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Test Bank For Biopsychology, 9th Edition - Page 1 preview imageTEST BANKBIOPSYCHOLOGYNinth EditionJohn P. J. PinelUniversityof British Columbia
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Test Bank For Biopsychology, 9th Edition - Page 3 preview imageCHAPTER1BIOPSYCHOLOGY AS ANEUROSCIENCE:WHATISBIOPSYCHOLOGY,ANYWAY?MULTIPLECHOICEQUESTIONS1) The human brain weighs aboutA) 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: DDiff: 2Page Ref: 2Topic: Chapter 1 IntroductionType: (Factual)2) The human brain is composed of various cells, including about 100 billion that are specialized toreceive and transmit electrochemical signals. These specialized cells are calledA) glial cells.B) axons.C) neurons.D) oligodendroglia.E) sulci.Answer: CDiff: 1Page Ref: 2Topic: Chapter 1 IntroductionType: (Factual)3) The study of the nervous system is calledA) neuroscience.B) psychology.C) biopsychology.D) neurochemistry.E) neurophysiology.Answer: ADiff: 1Page Ref: 2Topic: Chapter 1 IntroductionType: (Factual)4) Jimmie G., the man frozen in time, had a severe problem with hisA) memory.B) temperature regulation.C) IQ.D) attention.E) ability to tell time.Answer: ADiff: 1Page Ref: 3
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Test Bank For Biopsychology, 9th Edition - Page 4 preview imageTest Bank forBiopsychology, 9/e2Topic: Chapter 1 IntroductionType: (Factual)5) Which of the following is a major theme of your text?A) thinking creatively about biopsychologyB) clinical implicationsC) the evolutionary perspectiveD) neuroplasticityE) all of the aboveAnswer: EDiff: 1Page Ref: 3Topic: Chapter 1 IntroductionType: (Factual)6) Research has now established that the brain isA) static.B) immutable.C) plastic.D) white.E) gray.Answer: CDiff: 1Page Ref: 4Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?Type: (Factual)7) Biopsychology is the scientific study of theA) biology of behavior.B) brain.C) chemistry of the brain.D) biology of the brain.E) biology of cognition.Answer: ADiff: 1Page Ref: 4Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?Type: (Factual)8) Psychobiology, behavioral biology, and behavioral neuroscience are all approximate synonyms forA) cognitive behavior.B) behavioral psychology.C) biopsychology.D) neurophysiology.E) neuroscience.Answer: CDiff: 2Page Ref: 4Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?Type: (Factual)
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Test Bank For Biopsychology, 9th Edition - Page 5 preview imageChapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience39) Psychology is often defined as the scientific study ofA) psychophysics.B) behavior.C) biopsychology.D) the brain.E) conditioning.Answer: BDiff: 1Page Ref: 4Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?Type: (Factual)10) The man who played a key role in the emergence of biopsychology as a discipline by writing “TheOrganization of Behavior” isA) Sperry.B) Hebb.C) Lashley.D) Milner.E) Pinel.Answer: BDiff: 2Page Ref: 4Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?Type: (Factual)11) According to the textbook, the science of biopsychology as it is practiced today emerged as adiscipline in aboutA) 1549.B) 1649.C) 1749.D) 1849.E) 1949.Answer: EDiff: 2Page Ref: 4Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?Type: (Conceptual)Rationale: Although this question appears to be factual, the choices are so diverse that the student onlyhas to have a general concept of when biopsychology emerged to correctly answer the question.12) Which of the following is the youngest scientific discipline?A) physicsB) astrologyC) biologyD) biopsychologyE) chemistryAnswer: DDiff: 1Page Ref: 4Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?Type: (Conceptual)Rationale: To answer this question correctly, the student needs only a general concept of the relativebirth dates of the various disciplines. Astrology, of course, is not a science.
