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Biopsychology
John P.J. Pinel & Steven Barnes
11th Edition Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Biology As A Neuroscience 1
Chapter 2 Evolution, Genetics, and Experience 60
Chapter 3 Anatomy of the Nervous System 145
Chapter 4 Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission 230
Chapter 5 The Research Methods of Biopsychology 324
Chapter 6 The Visual System 425
Chapter 7 Sensory Systems, Perception, and Attention 512
Chapter 8 The Sensorimotor System 597
Chapter 9 Development of the Nervous System 676
Chapter 10 Brain Damage and Neuroplasticity 753
Chapter 11 Learning, Memory, and Amnesia 857
Chapter 12 Hunger, Eating, and Health 953
Chapter 13 Hormones and Sex 1042
Chapter 14 Sleep, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythms 1138
Chapter 15 Drug Use, Drug Addiction, and the Brain’s Reward Circuits 1252
Chapter 16 Lateralization, Language, and the Split Brain 1345
Chapter 17 Biopsychology of Emotion, Stress, and Health 1449
Chapter 18 Biopsychology of Psychiatric Disorders 1539 CHAPTER 1 BIOLOGY AS A NEUROSCIENCE: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHLOGY, ANYWAY? Total Assessment Guide (T.A.G.) Topic Question Type Remember the Facts Understand the Concepts Apply What You Know What Is Biopsychology? Multiple Choice 1-4, 6-10, 13, 15, 16 5, 11, 12, 14 Fill-In 1-3 Essay 1 What Types of Research Characterize the Biopsychological Approach? Multiple Choice 17-21, 23-25, 27-31, 33, 34 22, 26 32 Fill-In 4, 6 5 Essay 2, 3 What Are the Dvisions of Biopsychology? Multiple Choice 35, 36, 39-41, 43-49 37, 38, 42 Fill-In 7-12 Essay 4, 5 How Do Biopsychologists Conduct Their Work? Multiple Choice 50-54, 56 55, 57 Fill-In 13-15 Essay 6 Thinking Critically about Biopsychological Claims Multiple Choice 58-65 Fill-In 16-18 Essay 7 ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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1 | P a g e 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). Answer: D Difficulty Level: Moderate Topic: Introduction Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 2. The human brain is composed of various cells, in cluding those specialized to receive and transmit electrochemical signals, which are known a s a. glial cells. b. axons. c. neurons. d. oligodendroglia. e. sulci. Answer: C Difficulty Level: Easy Topic: Introduction Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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2 | P a g e 3. The scientific study of the nervous system is ca lled a. neuroscience. b. psychology. c. biopsychology. d. neurochemistry. e. neurophysiology. Answer: A Difficulty Level: Easy Topic: Introduction Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 4. Jimmie G., “the man frozen in time” described in the chapter vignette, had a severe problem with his a. memory. b. temperature regulation. c. intellectual functioning. d. allocation of attention. e. ability to recognize faces. Answer: A Difficulty Level: Easy Topic: Introduction Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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3 | P a g e 5. Eduardo wants to understand the development of t he human brain by comparing it to the brains of other species and theorizing about the en vironmental pressures that helped to shape those brains over the long process of histori cal time. Which perspective on biopsychology is Eduardo adopting? a. historiography b. conscious awareness perspective c. clinical perspective d. computational perspective e. evolutionary perspective Answer: E Difficulty Level: Easy Topic: Four Major Themes of This Text Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Understand the Concepts APA Learning Objective: 1.2 Develop a working knowl edge of psychology’s content domains. 6. Understanding the ongoing interaction between ge nes and experience is the subject matter of a. the clinical perspective. b. biochemistry. c. epigenetics. d. neuroanatomy. e. consciousness. Answer: C Difficulty Level: Easy Topic: Emerging Themes of This Text Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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4 | P a g e 7. Biopsychology is the scientific study of the a. biology of behavior. b. brain. c. evolution of the brain. d. anatomy of the brain. e. chemistry underlying cognition. Answer: A Difficulty Level: Easy Topic: Defining Biopsychology Learning Objective: 1 .1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 8. Psychobiology, behavioral biology, and behaviora l neuroscience are all approximate synonyms for a. cognitive behavior. b. behavioral psychology. c. biopsychology. d. neurophysiology. e. neuroscience. Answer: C Difficulty Level: Moderate Topic: Defining Biopsychology Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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5 | P a g e 9. Psychology is defined as the scientific study of a. the physical determinants of behavior. b. behavior. c. emotional processes. d. the brain. e. learning and conditioning. Answer: B Difficulty Level: Easy Topic: Defining Biopsychology Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 10. The scientist who played a key role in the emer gence of biopsychology as a discipline by writing The Organization of Behavior was a. Roger Walcott Sperry. b. Donald Olding Hebb. c. Karl Spencer Lashley. d. Brenda Milner. e. Wilder Graves Penfield. Answer: B Difficulty Level: Moderate Topic: What Are the Origins of Biopsychology? Learning Objective: 1.2 Discuss the origins of the field of biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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Biopsychology
