, Instructor Resource
Gaskin, Behavioral Neuroscience, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
Chapter 1: Behavioral Neuroscience: Understanding brain-
behavior relationships
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Scraping, drilling, or boring of the skull bone is a procedure known as ______.
a. trepanation
b. atherectomy
c. ablation
d. lobotomy
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1.1: Know and understand what constitutes the study of brain
behavior relationships.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Brain-Behavior Relationships: From Holes in the Head to Brain
Imaging
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. It is believed that ancient civilizations practiced skull boring for several reasons
except for ______.
a. ward of demons
b. release spirits
c. therapeutic healing
d. blood-letting
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.3.1: Describe some of the views associated with brain function
throughout antiquity.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Brain-Behavior Relationships: From Holes in the Head to Brain
Imaging
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. As early as 460–370 BC the practice of skull boring was used medicinally to ______
due to injury.
a. stop pain
b. slow bleeding
c. prevent infection
d. release pressure
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.3.1: Describe some of the views associated with brain function
throughout antiquity.
, Instructor Resource
Gaskin, Behavioral Neuroscience, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Brain-Behavior Relationships: From Holes in the Head to Brain
Imaging
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Modern craniotomy procedures use computers and imaging methods so that the hole
is drilled ______ over the brain area that is in need of treatment.
a. with more speed
b. at a precise location
c. to a precise depth
d. at an opposite angle
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1.2: Have a broad understanding of the global structural aspects
of the brain and some of its basic functions.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Brain-Behavior Relationships: From Holes in the Head to Brain
Imaging
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Which of the following conditions does not include a modern craniotomy procedure as
part of its treatment?
a. schizophrenia
b. tumors
c. epilepsy
d. aneurysms
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1.2: Have a broad understanding of the global structural aspects
of the brain and some of its basic functions.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Brain-Behavior Relationships: From Holes in the Head to Brain
Imaging
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Behaviors that are readily observable such as reaching out for a cup of coffee are
referred to as ______ behaviors.
a. intentional
b. overt
c. voluntary
d. complex
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1.1: Know and understand what constitutes the study of brain
behavior relationships.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Study of Brain-Behavior Relationships
Difficulty Level: Easy
, Instructor Resource
Gaskin, Behavioral Neuroscience, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
7. Brain functions such as reasoning, problem solving, memory and attention are
associated with the study of______ neuroscience.
a. social
b. cognitive
c. affective
d. decision
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1.3: Explain the different levels of analysis that constitute the
study of brain-behavior relationships.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Study of Brain-Behavior Relationships
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Environmental factors in the form of substances that adversely affect normal brain
development are known as ______.
a. androgen
b. pathogens
c. teratogens
d. carcinogens
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1.4: Understand the basics of how genes influence behavior and
how the environment influences genes.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Study of Brain-Behavior Relationships
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. The ______ separates the frontal lobe from the temporal lobe.
a. corpus callosum
b. Sylvian fissure
c. frontal sulcus
d. cortex
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1.2: Have a broad understanding of the global structural aspects
of the brain and some of its basic functions.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A Quick Look at the Brain
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. The thick bundle of fibers that connects the two hemispheres, permitting them to
communicate is called the ______.
a. corpus callosum
b. Sylvian fissures
c. central sulcus
d. cortex
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1.2: Have a broad understanding of the global structural aspects
Gaskin, Behavioral Neuroscience, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
Chapter 1: Behavioral Neuroscience: Understanding brain-
behavior relationships
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Scraping, drilling, or boring of the skull bone is a procedure known as ______.
a. trepanation
b. atherectomy
c. ablation
d. lobotomy
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1.1: Know and understand what constitutes the study of brain
behavior relationships.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Brain-Behavior Relationships: From Holes in the Head to Brain
Imaging
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. It is believed that ancient civilizations practiced skull boring for several reasons
except for ______.
a. ward of demons
b. release spirits
c. therapeutic healing
d. blood-letting
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.3.1: Describe some of the views associated with brain function
throughout antiquity.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Brain-Behavior Relationships: From Holes in the Head to Brain
Imaging
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. As early as 460–370 BC the practice of skull boring was used medicinally to ______
due to injury.
a. stop pain
b. slow bleeding
c. prevent infection
d. release pressure
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.3.1: Describe some of the views associated with brain function
throughout antiquity.
, Instructor Resource
Gaskin, Behavioral Neuroscience, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Brain-Behavior Relationships: From Holes in the Head to Brain
Imaging
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Modern craniotomy procedures use computers and imaging methods so that the hole
is drilled ______ over the brain area that is in need of treatment.
a. with more speed
b. at a precise location
c. to a precise depth
d. at an opposite angle
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1.2: Have a broad understanding of the global structural aspects
of the brain and some of its basic functions.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Brain-Behavior Relationships: From Holes in the Head to Brain
Imaging
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Which of the following conditions does not include a modern craniotomy procedure as
part of its treatment?
a. schizophrenia
b. tumors
c. epilepsy
d. aneurysms
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1.2: Have a broad understanding of the global structural aspects
of the brain and some of its basic functions.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Brain-Behavior Relationships: From Holes in the Head to Brain
Imaging
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Behaviors that are readily observable such as reaching out for a cup of coffee are
referred to as ______ behaviors.
a. intentional
b. overt
c. voluntary
d. complex
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1.1: Know and understand what constitutes the study of brain
behavior relationships.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Study of Brain-Behavior Relationships
Difficulty Level: Easy
, Instructor Resource
Gaskin, Behavioral Neuroscience, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
7. Brain functions such as reasoning, problem solving, memory and attention are
associated with the study of______ neuroscience.
a. social
b. cognitive
c. affective
d. decision
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1.3: Explain the different levels of analysis that constitute the
study of brain-behavior relationships.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Study of Brain-Behavior Relationships
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Environmental factors in the form of substances that adversely affect normal brain
development are known as ______.
a. androgen
b. pathogens
c. teratogens
d. carcinogens
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1.4: Understand the basics of how genes influence behavior and
how the environment influences genes.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Study of Brain-Behavior Relationships
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. The ______ separates the frontal lobe from the temporal lobe.
a. corpus callosum
b. Sylvian fissure
c. frontal sulcus
d. cortex
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1.2: Have a broad understanding of the global structural aspects
of the brain and some of its basic functions.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A Quick Look at the Brain
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. The thick bundle of fibers that connects the two hemispheres, permitting them to
communicate is called the ______.
a. corpus callosum
b. Sylvian fissures
c. central sulcus
d. cortex
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1.2: Have a broad understanding of the global structural aspects