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Test Bank For Biopsychology, 9th Edition - Page 6 preview imageTest Bank forBiopsychology, 9/e413) Biopsychology is a branch or division ofA) neuropsychology.B) psychophysiology.C) neuroscience.D) all of the aboveE) both A and BAnswer: CDiff: 2Page Ref: 4Topic: 1.2 Relation between Biopsychology and Other DisciplinesType: (Factual)14) What distinguishes biopsychology from the other subdisciplines of neuroscience?A) its focus on the study of behaviorB) its focus on animal subjectsC) its focus on psychiatric disordersD) its focus on psychoactive drugsE) both C and DAnswer: ADiff: 2Page Ref: 4Topic: 1.2 Relation between Biopsychology and Other DisciplinesType: (Conceptual)Rationale: All of the options characterize biopsychology, but only A distinguishes it from the othersubdisciplines of neuroscience.15) Which subdiscipline of neuroscience focuses on the study of brain disorders?A) ethoexperimental psychologyB) biopsychologyC) developmental neurobiologyD) neuropathologyE) neuroendocrinologyAnswer: DDiff: 2Page Ref: 4Topic: 1.2 Relation between Biopsychology and Other DisciplinesType: (Factual)16) Structure of the nervous system is to function of the nervous system asA) 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: BDiff: 3Page Ref: 4Topic: 1.2 Relation between Biopsychology and Other DisciplinesType: (Factual)
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Test Bank For Biopsychology, 9th Edition - Page 7 preview imageChapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience517) Which of the following animals are currently the most common subjects of biopsychologicalresearch?A) monkeysB) chimpanzeesC) dogsD) rats and miceE) catsAnswer: DDiff: 2Page Ref: 4Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological ApproachType: (Factual)18) The main difference between human brains and the brains of their mammalian relatives is that humanbrains tend to be bigger andA) whiter.B) all gray.C) have more cortex.D) have two hemispheres.E) both C and DAnswer: CDiff: 2Page Ref: 5Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological ApproachType: (Factual)19) The comparison of brain-behavior relations in different species is calledA) the comparative approach.B) ethology.C) biopsychology.D) evolutionary biology.E) none of the aboveAnswer: ADiff: 1Page Ref: 5Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological ApproachType: (Factual)20) An advantage of biopsychological research on nonhuman animals as opposed to humans is thatA) 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 aboveE) none of the aboveAnswer: DDiff: 2Page Ref: 5Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological ApproachType: (Factual)
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Test Bank For Biopsychology, 9th Edition - Page 8 preview imageTest Bank forBiopsychology, 9/e621) The advantage of humans over other primates as subjects in biopsychological research is that theyA) are often cheaper.B) can report their subjective experiences.C) can follow verbal directions.D) all of the aboveE) none of the aboveAnswer: DDiff: 2Page Ref: 5Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological ApproachType: (Factual)22) The term "within-subjects design" refers to experiments in whichA) 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 ismanipulated.E) either C or DAnswer: ADiff: 2Page Ref: 5Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological ApproachType: (Factual)23) In a successful experiment, the independent variable affects theA) confounded variable.B) dependent variable.C) correlated variable.D) all of the aboveE) none of the aboveAnswer: BDiff: 2Page Ref: 5Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological ApproachType: (Factual)24) In a well-designed experiment, there is only one systematic difference between the conditions. Thisdifference is manipulated by the experimenter and is called theA) between-subject variable.B) within-subject variable.C) dependent variable.D) independent variable.E) confounded variable.Answer: DDiff: 1Page Ref: 5Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological ApproachType: (Factual)
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Test Bank For Biopsychology, 9th Edition - Page 9 preview imageChapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience725) Which of the following makes it difficult to make causal interpretations of experimental results?A) independent variablesB) dependent variablesC) constant variablesD) confounded variablesE) none of the aboveAnswer: DDiff: 2Page Ref: 6Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological ApproachType: (Factual)26) The Coolidge effect refers to the fact thatA) rats often gorzalka after sex.B) a sexually-fatigued animal will often resume sexual activity if its current partner is replaced with anew one.C) the members of some species do not become sexually fatigued.D) male animals tend to become sexually fatigued.E) prolonged copulation is more difficult for males.Answer: BDiff: 2Page Ref: 6Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological ApproachType: (Factual)27) The experiment of Lester and Gorzalka (1988) is significant because it constitutes the first strongevidence of a Coolidge effect inA) females.B) humans.C) nonhumans.D) hamsters.E) rats.Answer: ADiff: 2Page Ref: 6Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological ApproachType: (Factual)28) The posture of lordosis in a female rodent indicates that sheA) is looking for food.B) will attack if provoked.C) is defending a litter of pups.D) is sexually receptive.E) is sexually fatigued.Answer: DDiff: 2Page Ref: 6Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological ApproachType: (Factual)
