Test Bank
,Name: Class: Date:
Ch 01 What is Behavioral Neuroscience?
1. Biological psychology can be defined as the branch of psychology that studies the biological foundations of behavior,
emotions, and mental processes.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
2. Santiago Ramón y Cajal is best known for demonstrating that neurons generate electrical signals.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
3. The pathways of the brain can be studied using either myelin stains or horseradish peroxidase.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
4. Questions about the activity of the brain can be investigated using positron emission tomography (PET) and functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
5. Electroencephalograms (EEGs) were first developed and used by Raymond Damadian in Germany in 1924.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
6. Repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can be used to help treat those who suffer from auditory
hallucinations associated with schizophrenia.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
7. Microdialysis can be used to assess the chemicals present in a very small area of the brain.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
8. If the concordance rate for a psychological disorder is 60 percent, this means that genetics determine 60 percent of a
person’s risk and the environment contributes the other 40 percent.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
9. Stimulation of the brain using optogenetics is more precise than stimulation through surgically implanted electrodes.
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,Name: Class: Date:
Ch 01 What is Behavioral Neuroscience?
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
10. Federal guidelines for using human participants in research apply to all organizations and individuals receiving federal
funding.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
11. The fields of behavioral neuroscience and biological psychology
a. are unrelated to one another.
b. focus on different areas of the brain.
c. differ in the complexity of their respective levels of investigation.
d. are two different names for the same area of study.
ANSWER: d
12. Students planning to become mental health practitioners should learn about the biological basis of brain function so
they will be able to
a. relate every psychological disorder to its source in the nervous system.
b. cope with major health and well-being challenges facing contemporary global populations.
c. prescribe appropriate medications for all clients.
d. understand all of neuroscience as a foundation for understanding clients.
ANSWER: b
13. You are a licensed clinical counselor. A 35-year-old woman comes to you who has always been very optimistic and
cheerful but suddenly is extremely depressed. There has been no change in her life circumstances, and she is aware of
nothing that could be causing this depression. Given what you have learned so far, what is the first thing you might
suggest to her?
a. She should see her doctor and perhaps even a neurologist to rule out any underlying physical problem.
b. She probably has some deep underlying resentment of her parents that she needs to recognize before she can
get better.
c. The whole family should come in for therapy, as there is obviously something going on that is not obvious.
d. She should see a psychiatrist and get medication for the depression first and foremost; then talk therapy will
probably help her.
ANSWER: a
14. Trepanation is a(n)
a. ancient practice of drilling holes in a person’s skull.
b. type of mummification.
c. postmortem ritual.
d. technique involving the analysis of the bumps on the skull.
ANSWER: a
15. Scholars from what fourth century BCE civilization were the first to identify the brain as the source of sensation?
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Ch 01 What is Behavioral Neuroscience?
a. the Egyptians
b. the Greeks
c. the Romans
d. the Chinese
ANSWER: b
16. The process of trepanation
a. always killed the patient.
b. may have been done to release demons or relieve pressure.
c. appears to have been performed after a person died.
d. was first used during the sixteenth century in Europe.
ANSWER: b
17. The Egyptian author of the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus understood that
a. paralysis and lack of sensation in the body resulted from nervous system damage.
b. the brain is the source of every documented type of intelligence.
c. functions can be localized in the brain and the spinal cord, both of which comprise the central nervous system.
d. the brain is made up of trillions of separate cells.
ANSWER: a
18. The Egyptian author of the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus understood that
a. the ventricles are not the source of behavior.
b. epilepsy is a brain disturbance.
c. most nervous system damage is relatively permanent.
d. information about sensation and movement is carried by separate nerves.
ANSWER: c
19. Which of the following provide(s) evidence for early, accurate understanding of the function of the human brain?
a. phrenology
b. Egyptian mummification
c. the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus and the writings of Hippocrates
d. trepanation and the writings of Aristotle
ANSWER: c
20. Who correctly identified epilepsy as originating in the brain?
a. Galen
b. Aristotle
c. Herophilus
d. Hippocrates
ANSWER: d
21. Which of the following thinkers believed that the ventricles played an important role in transmitting information to
and from the brain?
a. Aristotle
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,Name: Class: Date:
Ch 01 What is Behavioral Neuroscience?
