neuroscience?
A) its focus on the study of behavior D) its focus on psychoactive drugs
B) its focus on animal subjects E) both C and D
C) its focus on psychiatric disorders
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4
Topic: 1.2 Relation between Biopsychology and Other Disciplines
15) Which subdiscipline of neuroscience focuses on the study of brain disorders?
A) ethoexperimental psychology D) neuropathology
B) biopsychology E) neuroendocrinology
C) developmental neurobiology
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4
Topic: 1.2 Relation between Biopsychology and Other Disciplines
16) Structure is to function as
A) biopsychology is to psychology. D) neuroscience is to biopsychology.
B) neuroanatomy is to neurophysiology. E) biopsychology is to neuroscience.
C) neuropathology is to clinical psychology.
Answer: B
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 4
Topic: 1.2 Relation between Biopsychology and Other Disciplines
17) Which of the following animals are currently the most common subjects of biopsychological
research?
A) monkeys D) rats
B) chimpanzees E) cats
C) dogs
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4
Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach
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, Test Bank for Biopsychology, 8/e
18) The main difference between human brains and the brains of their mammalian relatives is that human
brains tend to be bigger and
A) are white. D) have two hemispheres.
B) are gray. E) both C and D
C) have more cortex.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5
Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach
19) The comparison of brain-behavior relations in different species is called
A) the comparative approach. D) evolutionary biology.
B) ethology. E) none of the above
C) biopsychology.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5
Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach
20) An advantage of biopsychological research on nonhuman animals as opposed to humans is that
A) the brains of nonhumans are simpler.
B) there are fewer ethical constraints in studying nonhumans.
C) research in several species makes it possible to use the comparative approach.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5
Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach
21) The advantage of humans over other primates as subjects in biopsychological research is that they
A) are often cheaper. D) all of the above
B) can report their subjective experiences. E) both B and C
C) can follow verbal directions.
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5
Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach
22) The term "within-subjects design" refers to experiments in which
A) each subject is exposed to each condition of the experiment.
B) a different group of subjects is tested in each condition of the experiment.
C) some groups of subjects receive drug injections.
D) invasive procedures are used, that is, those in which the internal physiology of the subjects is
manipulated.
E) either C or D
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5
Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach
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