PBSI 235 Exam 1 Review questions
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What is behavioral neuroscience? - correct answer ✔✔Behavioral neuroscience = Physiological
psychology = Biological psychology (biopsychology) = Brain and behavior
Behavioral neuroscience is the study of the biological bases of psychological processes and
behavior.
Provides general knowledge about the brain and behavior.
May contribute to greater understanding of brain disorders and development of effective
treatments - correct answer ✔✔Fundamental discoveries in biological psychology research
Neurological or psychiatric illnesses effect - correct answer ✔✔At least one in five people
Thought the heart was the center of thoughts and emotions. - correct answer ✔✔Ancient
Egyptians, Indians, Chinese, and Greeks
Wrote about the brain controlling thoughts, emotions, and intelligence. - correct answer
✔✔Hippocrates
Believed the heart was the root of consciousness. - correct answer ✔✔Aristotle
The Greco‐Roman physician that treated brain‐injured gladiators. - correct answer ✔✔Galen
,Proposed behavior results from connections between the brain and the body. - correct answer
✔✔Galen
Major developments in math and science starting towards the end of the Renaissance (1500s). -
correct answer ✔✔The Scientific Revolution
Renaissance artist and scientist that pioneered anatomical drawings by relying on direct
observation. - correct answer ✔✔Leonardo da Vinci
Proposed the concept of spinal reflexes and their neural pathways. - correct answer ✔✔René
Descartes
Explained control of behavior in terms of nervous system acting as a machine. - correct answer
✔✔René Descartes
Promoted the notion of dualism: that humans have a nonmaterial soul as well as a material
body. - correct answer ✔✔René Descartes
Discovered relations between disorders and brain damage - correct answer ✔✔Thomas Willis
(1600s)
Popularized the concept of localization of function. - correct answer ✔✔Phrenology
The belief that bumps on the skull result from enlargements of brain regions responsible for
certain behavioral faculties. - correct answer ✔✔Phrenology
The concept that different brain regions specialize in specific behaviors. - correct answer
✔✔Localization of function
, Caused predictable impairments. - correct answer ✔✔Damage to specific brain regions
Noted that damage to a particular region of the left side of the brain reliably impairs speech
production ("Broca's aphasia"). - correct answer ✔✔Paul Broca (1800's)
In the 1800's: _______ Invents cell staining technique. - correct answer ✔✔Golgi
In the 1800's: _______ makes detailed drawings of many types of nerve cells using Golgi
staining. - correct answer ✔✔Ramón y Cajal
When was rapid progress made in the areas of learning, memory, and conditioning? - correct
answer ✔✔In the 1900's.
Described how neuronal connections strengthen as a consequence of experience. - correct
answer ✔✔Hebb (Canada)
Plastic neuronal connections that change in strength through use. - correct answer ✔✔Hebbian
Synapses
Basic unit of the nervous system - correct answer ✔✔Neurons (nerve cells)
Has a variety of support functions - correct answer ✔✔Glia
Input - correct answer ✔✔Dendrites
Integration - correct answer ✔✔The cell body, also known as the soma.
Conduction - correct answer ✔✔Axon
well answered passed
What is behavioral neuroscience? - correct answer ✔✔Behavioral neuroscience = Physiological
psychology = Biological psychology (biopsychology) = Brain and behavior
Behavioral neuroscience is the study of the biological bases of psychological processes and
behavior.
Provides general knowledge about the brain and behavior.
May contribute to greater understanding of brain disorders and development of effective
treatments - correct answer ✔✔Fundamental discoveries in biological psychology research
Neurological or psychiatric illnesses effect - correct answer ✔✔At least one in five people
Thought the heart was the center of thoughts and emotions. - correct answer ✔✔Ancient
Egyptians, Indians, Chinese, and Greeks
Wrote about the brain controlling thoughts, emotions, and intelligence. - correct answer
✔✔Hippocrates
Believed the heart was the root of consciousness. - correct answer ✔✔Aristotle
The Greco‐Roman physician that treated brain‐injured gladiators. - correct answer ✔✔Galen
,Proposed behavior results from connections between the brain and the body. - correct answer
✔✔Galen
Major developments in math and science starting towards the end of the Renaissance (1500s). -
correct answer ✔✔The Scientific Revolution
Renaissance artist and scientist that pioneered anatomical drawings by relying on direct
observation. - correct answer ✔✔Leonardo da Vinci
Proposed the concept of spinal reflexes and their neural pathways. - correct answer ✔✔René
Descartes
Explained control of behavior in terms of nervous system acting as a machine. - correct answer
✔✔René Descartes
Promoted the notion of dualism: that humans have a nonmaterial soul as well as a material
body. - correct answer ✔✔René Descartes
Discovered relations between disorders and brain damage - correct answer ✔✔Thomas Willis
(1600s)
Popularized the concept of localization of function. - correct answer ✔✔Phrenology
The belief that bumps on the skull result from enlargements of brain regions responsible for
certain behavioral faculties. - correct answer ✔✔Phrenology
The concept that different brain regions specialize in specific behaviors. - correct answer
✔✔Localization of function
, Caused predictable impairments. - correct answer ✔✔Damage to specific brain regions
Noted that damage to a particular region of the left side of the brain reliably impairs speech
production ("Broca's aphasia"). - correct answer ✔✔Paul Broca (1800's)
In the 1800's: _______ Invents cell staining technique. - correct answer ✔✔Golgi
In the 1800's: _______ makes detailed drawings of many types of nerve cells using Golgi
staining. - correct answer ✔✔Ramón y Cajal
When was rapid progress made in the areas of learning, memory, and conditioning? - correct
answer ✔✔In the 1900's.
Described how neuronal connections strengthen as a consequence of experience. - correct
answer ✔✔Hebb (Canada)
Plastic neuronal connections that change in strength through use. - correct answer ✔✔Hebbian
Synapses
Basic unit of the nervous system - correct answer ✔✔Neurons (nerve cells)
Has a variety of support functions - correct answer ✔✔Glia
Input - correct answer ✔✔Dendrites
Integration - correct answer ✔✔The cell body, also known as the soma.
Conduction - correct answer ✔✔Axon