1. Biological psychology can be defined as the branch of psychology that studies the biological foundations of behavior,
emotions, and mental processes.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
2. Santiago Ramón y Cajal is best known for demonstrating that neurons generate electrical signals.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
3. The pathways of the brain can be studied using either myelin stains or horseradish peroxidase.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
4. Questions about the activity of the brain can be investigated using positron emission tomography (PET) and functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
5. Electroencephalograms (EEGs) were first developed and used by Raymond Damadian in Germany in 1924.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
6. Repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can be used to help treat those who suffer from auditory
hallucinations associated with schizophrenia.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
7. Microdialysis can be used to assess the chemicals present in a very small area of the brain.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
8. If the concordance rate for a psychological disorder is 60 percent, this means that genetics determine 60 percent of a
person’s risk and the environment contributes the other 40 percent.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
9. Stimulation of the brain using optogenetics is more precise than stimulation through surgically implanted electrodes.
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,Name: Class: Date:
Ch 01 What is Behavioral Neuroscience?
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
10. Federal guidelines for using human participants in research apply to all organizations and individuals receiving federal
funding.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
11. The fields of behavioral neuroscience and biological psychology
a. are unrelated to one another.
b. focus on different areas of the brain.
c. differ in the complexity of their respective levels of investigation.
d. are two different names for the same area of study.
ANSWER: d
12. Students planning to become mental health practitioners should learn about the biological basis of brain function so
they will be able to
a. relate every psychological disorder to its source in the nervous system.
b. cope with major health and well-being challenges facing contemporary global populations.
c. prescribe appropriate medications for all clients.
d. understand all of neuroscience as a foundation for understanding clients.
ANSWER: b
13. You are a licensed clinical counselor. A 35-year-old woman comes to you who has always been very optimistic and
cheerful but suddenly is extremely depressed. There has been no change in her life circumstances, and she is aware of
nothing that could be causing this depression. Given what you have learned so far, what is the first thing you might
suggest to her?
a. She should see her doctor and perhaps even a neurologist to rule out any underlying physical problem.
b. She probably has some deep underlying resentment of her parents that she needs to recognize before she can
get better.
c. The whole family should come in for therapy, as there is obviously something going on that is not obvious.
d. She should see a psychiatrist and get medication for the depression first and foremost; then talk therapy will
probably help her.
ANSWER: a
14. Trepanation is a(n)
a. ancient practice of drilling holes in a person’s skull.
b. type of mummification.
c. postmortem ritual.
d. technique involving the analysis of the bumps on the skull.
ANSWER: a
15. Scholars from what fourth century BCE civilization were the first to identify the brain as the source of sensation?
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, Name: Class: Date:
Ch 01 What is Behavioral Neuroscience?
a. the Egyptians
b. the Greeks
c. the Romans
d. the Chinese
ANSWER: b
16. The process of trepanation
a. always killed the patient.
b. may have been done to release demons or relieve pressure.
c. appears to have been performed after a person died.
d. was first used during the sixteenth century in Europe.
ANSWER: b
17. The Egyptian author of the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus understood that
a. paralysis and lack of sensation in the body resulted from nervous system damage.
b. the brain is the source of every documented type of intelligence.
c. functions can be localized in the brain and the spinal cord, both of which comprise the central nervous system.
d. the brain is made up of trillions of separate cells.
ANSWER: a
18. The Egyptian author of the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus understood that
a. the ventricles are not the source of behavior.
b. epilepsy is a brain disturbance.
c. most nervous system damage is relatively permanent.
d. information about sensation and movement is carried by separate nerves.
ANSWER: c
19. Which of the following provide(s) evidence for early, accurate understanding of the function of the human brain?
a. phrenology
b. Egyptian mummification
c. the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus and the writings of Hippocrates
d. trepanation and the writings of Aristotle
ANSWER: c
20. Who correctly identified epilepsy as originating in the brain?
a. Galen
b. Aristotle
c. Herophilus
d. Hippocrates
ANSWER: d
21. Which of the following thinkers believed that the ventricles played an important role in transmitting information to
and from the brain?
a. Aristotle
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