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BIOLOGY AS A NEUROSCIENCE: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHLOGY,
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Total Assessment Guide (T.A.G.)
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Question Remember the Understand the Apply What You
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Type Facts Concepts Know
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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
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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
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How Do Biopsychologists Choice
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Conduct Their Work? Fill-In 13-15
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Multiple
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Thinking Critically about Choice
Biopsychological Claims Fill-In 16-18
Essay 7
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
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1. The human brain weighs about
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b. 0.8 kilograms (1.8 pounds).
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c. 1.0 kilograms (2.2 pounds).
d. 1.3 kilograms (2.9 pounds).
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e. 2.3 kilograms (5.1 pounds).
Answer: D
Difficulty Level: Moderate
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.
2. The human brain is composed of various cells, including those specialized to receive and
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transmit electrochemical signals, which are known as
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a. glial cells.
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c. neurons.
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e. sulci.
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Answer: C
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Introduction
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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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3. The scientific study of the nervous system is called
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a. neuroscience.
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c. biopsychology.
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e. neurophysiology.
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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
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a. memory.
b. temperature regulation.
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c. intellectual functioning.
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e. ability to recognize faces.
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Answer: A
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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5. Eduardo wants to understand the development of the human brain by comparing it to the
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shape those brains over the long process of historical time. Which perspective on
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a. historiography
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b. conscious awareness perspective
c. clinical perspective
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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
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matter of
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a. the clinical perspective.
b. biochemistry.
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c. epigenetics.
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e. consciousness.
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Answer: C
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Emerging Themes of This Text
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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
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CHAPTER 1
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Total Assessment Guide (T.A.G.)
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Question Remember the Understand the Apply What You
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Type Facts Concepts Know
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Multiple
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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
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How Do Biopsychologists Choice
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Conduct Their Work? Fill-In 13-15
Essay 6
Multiple
58-65
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Thinking Critically about Choice
Biopsychological Claims Fill-In 16-18
Essay 7
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
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1. The human brain weighs about
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c. 1.0 kilograms (2.2 pounds).
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e. 2.3 kilograms (5.1 pounds).
Answer: D
Difficulty Level: Moderate
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.
2. The human brain is composed of various cells, including those specialized to receive and
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transmit electrochemical signals, which are known as
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a. glial cells.
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c. neurons.
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e. sulci.
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Answer: C
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Introduction
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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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e. neurophysiology.
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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
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a. memory.
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e. ability to recognize faces.
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Answer: A
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Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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5. Eduardo wants to understand the development of the human brain by comparing it to the
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shape those brains over the long process of historical time. Which perspective on
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b. conscious awareness perspective
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d. computational perspective
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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
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matter of
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a. the clinical perspective.
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c. epigenetics.
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e. consciousness.
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Answer: C
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Emerging Themes of This Text
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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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