PSYC 106 Chapter 1-7 Test Bank

PSYC 106 Chapter 1-7 Test Bank Intro True / False 1. An ontogenetic explanation is one that describes the development of a structure or behavior. a. True b. False ANSWER: True DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues 2. Gottfried Leibniz (1714) posed the question: “Why is there something rather than nothing?” a. True b. False ANSWER: True DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points that are important to remember from this text. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues KEYWORDS: New 3. The mind-body problem refers to how the mind controls the body. a. True b. False ANSWER: False DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points that are important to remember from this text. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues KEYWORDS: New 4. The universe could have been different in many ways, nearly all of which would have made life impossible a. True b. False ANSWER: True DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points that are important to remember from this text. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues KEYWORDS: New 5. Chalmers explanation of the mind-body problem has largely laid the issue to rest. a. True b. False ANSWER: False DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points that are important to remember from this text. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues KEYWORDS: New 6. Neurons vary enormously in size, shape, and functions. a. True b. False ANSWER: True DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues KEYWORDS: New 7. Perception occurs primarily in sense organs. a. True b. False ANSWER: False DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues KEYWORDS: New 8. Electrical stimulation of your brain can produce a hand experience even if you had no hand. a. True b. False ANSWER: True DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.01 - Briefly state the mind–brain problem and contrast monism with dualism. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues KEYWORDS: New 9. Mental activity and certain types of brain activity are, so far as we can tell, inseparable. a. True b. False ANSWER: False DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.01 - Briefly state the mind–brain problem and contrast monism with dualism. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues KEYWORDS: New 10. Research scientists are free to do as they wish when conducting research with animals. a. True b. False ANSWER: False DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of research with laboratory animals. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues 11. The underlying mechanisms of behavior are similar across species. a. True b. False ANSWER: True DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of research with laboratory animals. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues 12. Invertebrate nerve action follows the same basic principles as human nerves. a. True b. False ANSWER: True DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of research with laboratory animals. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues 13. Minimalists do not tolerate any kind of animal research. a. True b. False ANSWER: False DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of research with laboratory animals. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues 14. Abolitionists maintain that animals do not have the same rights as humans. a. True b. False ANSWER: False DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of research with laboratory animals. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues 15. The dispute between abolitionists and animal researchers is a dispute between two ethical positions. a. True b. False ANSWER: True DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues Multiple Choice 16. Biological psychologists are primarily interested in the study of the physiological, evolutionary, and . a. social influences on attitudes b. developmental mechanisms of behavior and experience c. cultural mechanisms of society as a whole d. psychological influences on disease ANSWER: b DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues 17. A cognitive neuroscientist is most likely to . a. conduct behavioral tests to determine the abilities and disabilities of people with various kinds of brain damage b. study scans of brain anatomy or activity to analyze and explore people’s knowledge, thinking, and problem solving c. relate behaviors to the functions they have served and, therefore, the presumed selective pressures that caused them to evolve d. identify educational needs of schoolchildren, devise a plan to meet the needs, and then help teachers implement it ANSWER: b DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues 18. Jill studies how hormones influence sexual behavior of rats. She is most likely a . a. biological psychologist b. neuroscientist c. clinical psychologist d. psychiatrist ANSWER: a DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues 19. A fundamental property is one that . a. answers all questions b. occurs only in certain parts of the nervous system c. cannot be reduced to something else d. cannot be explained ANSWER: c DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.01 - Briefly state the mind–brain problem and contrast monism with dualism. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues 20. A person who believes that hormones released at different stages of the menstrual cycle affect a person’s mood is using a(n) explanation. a. functional b. ontogenetic c. physiological d. evolutionary ANSWER: c DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues 21. A(n) explanation describes why a structure or behavior evolved as it did. a. functional b. ontogenetic c. physiological d. evolutionary ANSWER: a DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues 22. A(n) describes development, including the influences of genes, nutrition, experiences, and their interactions. a. functional b. ontogenetic c. physiological d. evolutionary ANSWER: b DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues 23. Understanding how genes, nutrition, and experience work together to produce a tendency toward a particular sexual orientation is an example of a(n) explanation. a. ontogenetic b. evolutionary c. functional d. common sense ANSWER: a DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues 24. Which type of explanation best describes how a structure or behavior develops? a. physiological b. ontogenetic c. evolutionary d. functional ANSWER: b DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior. TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues