BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY 13TH EDITION
CHAPTERS 1 14 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ What are the main biological factors studied in biological
psychology?
Answer: Brain, nervous system, hormones, and genes.
◉ Who is considered the founder of experimental psychology?
Answer: Wilhelm Wundt.
◉ What significant book did Donald Hebb publish in 1949?
Answer: The Organization of Behavior.
◉ What does psychopharmacology study?
Answer: How drugs and other substances affect the brain and
behavior.
◉ What is the focus of neuropsychology?
Answer: The relationship between brain function and behavior,
especially how brain damage affects cognitive functioning.
, ◉ What does psychophysiology examine?
Answer: The relation between physical functions and psychological
processes.
◉ What is psychoneuroimmunology?
Answer: The study of relationships between the nervous system,
immune system, hormones, and behavior.
◉ What does evolutionary psychology explore?
Answer: How evolutionary processes like natural selection shape
human traits and behaviors.
◉ What does behavioral genetics analyze?
Answer: How genetic factors contribute to individual differences in
behavior and how they interact with environmental influences.
◉ What is the focus of cognitive neuroscience?
Answer: The neural basis of human cognitive processes, including
perception, attention, and memory.
◉ What does comparative psychology study?
Answer: The behavior and mental processes of non-human animals
to gain insights into human behavior.
CHAPTERS 1 14 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ What are the main biological factors studied in biological
psychology?
Answer: Brain, nervous system, hormones, and genes.
◉ Who is considered the founder of experimental psychology?
Answer: Wilhelm Wundt.
◉ What significant book did Donald Hebb publish in 1949?
Answer: The Organization of Behavior.
◉ What does psychopharmacology study?
Answer: How drugs and other substances affect the brain and
behavior.
◉ What is the focus of neuropsychology?
Answer: The relationship between brain function and behavior,
especially how brain damage affects cognitive functioning.
, ◉ What does psychophysiology examine?
Answer: The relation between physical functions and psychological
processes.
◉ What is psychoneuroimmunology?
Answer: The study of relationships between the nervous system,
immune system, hormones, and behavior.
◉ What does evolutionary psychology explore?
Answer: How evolutionary processes like natural selection shape
human traits and behaviors.
◉ What does behavioral genetics analyze?
Answer: How genetic factors contribute to individual differences in
behavior and how they interact with environmental influences.
◉ What is the focus of cognitive neuroscience?
Answer: The neural basis of human cognitive processes, including
perception, attention, and memory.
◉ What does comparative psychology study?
Answer: The behavior and mental processes of non-human animals
to gain insights into human behavior.
