Behavioral Neuroscience final exam Questions
and Correct Answers
In order to determine if there is a causal relationship between a behavior and the
brain a researcher must____________.
a) Measure a somatic variable.
b) Manipulate a dependent variable.
c) Measure a behavioral variable.
d) Manipulate an independent variable.
✓ ~~~ d.
The process by which an individual changes over the life span is called_______
a) phylogeny.
b) ontogeny.
c) reductionism.
d) phrenology.
✓ ~~~ b.
If a researcher raises a cat in a box with black & white stripes and then maps activity
in the visual cortex, it is an example of a______
,a) nonexperimental study.
b) behavioral intervention.
c) correlation study.
d) somatic intervention.
✓ ~~~ b.
The ability of the nervous system to change in response to experience or the
environment is know as?_______
a) Biological Psychology
b) Neuroplasticity
c) Neurodevelopment
d) The evolution of behavior
✓ ~~~ b.
The Hebbian synapse is a hypothesis about_______
a) reflexes at the spinal level.
b) why different functions are localized in separate brain regions.
c) why the brain is not responsible for mediating behavior.
,d) how neurons strengthen their connections via use.
✓ ~~~ d.
The streamlined body forms of the tuna and the dolphin provide an example
of_________
a) analogy.
b) homology.
c) homoplasy.
d) Tautology.
✓ ~~~ c.
The study of the inheritance of traits is called______
a) mutation.
b) convergence.
c) naturalism.
d) genetics.
✓ ~~~ d.
Which of the following is/are the main features of the vertebrate nervous
system?_____
, a) Segmentation
b) Giant axons
c) Development from a hollow neural tube
d) a & c
✓ ~~~ d.
Changes in the sequence of a gene due to errors in replication are know as
______________?
a) Adaptations
b) Segregations
c) Mutations
d) Assortments
✓ ~~~ c.
The basic difference in the brains among vertebrate species is the relative size and
complexity of the same basic components._____
a) True
b) False
and Correct Answers
In order to determine if there is a causal relationship between a behavior and the
brain a researcher must____________.
a) Measure a somatic variable.
b) Manipulate a dependent variable.
c) Measure a behavioral variable.
d) Manipulate an independent variable.
✓ ~~~ d.
The process by which an individual changes over the life span is called_______
a) phylogeny.
b) ontogeny.
c) reductionism.
d) phrenology.
✓ ~~~ b.
If a researcher raises a cat in a box with black & white stripes and then maps activity
in the visual cortex, it is an example of a______
,a) nonexperimental study.
b) behavioral intervention.
c) correlation study.
d) somatic intervention.
✓ ~~~ b.
The ability of the nervous system to change in response to experience or the
environment is know as?_______
a) Biological Psychology
b) Neuroplasticity
c) Neurodevelopment
d) The evolution of behavior
✓ ~~~ b.
The Hebbian synapse is a hypothesis about_______
a) reflexes at the spinal level.
b) why different functions are localized in separate brain regions.
c) why the brain is not responsible for mediating behavior.
,d) how neurons strengthen their connections via use.
✓ ~~~ d.
The streamlined body forms of the tuna and the dolphin provide an example
of_________
a) analogy.
b) homology.
c) homoplasy.
d) Tautology.
✓ ~~~ c.
The study of the inheritance of traits is called______
a) mutation.
b) convergence.
c) naturalism.
d) genetics.
✓ ~~~ d.
Which of the following is/are the main features of the vertebrate nervous
system?_____
, a) Segmentation
b) Giant axons
c) Development from a hollow neural tube
d) a & c
✓ ~~~ d.
Changes in the sequence of a gene due to errors in replication are know as
______________?
a) Adaptations
b) Segregations
c) Mutations
d) Assortments
✓ ~~~ c.
The basic difference in the brains among vertebrate species is the relative size and
complexity of the same basic components._____
a) True
b) False
