TEST BANK FOR BRAIN & BEHAVIOR AN INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, 5TH EDITION, BOB GARRETT, GERALD HOUGH

TEST BANK FOR BRAIN & BEHAVIOR AN INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, 5TH EDITION, BOB GARRETT, GERALD HOUGH Test Bank Multiple Choice 1. What modern invention has the brain been compared to in terms of storage capacity? a. a Google server b. a smartphone c. the Internet d. a compact disc Ans: C Learning Objective: 1-2: Describe the contributions of philosophers and scientists to the development of behavioral neuroscience as a field of study Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: What is Behavioral Neuroscience? Difficulty Level: Easy 2. The decade of the 1990s was designated as the decade of ______. a. the brain b. the mind c. cognition d. behavior Ans: A Learning Objective: 1-3: Identify the role of physiologists in the establishment of modern -day behavioral neuroscience Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Locat ion: What is Behavioral Neuroscience? Difficulty Level: Easy 3. Which of the following is a recent discovery in the field of behavioral neuroscience ? a. The cause of depression has been identified. b. Dementia has been cured. c. The brain area responsible for consciousness has been identified. d. Genes for schizophrenia have been identified. Ans: D Learning Objective : 1-3: Identify the role of physiologists in the establishment of modern -day behavioral neuroscience Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Locati on: What is Behavioral Neuroscience? Difficulty Level: Easy 4. What do behavioral neuroscientists study ? a. the relationship between the body and the brain b. the relationship between behavior and the body c. the structure of the body d. the rules that de scribe how behavior is modifiable by experience Ans: B Learning Objective: 1-2: Describe the contributions of philosophers and scientists to the development of behavioral neuroscience as a field of study Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: The Ori gins of Behavioral Neuroscience Difficulty Level: Easy 5. Which of the following terms can be used interchangeably with “behavioral neuroscience ”? a. psychology b. biology c. behavioral genetics d. psychobiology Ans: D Learning Objective: 1-2: Describe th e contributions of philosophers and scientists to the development of behavioral neuroscience as a field of study Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: The Origins of Behavioral Neuroscience Difficulty Level: Easy 6. Psychologists consider emotions, thoughts, memories, and observable acts to be characterized as ______. a. cognitions b. behaviors c. processes d. mysteries of the mind Ans: B Learning Objective: 1-2: Describe the contributions of philosophers and scientists to the development of behavio ral neuroscience as a field of study Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: The Origins of Behavioral Neuroscience Difficulty Level: Easy 7. Which of the following would be a question that a behavioral neuroscientist would investigate ? a. Which neur otransmitter systems are responsible for the development of drug addiction ? b. Which muscles focus the eye on a moving object ? c. Is there a genetic predisposition for cancer ? d. What are the diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder ? Ans: A Learning Object ive: 1-2: Describe the contributions of philosophers and scientists to the development of behavioral neuroscience as a field of study Cognitive Domain: Application Answer Location: The Origins of Behavioral Neuroscience Difficulty Level: Hard 8. If you we re able to build a time machine and wanted to travel back to observe the first psychology laboratory, where would you go? a. to Charles Darwin’s office in Germany b. to Charles Darwin’s boat in England c. to Wilhelm Wundt’s lab in Germany d. to Rene Descar tes’ apothecary in France Ans: C Learning Objective: 1-2: Describe the contributions of philosophers and scientists to the development of behavioral neuroscience as a field of study Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: The Origins of Behavioral Neu roscience Difficulty Level: Easy 9. Which of the following is true of the mind –brain question ? a. It was originally posed by early neuroscientists and remains unsolved today . b. It is concerned with the nature of the mind and its relation to the brain . c. It usually involves a choice between the positions of psychology and philosophy . d. It usually involves a choice between the positions of psychology and biology . Ans: B Learning Objective: 1-1: Define the mind -brain problem in behavioral neuroscience Cogn itive Domain: Knowledge Answer Location: Prescientific Psychology and the Mind -Brain Problem Difficulty Level: Easy 10. The textbook authors and many neuroscientists view the mind as a ____ __. a. spirit b. soul c. source of our actions d. concept Ans: D Learning Objective: 1-1: Define the mind -brain problem in behavioral neuroscience Cognitive Domain: Comprehension