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PSYC 270 Final Exam | Complete Solutions (Verified) In a biopsychology experiment, there is only one systematic difference between the experimental conditions. this difference is manipulated by the experimenter and is called the: a) between-subject variable b) confounded variable c) within-subjec...
In a biopsychology experiment, there is only one systematic difference between the
experimental conditions. this difference is manipulated by the experimenter and is called
the:
a) between-subject variable
b) confounded variable
c) within-subject variable
d) dependent variable
e) independent variable
Which of the following is an example of a species-specific behaviour?
a) detect and interpret sensory signals
b) playing the guitar
c) feed, drink, and sleep
d) learning and behavioural change
e) reproductive behaviour
Class-common behaviours are:
a) behaviours performed by all humans
b) behaviours performed by rats and humans
c) behaviours performed by all members of a class of animals
d) the only behaviours of interest to biopsychologists
e) a, b, and c are all correct
f) all of the above are correct
Which sub-discipline of biopsychology is identified with the measurement of heart rate?
a) psychopharmacology
b) psychophysiology
c) neuropsychology
d) physiological psychology
e) experimental psychology
Thiamine-deficient rats display:
a) memory deficits
b) brain damage
c) excessive thirst
d) anxiety
e) both a) and b)
,The differences between the brains of humans and those of related species are more
______ than ______
a) superficial ; real
b) pronounced ; once thought
c) quantitative ; qualitative
d) qualitative ; quantitative
Which behavioural test is used to measure anxiety in rats?
a) the elevated plus maze
b) the water maze
c) the Y maze
d) the elevated A maze
e) none of the above
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a) measures of autonomic nervous system activity can be used to infer emotional states
b) internal psychological processes and emotion states are accessible only by means of
some overt behavioural expression
c) brain imaging techniques provide direct, causal evidence for psychological states
d) fear/anxiety in rodents can be estimate by specific behavioural tests
The visual system bases its perception of motion on a comparison between movement
of the image on the:
a) two retinas
b) retina and movement of the eyes
c) retina and the contraction of the eye muscles
d) retina and the neural commands sent from the brain to the eye muscles
e) cornea and its movement on the retina
A strength of the neuropsychological approach is that ______, whereas a weakness is
______
a) it focuses on non-human subjects; it focuses on nonhuman subjects usually
precludes experiments
b) it deals directly with human patients; it focuses on drug treatments
c) it deals directly with human patients ; its focus on human patients as subjects usually
precludes experiments
d) it focuses on nonhuman subjects ; it focuses on pharmacological mutations
The research of a biopsychologist working for a drug company would likely be:
a) largely pure
, b) completely pure
c) psychopharmalogical
d) applied
e) both c) and d)
Tony is testing the effectiveness of a new drug to improve the lives of people with
PTSD. What type of research is this?
a) correlational research
b) pure research
c) case-study research
d) applied research
e) beneficial research
Which of the following abilities lies at the core of human behaviour?
a) abstract thought
b) planning
c) reasoning
d) emotional responsiveness
e) complex movement
The main difference between human brains and the brains of their mammalian relatives
is that human brains tend to be bigger and:
a) whiter
b) all gray
c) have more cortex
d) have two hemispheres
e) both c) and d)
The corpus callosum is a:
a) neural pathway that connects the left and right hemispheres
b) large medical dictionary
c) part of the neocortex
d) membership directory of the Society for Neuroscience
e) source of hypothalamic hormones
Which of the following two factors produce similar effects on neuron structure?
a) stress and environmental enrichment
b) social housing and stress
c) stress and impoverished housing
d) exercise and impoverished housing
e) none of the above
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