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Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 CHAPTER 1 BIOPSYCHOLOGY AS A NEUROSCIENCE : WHAT IS BIOPSYCHOLOGY , ANYWAY ? 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 Diff: 2 Page Ref: 2 Topic: Chapter 1 Introduction 2) The human brain is composed of various cells, including about 100 billion that are specialized to receive and transmit electrochemical signals. These specialized cells are called A) glial cells. B) axons. C) neurons. D) oligodendroglia. E) sulci. Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: 2 Topic: Chapter 1 Introduction 3) The study of the nervous system is called A) neuroscience. B) psychology. C) biopsychology. D) neurochemistry. E) neurophysiology. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 2 Topic: Chapter 1 Introduction 4) Jimmie G., the man frozen in time, had a severe problem with his A) memory. B) temperature regulation. C) IQ. D) attention. E) ability to tell time. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 2 Topic: Chapter 1 Introduction 5) Which of the following is a major theme of your text? A) thinking creatively about biopsychology B) clinical implications C) the evolutionary perspective D) neuroplasticity E) all of the above Answer: E Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3 Topic: Chapter 1 Introduction Test Bank for Biopsychology , 8/e Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2 6) Research has now established that the brain is A) static. B) immutable. C) plastic. D) white. E) gray. Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3 Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology? 7) Biopsychology is the scientific study of the A) biology of behavior. B) brain. C) chemistry of the brain. D) biology of the brain. E) biology of cognition. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3 Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology? 8) Psychobiology, behavioral biology, and behavioral neuroscience are all approximate synonyms for A) cognitive behavior. B) behavioral psychology. C) biopsychology. D) neurophysiology. E) neuroscience. Answer: C Diff: 2 Page Ref: 3 Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology? 9) Psychology is often defined as the scientific study of A) psychophysics. B) behavior. C) biopsychology. D) the brain. E) conditioning. Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3 Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology? 10) The man who played a key role in the emergence of biopsychology as a discipline by writing “The Organization of Behavior ” is A) Sperry. B) Hebb. C) Lashley. D) Milner. E) Pinel. Answer: B Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4 Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology? 11) According to the textbook, the science of biopsychology as it is practiced today emerged a s a discipline in about A) 1549. B) 1649. C) 1749. D) 1849. E) 1949. Answer: E Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4 Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology? Chapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 3 12) Which of the following is the youngest scientific discipline? A) physics B) astrology C) biology D) biopsychology E) chemistry Answer: D Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4 Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology? 13) Biopsychology is a branch or division of A) neuropsychology. B) psychophysiology. C) neuroscience. D) all of the above E) both A and B Answer: C Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4 Topic: 1.2 Relation between Biopsychology and Other Disciplines 14) What distinguishes biopsychology from the other subdisciplines of neuroscience? A) its focus on the study of behavior B) its focus on animal subjects C) its focus on psychiatric disorders D) its focus on psychoactive drugs E) both C and D Answer: A Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4 Topic: 1.2 Relation between Biopsychology and Other Disciplines 15) Which subdiscipline of neuroscience focuses on the study of brain disorders? A) ethoexperimental psychology B) biopsychology C) developmental neurobiology D) neuropathology E) neuroendocrinology Answer: D Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4 Topic: 1.2 Relation between Biopsychology and Other Disciplines 16) Structure is to function as A) biopsychology is to psychology. B) neuroanatomy is to neurophysiology. C) neuropathology is to clinical psychology. D) neuroscience is to biopsychology. E) biopsychology is to neuroscience. Answer: B Diff: 3 Page Ref: 4 Topic: 1.2 Relation between Biopsychology and Other Disciplines 17) Which of the following animals are currently the most common subjects of biopsychological research? A) monkeys B) chimpanzees C) dogs D) rats E) cats Answer: D Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4 Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach Test Bank for Biopsychology , 8/e Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 4 18) The main difference between human brains and the brains of their mammalian relatives is th at human brains tend to be bigger and A) are white. B) are gray. C) have more cortex. D) have two hemispheres. E) both C and D Answer: C Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5 Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach 19) The comparison of brain-behavior relations in different species is called A) the comparative approach. B) ethology. C) biopsychology. D) evolutionary biology. E) none of the above Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5 Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach 20) An advantage of biopsychological research on nonhuman animals as opposed to humans is that A) the brains of nonhumans are simpler. B) there are fewer ethical constraints in studying nonhumans. C) research in several species makes it possible to use the comparative approach. D) all of the above E) none of the above Answer: D Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5 Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach 21) The advantage of humans over other primates as subjects in biopsychological research is that they A) are often cheaper. B) can report their subjective experiences. C) can follow verbal directions. D) all of the above E) both B and C Answer: D Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5 Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach 22) The term "within- subjects design" refers to experiments in which A) each subject is exposed to each condition of the experiment. B) a different group of subjects is tested in each condition of the experiment. C) some groups of subjects receive drug injections. D) invasive procedures are used, that is, those in which the internal physiology of the subjects is manipulated. E) either C or D Answer: A Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5 Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological Approach
