Brain and Behavior Chapter 1
What is Neuroscience? correct answers the study of anything that relates to the
nervous system
What is Biopsychology? correct answers the study of the relationship between the brain
and behavior
How are Neuroscience and Biopsychology related? correct answers they both study
the biology of the brain, and both can give insight into behavior, their approach is simply
different.
What kind of evidence does our textbook present for the link between brain and
behavior? (3) correct answers *the evolution of brain and behavior in diverse species of
animals
*the link between brain and behavior in normal people
*the effects brain damage and other brain ailments has on the behavior of the effected
What is the reason to study the link between brain and behavior? (3) correct answers
*the brain's ability to produce behavior is still not understood
*behavioral can be explained, sometimes cured by studying
*the brain is the most complex living organ on earth and is pervasive
Name a few disorders that can be explained by understanding the brain.. correct
answers Narcolepsy, hallucinations, depression, mania, OCD
Who is Harvey? What kind of idea did he have? is his idea possible? why/why not?
correct answers Harvey was a researcher studying electrical activity given off by the
brain. He believed his brain could be preserved after he died and his information could
be communicated via these electrical signals. However, the brain needs both itself and
the peripheral nervous system which provides it with the sensory information necessary
to communicate and function properly
What is TBI and what are its potential consequences? correct answers Traumatic Brain
Injury, inhibited motor skills speaking skills, movements, consciousness, etc.
What is the reason for TBI? correct answers it's the result of a blow to the head, most
commonly caused by bicycling and playing football
How common is TBI? correct answers 1.4 million people per year in the U.S.
Have you ever had TBI? correct answers no
What is Neuroscience? correct answers the study of anything that relates to the
nervous system
What is Biopsychology? correct answers the study of the relationship between the brain
and behavior
How are Neuroscience and Biopsychology related? correct answers they both study
the biology of the brain, and both can give insight into behavior, their approach is simply
different.
What kind of evidence does our textbook present for the link between brain and
behavior? (3) correct answers *the evolution of brain and behavior in diverse species of
animals
*the link between brain and behavior in normal people
*the effects brain damage and other brain ailments has on the behavior of the effected
What is the reason to study the link between brain and behavior? (3) correct answers
*the brain's ability to produce behavior is still not understood
*behavioral can be explained, sometimes cured by studying
*the brain is the most complex living organ on earth and is pervasive
Name a few disorders that can be explained by understanding the brain.. correct
answers Narcolepsy, hallucinations, depression, mania, OCD
Who is Harvey? What kind of idea did he have? is his idea possible? why/why not?
correct answers Harvey was a researcher studying electrical activity given off by the
brain. He believed his brain could be preserved after he died and his information could
be communicated via these electrical signals. However, the brain needs both itself and
the peripheral nervous system which provides it with the sensory information necessary
to communicate and function properly
What is TBI and what are its potential consequences? correct answers Traumatic Brain
Injury, inhibited motor skills speaking skills, movements, consciousness, etc.
What is the reason for TBI? correct answers it's the result of a blow to the head, most
commonly caused by bicycling and playing football
How common is TBI? correct answers 1.4 million people per year in the U.S.
Have you ever had TBI? correct answers no
