1. What modern invention has the brain been compared to in terms of storage capacity?
a. a Google server
b. a smartphone
c. the Internet
d. a compact disc Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-2: Describe the contributions o
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1. What modern invention has the brain been compared to in terms of storage capacity?
a. a Google server
b. a smartphone
c. the Internet
d. a compact disc Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-2: Describe the contributions of philosophers and scientists to the development of behavioral neuroscience as a field of study
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What is Behavioral Neuroscience? Difficulty Level: Easy
2. The decade of the 1990s was designated as the decade of .
a. the brain
b. the mind
c. cognition
d. behavior Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-3: Identify the role of physiologists in the establishment of modern-day behavioral neuroscience
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What is Behavioral Neuroscience? Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Which of the following is a recent discovery in the field of behavioral neuroscience?
a. The cause of depression has been identified.
b. Dementia has been cured.
c. The brain area responsible for consciousness has been identified.
d. Genes for schizophrenia have been identified. Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1-3: Identify the role of physiologists in the establishment of modern-day behavioral neuroscience
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What is Behavioral Neuroscience? Difficulty Level: Easy
4. What do behavioral neuroscientists study?
a. the relationship between the body and the brain
b. the relationship between behavior and the body
c. the structure of the body
d. the rules that describe how behavior is modifiable by experience Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-2: Describe the contributions of philosophers and scientists to the development of behavioral neuroscience as a field of study
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Origins of Behavioral Neuroscience Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Which of the following terms can be used interchangeably with “behavioral neuroscience”?
a. psychology
b. biology
c. behavioral genetics
d. psychobiology Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1-2: Describe the contributions of philosophers and scientists to the development of behavioral neuroscience as a field of study
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Origins of Behavioral Neuroscience Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Psychologists consider emotions, thoughts, memories, and observable acts to be characterized as .
a. cognitions
b. behaviors
c. processes
d. mysteries of the mind Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-2: Describe the contributions of philosophers and scientists to the development of behavioral neuroscience as a field of study
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Origins of Behavioral Neuroscience Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Which of the following would be a question that a behavioral neuroscientist would investigate?
a. Which neurotransmitter systems are responsible for the development of drug addiction?
b. Which muscles focus the eye on a moving object?
c. Is there a genetic predisposition for cancer?
d. What are the diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder? Ans: A
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