An Introduction to Brain and Behavior 6th Edition Test Bank by Kolb, Whishaw & Teskey – Questions and Answers 2026

Test Bank for An Introduction to Brain and Behavior 7th Edition
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b by Bryan Kolb, Ian Q. Whishaw,
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b Chapters 1 - 16, Complete Newest Version
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,Table of Contents
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Chapter 1 What Are the Origins of Brain and Behavior? Chapter 2
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b What Is the Nervous System’s Functional Anatomy?Chapter 3
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b What Are the Nervous System’s Functional Units?
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Chapter 4 How Do Neurons Use Electrical Signals to Transmit Information?Chapter 5
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b How Do Neurons Communicate and Adapt?
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Chapter 6 How Do Drugs and Hormones Influence the Brain and Behavior?Chapter 7
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b How Do We Study the Brain’s Structures and Functions?
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Chapter 8 How Does the Nervous System Develop and Adapt?
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Chapter 9 How Do We Sense, Perceive, and See the World?
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Chapter 10 How Do We Hear, Speak, and Make Music?
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Chapter 11 How Does the Nervous System Respond to Stimulation and Produce Movement?
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Chapter 12 What Causes Emotional and Motivated Behavior?
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Chapter 13 Why Do We Sleep and Dream?
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b Chapter 14 How Do We Learn and Remember?
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Chapter 15 How Does the Brain Think?
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Chapter 16 What Happens When the Brain Misbehaves?
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,Chapter 1 – What are the origins of Brain and Behaviour?
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1. Brain abnormalities can be related to:
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A) 500 disorders. b




B) 1000 disorders. b




C) 1500 disorders. b




D) more than 2,000 disorders. b b b




2. All the nerve processes radiating out beyond the brain and spinal cord as well as all the
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neurons outside the brain and spinal cord constitute the:
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A) nervous system. b




B) central nervous system. b b




C) peripheral nervous system. b b




D) external nervous system. b b




3. Which is NOT part of the peripheral nervous system?
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A) sensory receptors in the skin b b b b




B) connections to motor neurons b b b




C) sensory and motor connections to internal organs (e.g., the stomach)
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D) the spinal cord
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4. The set of brain structures responsible for most of our unconscious behaviors is called:
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A) the cerebral hemisphere. b b




B) the brainstem.
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C) the cerebrum.
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D) the cerebellum.
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5. The postulation that we make subliminal movements of our larynx and muscles whenwe
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imagine was expounded by:
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A) D. O. Hebb. b b




B) Edmond Jacobson. b




C) Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt. b




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, D) Fred Linge. b




6. “Behavior consists of patterns in time” is a definition of behavior expounded by:
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A) D. O. Hebb.
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B) Edmond Jacobson. b




C) Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt. b




D) Fred Linge. b




7. Patterns in time can be made up of:
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A) movements.
B) thinking.
C) both movements and thinking.
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D) neither movements nor thinking. b b b




8. Animals with smaller brains and simpler nervous systems have mostly
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whereas animals with larger brains and more complex nervous systems have mostly
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b behaviors.
A) learned; inherited b




B) inherited; learned b




C) innate; inherited b




D) learned; innate b




9. Crossbill birds have a beak that is designed to eat pine cones. If we trim the beak, the
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behavior disappears. This example illustrates:
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A) fixed behavior. b




B) flexiblebehavior. b




C) learned behavior. b




D) adaptive behavior. b




10. The sucking response observed in newborn human infants is an example of a(n):
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A) learned response. b




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