BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR COGNITIVE
NEUROSCIENCE 202 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ What is biological psychology?
Answer: Also known as behavioral neuroscience, it studies the
biological bases of psychological processes and behavior.
◉ Who proposed that behavior results from connections between
the brain and nerves?
Answer: Galen, based on his experiences treating brain-injured
gladiators.
◉ What did Rene Descartes explain about animal behavior?
Answer: He explained it in terms of a machine and proposed the
concept of spinal reflexes.
◉ What is dualism according to Descartes?
Answer: The idea that humans have a nonmaterial soul and a
material body.
◉ What is physical monism?
, Answer: The belief that the mind is actually brain activity.
◉ What was the significance of the Golgi Stain?
Answer: It allowed early neuroscientists to characterize neurons
based on their morphology.
◉ Who is Santiago Ramon y Cajal?
Answer: A neuroscientist who used the Golgi Stain to produce
accurate drawings of neurons.
◉ What did Sir Charles Sherrington propose?
Answer: He proposed the concept of the synapse and studied the
timing of reflexes in dogs.
◉ What did Paul Broca discover about brain damage?
Answer: He found that the ability to produce speech is restricted to a
small brain area.
◉ What did Carl Wernicke discover about brain damage?
Answer: He found that the ability to understand speech is restricted
to a small brain area.
◉ What does localization of function mean?
NEUROSCIENCE 202 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ What is biological psychology?
Answer: Also known as behavioral neuroscience, it studies the
biological bases of psychological processes and behavior.
◉ Who proposed that behavior results from connections between
the brain and nerves?
Answer: Galen, based on his experiences treating brain-injured
gladiators.
◉ What did Rene Descartes explain about animal behavior?
Answer: He explained it in terms of a machine and proposed the
concept of spinal reflexes.
◉ What is dualism according to Descartes?
Answer: The idea that humans have a nonmaterial soul and a
material body.
◉ What is physical monism?
, Answer: The belief that the mind is actually brain activity.
◉ What was the significance of the Golgi Stain?
Answer: It allowed early neuroscientists to characterize neurons
based on their morphology.
◉ Who is Santiago Ramon y Cajal?
Answer: A neuroscientist who used the Golgi Stain to produce
accurate drawings of neurons.
◉ What did Sir Charles Sherrington propose?
Answer: He proposed the concept of the synapse and studied the
timing of reflexes in dogs.
◉ What did Paul Broca discover about brain damage?
Answer: He found that the ability to produce speech is restricted to a
small brain area.
◉ What did Carl Wernicke discover about brain damage?
Answer: He found that the ability to understand speech is restricted
to a small brain area.
◉ What does localization of function mean?