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Test Bank For Biopsychology, 9th Edition - Page 10 preview imageTest Bank forBiopsychology, 9/e829) In some studies, subjects are not assigned to particular conditions; instead subjects are selectedbecause they are already living under these conditions (e.g., alcohol consumers and alcoholnonconsumers). Such studies areA) quasiexperiments.B) case studies.C) true experiments.D) randomized experiments.E) unethical.Answer: ADiff: 2Page Ref: 7Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological ApproachType: (Factual)30) A major shortcoming of case-study research is thatA) it is always done on sick people.B) it cannot be applied to laboratory animals.C) it is too general.D) the degree to which the results can be generalized is unclear.E) both A and BAnswer: DDiff: 2Page Ref: 7Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological ApproachType: (Factual)31) Research that is intended to bring about direct benefit to humankind isA) biopsychological research.B) pure research.C) case-study research.D) applied research.E) correlational research.Answer: DDiff: 1Page Ref: 7Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological ApproachType: (Applied)Rationale: This question requires students to understand the meaning of applied research.32) The corpus callosum is aA) large medical dictionary.B) source of hypothalamic hormones.C) membership directory of the Society for Neuroscience.D) part of the neocortex.E) neural pathway that connects the left and right hemispheres.Answer: EDiff: 3Page Ref: 7Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological ApproachType: (Factual)
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Test Bank For Biopsychology, 9th Edition - Page 11 preview imageChapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience933) What do Hubel, Sperry, Axelrod, Moniz, Pavlov, and Golgi have in common? They are allA) biopsychologists.B) neuroanatomists.C) neuropsychologists.D) psychologists.E) Nobel Prize winners.Answer: EDiff: 3Page Ref: 8Topic: 1.3 Types of Research in the Biopsychological ApproachType: (Factual)34) Which of the following is not regarded as one of the major divisions of biopsychology?A) physiological psychologyB) clinical psychologyC) neuropsychologyD) psychophysiologyE) psychopharmacologyAnswer: BDiff: 2Page Ref: 8-9Topic: 1.4 What Are the Divisions of Biopsychology?Type: (Factual)35) The division of biopsychology that studies the neural mechanisms of behavior through the directmanipulation of the brains of laboratory animals in controlled experiments isA) physiological psychology.B) psychophysiology.C) neuropsychology.D) cognitive neuroscience.E) both A and BAnswer: ADiff: 3Page Ref: 9Topic: 1.4 What Are the Divisions of Biopsychology?Type: (Factual)36) The research of a biopsychologist working for a drug company would likely beA) largely pure.B) completely pure.C) psychopharmacological.D) applied.E) both C and DAnswer: EDiff: 3Page Ref: 9Topic: 1.4 What Are the Divisions of Biopsychology?Type: (Conceptual)Rationale: The answer is not in the text; the student must infer the correct answer from concepts ofapplied research and psychopharmacology.
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Test Bank For Biopsychology, 9th Edition - Page 12 preview imageTest Bank forBiopsychology, 9/e1037) Which subdivision of biopsychology is most likely to be identified with an experiment in which theeffects of Prozac on the ability of mice to learn a maze is studied?A) experimental psychologyB) psychopharmacologyC) psychophysiologyD) physiological psychologyE) neuropsychologyAnswer: BDiff: 2Page Ref: 9Topic: 1.4 What Are the Divisions of Biopsychology?Type: (Conceptual)Rationale: The answer is not in the text; the student must infer the correct answer from a concept ofpsychopharmacology.38) Which subdiscipline of biopsychology is most likely to be identified with the assessment of thememory deficits of patients with damage to the frontal portions of the neocortex?A) neuropsychologyB) physiological psychologyC) psychopharmacologyD) experimental psychologyE) psychophysiologyAnswer: ADiff: 2Page Ref: 9Topic: 1.4 What Are the Divisions of Biopsychology?Type: (Factual)39) The cerebral cortex is the outermost layer of theA) brain.B) cerebellum.C) great cerebral commissure.D) cerebral hemispheres.E) all of the aboveAnswer: DDiff: 1Page Ref: 9Topic: 1.4 What Are the Divisions of Biopsychology?Type: (Factual)40) Which subdiscipline of biopsychology is identified with the measurement of scalp EEG activity andANS activity in humans?A) psychophysiologyB) experimental psychologyC) physiological psychologyD) neuropsychologyE) psychopharmacologyAnswer: ADiff: 2Page Ref: 9Topic: 1.4 What Are the Divisions of Biopsychology?Type: (Factual)
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Test Bank For Biopsychology, 9th Edition - Page 13 preview imageChapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience1141) In psychophysiology, the usual measure of brain activity is theA) EKG.B) ANS.C) EEG.D) electroencephalogram.E) both C and DAnswer: EDiff: 2Page Ref: 9Topic: 1.4 What Are the Divisions of Biopsychology?Type: (Conceptual)Rationale: The student must understand that C and D are equivalent to identify the correct answer.42)Many schizophrenics haveA) regular EEG waves.B) irregular heartbeats.C) difficulty in the smooth visual tracking ofregularly moving objects.D) both A and BE) none of the aboveAnswer: CDiff: 2Page Ref: 10Topic: 1.4 What Are the Divisions of Biopsychology?Type: (Factual)43) A term that refers to higher intellectual processes such as thought, memory, and attention isA) "cognition."B) "motivation."C) "emotions."D) "prosody."E) "IQ."Answer: ADiff: 1Page Ref: 10Topic: 1.4 What Are the Divisions of Biopsychology?Type: (Factual)44) The major method of cognitive neuroscience isA) single cell recording.B) the electrocardiogram.C) the ethological approach.D) the electrooculogram.E) none of the aboveAnswer: EDiff: 3Page Ref: 10Topic: 1.4 What Are the Divisions of Biopsychology?Type: (Factual)Rationale: The correct answer is functional brain imaging, which is not one of the choices.
