Test Bank For Biological Psychology, 12th Edition by James W. Kalat
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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
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,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
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,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.
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, 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
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