BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR AN INTRODUCTION TO
BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE FINAL PAPER
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS ANSWERS
PREMIUM STUDY GUIDE
◉ Which statement is an example of neuroplasticity?
An enriched environment causes an increase in the number of
synapses.
The association of noxious & a harmless stimulus causes an
increased response to the harmless stimulus when it is presented
alone.
Exercise causes an increase in neuron survival.
Answer: All of them
◉ A researcher can determine how much of the human brain is used
or even the simplest of tasks by
Answer: Looking at brain activity in brain scans
◉ In humans, about how much of the brain is used during routine,
day-to-day activities?
Answer: 100%
,◉ Studies of identical twins in which one twin has schizophrenia
have revealed a relationship between schizophrenia & enlargement
of the
Answer: Cerebral ventricles
◉ Aristotle thought that the brain's major function was to
Answer: Cool the blood
◉ Who drew accurate representations of ventricles?
Answer: da Vinci
◉ ____ can be defined as a state of awareness of one's own existence
& experience.
Answer: Consciousness
◉ I perform an experiment to see how caffeine intake affects
memory performance. I give one group of students two cups of
regular coffee, and another group two cups of decaf. 30 minutes
later, I give them a memory assessment.
In this experiment, what is the dependent variable?
Answer: The memory assessment
◉ Which statement is supported by phrenology?
, There is more than one brain area that is responsible for aggression.
Visual processing occurs in several lobes of the brain.
There is some localization of function in the brain.
The brain functions as a whole.
Answer: There is some localization of function in the brain.
◉ The adult human brain contains
Answer: 80-100 billion neurons
◉ The neuron doctrine
Answer: Was confirmed using electron microscopy
Stemmed from the work of the great neuroanatomist Ramon y Cajal
Proposed the existence of synaptic contacts between neurons
◉ Dendrites are
Answer: The input zone of a nerve cell
◉ Every neuron has all of these components except:
a nucleus
axons
dendrites
myelin
BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE FINAL PAPER
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS ANSWERS
PREMIUM STUDY GUIDE
◉ Which statement is an example of neuroplasticity?
An enriched environment causes an increase in the number of
synapses.
The association of noxious & a harmless stimulus causes an
increased response to the harmless stimulus when it is presented
alone.
Exercise causes an increase in neuron survival.
Answer: All of them
◉ A researcher can determine how much of the human brain is used
or even the simplest of tasks by
Answer: Looking at brain activity in brain scans
◉ In humans, about how much of the brain is used during routine,
day-to-day activities?
Answer: 100%
,◉ Studies of identical twins in which one twin has schizophrenia
have revealed a relationship between schizophrenia & enlargement
of the
Answer: Cerebral ventricles
◉ Aristotle thought that the brain's major function was to
Answer: Cool the blood
◉ Who drew accurate representations of ventricles?
Answer: da Vinci
◉ ____ can be defined as a state of awareness of one's own existence
& experience.
Answer: Consciousness
◉ I perform an experiment to see how caffeine intake affects
memory performance. I give one group of students two cups of
regular coffee, and another group two cups of decaf. 30 minutes
later, I give them a memory assessment.
In this experiment, what is the dependent variable?
Answer: The memory assessment
◉ Which statement is supported by phrenology?
, There is more than one brain area that is responsible for aggression.
Visual processing occurs in several lobes of the brain.
There is some localization of function in the brain.
The brain functions as a whole.
Answer: There is some localization of function in the brain.
◉ The adult human brain contains
Answer: 80-100 billion neurons
◉ The neuron doctrine
Answer: Was confirmed using electron microscopy
Stemmed from the work of the great neuroanatomist Ramon y Cajal
Proposed the existence of synaptic contacts between neurons
◉ Dendrites are
Answer: The input zone of a nerve cell
◉ Every neuron has all of these components except:
a nucleus
axons
dendrites
myelin
