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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part i: what is biopsychology?
1. Biopsychology as a neuroscience: what is biopsychology, anyway?
Part ii: foundations of biopsychology
2. Evolution, genetics, and experience: thinking about the biology of behavior
3. Anatomy of the nervous system: systems, structures, and cells that make up your
nervous system
4. Neural conduction and synaptic transmission: how neurons send and receive
signals
5. The research methods of biopsychology: understanding what biopsychologists do
Part iii: sensory and motor systems
6. The visual system: how we see
7. Mechanisms of perception: hearing, touch, smell, taste, and attention: how you
know the world
8. The sensorimotor system: how you move
Part iv: brain plasticity
9. Development of the nervous system: from fertilized egg to you
10. Brain damage and neuroplasticity: can the brain recover from damage?
11. Learning, memory, and amnesia: how your brain stores information
Part v: biopsychology of motivation
12. Hunger, eating, and health: why do many people eat too much?
13. Hormones and sex: what’s wrong with the mamawawa?
14. Sleep, dreaming, and circadian rhythms: how much do you need to sleep?
15. Drug use, drug addiction, and the brain’s reward circuits: chemicals that harm
with pleasure
Part vi: disorders of cognition and emotion
16. Lateralization, language, and the split brain: the left brain and the right brain
17. Biopsychology of emotion, stress, and health: fear, the dark side of emotion
18. Biopsychology of psychiatric disorders: the brain unhinged
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BIOPSYCHOLOGY AS A NEUROSCIENCE: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHOLOGY,
ANYWAY?
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. The human brain weighs about
a. 0.3 kilograms (0.7 pounds).
b. 0.8 kilograms (1.8 pounds).
c. 1.0 kilograms (2.2 pounds).
d. 1.3 kilograms (2.9 pounds).
e. 2.3 kilograms (5.1 pounds).
Ans: d
diff: 2
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Topic: introduction
type: factual
2. The human brain is composed of various cells, including about 100 billion that are
specialized to receive and transmit electrochemical signals. These specialized cells are
called
a. Glial cells.
b. Axons.
c. Neurons.
d. Oligodendroglia.
e. Sulci.
Ans: c
diff: 1
Page ref: 2
Topic: introduction
type: factual
3. The study of the nervous system is called
a. Neuroscience.
b. Psychology.
c. Biopsychology.
d. Neurochemistry.
e. Neurophysiology.
Ans: a
diff: 1
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Topic: introduction
type: factual
4. Jimmie g., the man frozen in time, had a severe problem with his
a. Memory.
b. Temperature regulation.
c. Iq.
d. Attention.
e. Ability to tell time.
Ans: a
diff: 1
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Topic: introduction
type: factual
5. Which of the following is a major theme of your text?
a. Thinking creatively about biopsychology
b. Clinical implications
c. The evolutionary perspective
d. Neuroplasticity
e. All of the above
Ans: e
diff: 1
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Topic: introduction
type: factual
6. Research has now established that the brain is
a. Static.
b. Immutable.
c. Plastic.
d. White.
e. Gray.
Ans: c
diff: 1
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Topic: what is biopsychology?
Type: factual
7. Biopsychology is the scientific study of the
a. Biology of behavior.
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BIOPSYCHOLOGY, 11TH EDITION
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Copyright © 2018 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
, Chapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part i: what is biopsychology?
1. Biopsychology as a neuroscience: what is biopsychology, anyway?
Part ii: foundations of biopsychology
2. Evolution, genetics, and experience: thinking about the biology of behavior
3. Anatomy of the nervous system: systems, structures, and cells that make up your
nervous system
4. Neural conduction and synaptic transmission: how neurons send and receive
signals
5. The research methods of biopsychology: understanding what biopsychologists do
Part iii: sensory and motor systems
6. The visual system: how we see
7. Mechanisms of perception: hearing, touch, smell, taste, and attention: how you
know the world
8. The sensorimotor system: how you move
Part iv: brain plasticity
9. Development of the nervous system: from fertilized egg to you
10. Brain damage and neuroplasticity: can the brain recover from damage?
11. Learning, memory, and amnesia: how your brain stores information
Part v: biopsychology of motivation
12. Hunger, eating, and health: why do many people eat too much?
13. Hormones and sex: what’s wrong with the mamawawa?
14. Sleep, dreaming, and circadian rhythms: how much do you need to sleep?
15. Drug use, drug addiction, and the brain’s reward circuits: chemicals that harm
with pleasure
Part vi: disorders of cognition and emotion
16. Lateralization, language, and the split brain: the left brain and the right brain
17. Biopsychology of emotion, stress, and health: fear, the dark side of emotion
18. Biopsychology of psychiatric disorders: the brain unhinged
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CHAPTER 1
BIOPSYCHOLOGY AS A NEUROSCIENCE: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHOLOGY,
ANYWAY?
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. The human brain weighs about
a. 0.3 kilograms (0.7 pounds).
b. 0.8 kilograms (1.8 pounds).
c. 1.0 kilograms (2.2 pounds).
d. 1.3 kilograms (2.9 pounds).
e. 2.3 kilograms (5.1 pounds).
Ans: d
diff: 2
Page ref: 2
Topic: introduction
type: factual
2. The human brain is composed of various cells, including about 100 billion that are
specialized to receive and transmit electrochemical signals. These specialized cells are
called
a. Glial cells.
b. Axons.
c. Neurons.
d. Oligodendroglia.
e. Sulci.
Ans: c
diff: 1
Page ref: 2
Topic: introduction
type: factual
3. The study of the nervous system is called
a. Neuroscience.
b. Psychology.
c. Biopsychology.
d. Neurochemistry.
e. Neurophysiology.
Ans: a
diff: 1
Page ref: 2
3
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Topic: introduction
type: factual
4. Jimmie g., the man frozen in time, had a severe problem with his
a. Memory.
b. Temperature regulation.
c. Iq.
d. Attention.
e. Ability to tell time.
Ans: a
diff: 1
Page ref: 3
Topic: introduction
type: factual
5. Which of the following is a major theme of your text?
a. Thinking creatively about biopsychology
b. Clinical implications
c. The evolutionary perspective
d. Neuroplasticity
e. All of the above
Ans: e
diff: 1
Page ref: 3
Topic: introduction
type: factual
6. Research has now established that the brain is
a. Static.
b. Immutable.
c. Plastic.
d. White.
e. Gray.
Ans: c
diff: 1
Page ref: 4
Topic: what is biopsychology?
Type: factual
7. Biopsychology is the scientific study of the
a. Biology of behavior.
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