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Test Bank For Biopsychology, 9th Edition - Page 14 preview imageTest Bank forBiopsychology, 9/e1245) The major method of cognitive neuroscience isA) functional brain imaging.B) structural brain imaging.C) autonomic nervous system recording.D) the ethological approach.E) the intelligence test.Answer: ADiff: 2Page Ref: 10Topic: 1.4 What Are the Divisions of Biopsychology?Type: (Factual)46) Common participants in the conduct of cognitive neuroscientific research areA) cognitive psychologists.B) computer experts.C) biopsychologists.D) mathematicians.E) all of the aboveAnswer: EDiff: 2Page Ref: 11Topic: 1.4 What Are the Divisions of Biopsychology?Type: (Factual)47) According to the text, the division of biopsychology that deals generally with the biology ofbehavior, rather than specifically with the neural mechanisms of behavior, isA) physiological psychology.B) psychobiology.C) neural biology.D) comparative psychology.E) none of the aboveAnswer: DDiff: 3Page Ref: 11Topic: 1.4 What Are the Divisions of Biopsychology?Type: (Factual)48) Some comparative psychologists study behavior in the laboratory, whereas others conductA) ethological research.B) case studies.C) experiments.D) applied research.E) converging operations.Answer: ADiff: 3Page Ref: 11Topic: 1.4 What Are the Divisions of Biopsychology?Type: (Factual)
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Test Bank For Biopsychology, 9th Edition - Page 15 preview imageChapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience1349) Scientific progress is most likely when different approaches are focused on a single problem,particularly when the strengths of one approach compensate for the weaknesses of the others. This iscalledA) converging operations.B) comparative analysis.C) critical thinking.D) scientific inference.E) functional imaging.Answer: ADiff: 2Page Ref: 12Topic: 1.5 How Do Biopsychologists Work Together?Type: (Factual)50) The primary symptom of Korsakoff's syndrome isA) severe memory loss.B) epilepsy.C) insomnia.D) dehydration.E) obesity.Answer: ADiff: 1Page Ref: 12Topic: 1.5 How Do Biopsychologists Work Together?Type: (Factual)51) Experimental evidence suggests that the brain damage commonly observed in people who consume alot of alcohol is caused byA) the direct toxic effects of alcohol on the brain.B) thiamine deficiency.C) vitamin B1deficiency.D) all of the aboveE) both A and BAnswer: DDiff: 3Page Ref: 12Topic: 1.5 How Do Biopsychologists Work Together?Type: (Factual)Rationale: If the student understands that B and C are identical, only D is a reasonable answer.52) Scientists in many fields study the unobservableA) with electron microscopes.B) with microelectrodes.C) by scientific inference.D) by direct observation.E) by direct measurement.Answer: CDiff: 2Page Ref: 13Topic: 1.6 How Do Biopsychologists Study the Unobservable?Type: (Factual)Rationale: C is by far the best answer because A and C are not used in many fields.
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Test Bank For Biopsychology, 9th Edition - Page 16 preview imageTest Bank forBiopsychology, 9/e1453) Scientists study past ice ages, evolution, neural inhibition, gravity, evaporation, and thinking byA) neuroscience.B) scientific inference.C) generalization.D) operational sets.E) direct observation.Answer: BDiff: 1Page Ref: 13Topic: 1.6 How Do Biopsychologists Study the Unobservable?Type: (Factual)54) If an object is moving to the left at a constant speed and you are rotating your eyes to the left at twicethe speed, you will see the object movingA) to the right at the same speed.B) to the right at twice the speed.C) to the right at half the speed.D) to the left.E) back and forth.Answer: DDiff: 3Page Ref: 13Topic: 1.6 How Do Biopsychologists Study the Unobservable?Type: (Conceptual)Rationale: The student could answer correctly from rote memory or from a concept of the relationbetween eye movement and the visual perception of motion. The participant would see the object as itactually moves (i.e. to the left), independent of eye movement.55) The visual system bases its perception of motion on a comparison between movement of the imageon theA) retina and the neural commands sent from the brain to the eye muscles.B) cornea and its movement on the retina.C) retina and contractions of the eye muscles.D) retina and movement of the eyes.E) two retinas.Answer: ADiff: 3Page Ref: 14Topic: 1.6 How Do Biopsychologists Study the Unobservable?Type: (Factual)56) A volunteer with curarized eye muscles, who viewed a stationary target, saw the target moveA) in the direction opposite to the direction in which his eyes drifted.B) in the direction opposite to the direction in which he attempted to move his eyes.C) in the same direction as he attempted to move his eyes.D) rapidly back and forth.E) rapidly up and down.Answer: CDiff: 3Page Ref: 13-14Topic: 1.6 How Do Biopsychologists Study the Unobservable?
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