John P.J. Pinel & Steven Barnes
11th Edition Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Biology As A Neuroscience 1
Chapter 2 Evolution, Genetics, and Experience 60
Chapter 3 Anatomy of the Nervous System 145
Chapter 4 Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission 230
Chapter 5 The Research Methods of Biopsychology 324
Chapter 6 The Visual System 425
Chapter 7 Sensory Systems, Perception, and Attention 512
Chapter 8 The Sensorimotor System 597
Chapter 9 Development of the Nervous System 676
Chapter 10 Brain Damage and Neuroplasticity 753
Chapter 11 Learning, Memory, and Amnesia 857
Chapter 12 Hunger, Eating, and Health 953
Chapter 13 Hormones and Sex 1042
Chapter 14 Sleep, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythms 1138
Chapter 15 Drug Use, Drug Addiction, and the Brain’s Reward Circuits 1252
Chapter 16 Lateralization, Language, and the Split Brain 1345
Chapter 17 Biopsychology of Emotion, Stress, and Health 1449
Chapter 18 Biopsychology of Psychiatric Disorders 1539 CHAPTER 1 BIOLOGY AS A NEUROSCIENCE: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHLOGY, ANYWAY? Total Assessment Guide (T.A.G.) Topic Question Type Remember the Facts Understand the Concepts Apply What You Know What Is Biopsychology? Multiple Choice 1-4, 6-10, 13, 15, 16 5, 11, 12, 14 Fill-In 1-3 Essay 1 What Types of Research Characterize the Biopsychological Approach? Multiple Choice 17-21, 23-25, 27-31, 33, 34 22, 26 32 Fill-In 4, 6 5 Essay 2, 3 What Are the Dvisions of Biopsychology? Multiple Choice 35, 36, 39-41, 43-49 37, 38, 42 Fill-In 7-12 Essay 4, 5 How Do Biopsychologists Conduct Their Work? Multiple Choice 50-54, 56 55, 57 Fill-In 13-15 Essay 6 Thinking Critically about Biopsychological Claims Multiple Choice 58-65 Fill-In 16-18 Essay 7 ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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1 | P a g e 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). Answer: D Difficulty Level: Moderate Topic: Introduction Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 2. The human brain is composed of various cells, in cluding those specialized to receive and transmit electrochemical signals, which are known a s a. glial cells. b. axons. c. neurons. d. oligodendroglia. e. sulci. Answer: C Difficulty Level: Easy Topic: Introduction Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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2 | P a g e 3. The scientific study of the nervous system is ca lled a. neuroscience. b. psychology. c. biopsychology. d. neurochemistry. e. neurophysiology. Answer: A Difficulty Level: Easy Topic: Introduction Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 4. Jimmie G., “the man frozen in time” described in the chapter vignette, had a severe problem with his a. memory. b. temperature regulation. c. intellectual functioning. d. allocation of attention. e. ability to recognize faces. Answer: A Difficulty Level: Easy Topic: Introduction Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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3 | P a g e 5. Eduardo wants to understand the development of t he human brain by comparing it to the brains of other species and theorizing about the en vironmental pressures that helped to shape those brains over the long process of histori cal time. Which perspective on biopsychology is Eduardo adopting? a. historiography b. conscious awareness perspective c. clinical perspective d. computational perspective e. evolutionary perspective Answer: E Difficulty Level: Easy Topic: Four Major Themes of This Text Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Understand the Concepts APA Learning Objective: 1.2 Develop a working knowl edge of psychology’s content domains. 6. Understanding the ongoing interaction between ge nes and experience is the subject matter of a. the clinical perspective. b. biochemistry. c. epigenetics. d. neuroanatomy. e. consciousness. Answer: C Difficulty Level: Easy Topic: Emerging Themes of This Text Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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4 | P a g e 7. Biopsychology is the scientific study of the a. biology of behavior. b. brain. c. evolution of the brain. d. anatomy of the brain. e. chemistry underlying cognition. Answer: A Difficulty Level: Easy Topic: Defining Biopsychology Learning Objective: 1 .1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 8. Psychobiology, behavioral biology, and behaviora l neuroscience are all approximate synonyms for a. cognitive behavior. b. behavioral psychology. c. biopsychology. d. neurophysiology. e. neuroscience. Answer: C Difficulty Level: Moderate Topic: Defining Biopsychology Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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5 | P a g e 9. Psychology is defined as the scientific study of a. the physical determinants of behavior. b. behavior. c. emotional processes. d. the brain. e. learning and conditioning. Answer: B Difficulty Level: Easy Topic: Defining Biopsychology Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 10. The scientist who played a key role in the emer gence of biopsychology as a discipline by writing The Organization of Behavior was a. Roger Walcott Sperry. b. Donald Olding Hebb. c. Karl Spencer Lashley. d. Brenda Milner. e. Wilder Graves Penfield. Answer: B Difficulty Level: Moderate Topic: What Are the Origins of Biopsychology? Learning Objective: 1.2 Discuss the origins of the field of biopsychology. Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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