BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR EXAM
Patterns in time can be made up of :
-thinking
-movements
-neither movements nor thinking
-both movements and thinking correct answers
The notion that the movements we make and the movements we perceive in others are
central to communication with another theory:
-abstract language
-embodied language
-disembodied language
-motor cognition correct answers embodied language
Which of the following is most accurate?
-humans share very few inherited behaviors and are mostly influenced by learning
-unlike nonhuman animals, human behaviors are totally learned.
-humans share many inherited behaviors but are mostly influenced by learning. correct
answers humans share very few inherited behaviors
The ____ is a non material entity that is responsible for intelligence, attention,
awareness, and consciousness:
-heart
-brain
-conscience
-mind correct answers mind
The difficulty in explaining how a non-material mind can influence a material body has
become known as:
- the mind body problem
-none of the answers are correct
-the mind problem
-the brain problem correct answers the mind body problem
the notion that all behavior can be explained by the workings of the brain ins commonly
referred to as:
-dualism
-materialism
-experimental
psychology correct answers materialism
, the notion that differential success is in the reproduction of characteristics results from
interactions between organisms and their environment is known as:
-natural selection
-biological theory
-innate behavior
-genetic theory correct answers genetic theory
individual variation in plans and animals was first explained by:
-Alfred Wallance
-Gregor Mendel
-Both Charles and Mendel
-Darwin correct answers Gregor Mendel
Hypothesizes that the psyche is responsible for behavior was expounded by:
-Aristotle
-Rene Descartes
-Socrates
-Charles Darwin correct answers Aristotle
According to the philosophy of dualism:
-the pineal body is the mind and influences the body by directing fluids
-the pineal body is the mind
-the pineal body influences the body by directing fluids from the ventricles
-the body influences the mind correct answers -the body influences the mind
Subsequent research indicated that the pineal body was responsible for ___ rather than
controlling human behavior
-movement
-vision
-problem solving
-biological rhythms correct answers biological rhythms
which of the following is a conclusion that is necessitated by materialism :
- the brain is a complex organism evolved from the brains
-all are correct
-all animal species are related and brain related
-all animal species are related and behavior must be related correct answers all are
correct
A person who can display some rudimentary behaviors such as smiling or blinking but
otherwise not conscious is described as being:
-in a persistent vegetative state
-in a minimally conscious state
-in a comma
-brain dead correct answers in a minimally conscious state
Patterns in time can be made up of :
-thinking
-movements
-neither movements nor thinking
-both movements and thinking correct answers
The notion that the movements we make and the movements we perceive in others are
central to communication with another theory:
-abstract language
-embodied language
-disembodied language
-motor cognition correct answers embodied language
Which of the following is most accurate?
-humans share very few inherited behaviors and are mostly influenced by learning
-unlike nonhuman animals, human behaviors are totally learned.
-humans share many inherited behaviors but are mostly influenced by learning. correct
answers humans share very few inherited behaviors
The ____ is a non material entity that is responsible for intelligence, attention,
awareness, and consciousness:
-heart
-brain
-conscience
-mind correct answers mind
The difficulty in explaining how a non-material mind can influence a material body has
become known as:
- the mind body problem
-none of the answers are correct
-the mind problem
-the brain problem correct answers the mind body problem
the notion that all behavior can be explained by the workings of the brain ins commonly
referred to as:
-dualism
-materialism
-experimental
psychology correct answers materialism
, the notion that differential success is in the reproduction of characteristics results from
interactions between organisms and their environment is known as:
-natural selection
-biological theory
-innate behavior
-genetic theory correct answers genetic theory
individual variation in plans and animals was first explained by:
-Alfred Wallance
-Gregor Mendel
-Both Charles and Mendel
-Darwin correct answers Gregor Mendel
Hypothesizes that the psyche is responsible for behavior was expounded by:
-Aristotle
-Rene Descartes
-Socrates
-Charles Darwin correct answers Aristotle
According to the philosophy of dualism:
-the pineal body is the mind and influences the body by directing fluids
-the pineal body is the mind
-the pineal body influences the body by directing fluids from the ventricles
-the body influences the mind correct answers -the body influences the mind
Subsequent research indicated that the pineal body was responsible for ___ rather than
controlling human behavior
-movement
-vision
-problem solving
-biological rhythms correct answers biological rhythms
which of the following is a conclusion that is necessitated by materialism :
- the brain is a complex organism evolved from the brains
-all are correct
-all animal species are related and brain related
-all animal species are related and behavior must be related correct answers all are
correct
A person who can display some rudimentary behaviors such as smiling or blinking but
otherwise not conscious is described as being:
-in a persistent vegetative state
-in a minimally conscious state
-in a comma
-brain dead correct answers in a minimally conscious state
