Biological Psychology 14th Edition By James W. Kalat TEST BANK ( Answers At The End Of Each Chapter)

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01_The_Cellular_Foundations_of_Behavior Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. What was the profound question posed by Gottfried Leibniz? a. What i... s the nature of matter and energy? b. Where do we go when we die? c. How can people learn to live together? d. Why is there something instead of nothing? 2. What is meant by the mind–body problem? a. Where in the body is the mind located? b. Why are certain types of brain activity conscious? c. What happens during an out-of-body experience? d. Do you mind what I do with your body? 3. What is biological psychology’s point of view? a. The only effective way to treat psychological problems is through medications. b. Evolution steadily makes us better and smarter. c. We behave as we do because of evolved brain mechanisms. d. Mind and brain are fundamentally separate entities. 4. When you touch something, where does the conscious perception occur? a. In your hand b. In your brain c. Between your hand and your brain d. In both your hand and your brain 5. What happens when you see something? a. You send sight rays out of your eyes. b. Light rays cause a response in your brain. c. You send out sight rays that bounce back to your eyes. d. Light rays cause your eyes to send out sight rays. 6. What does monism mean? a. Both heredity and environment contribute to differences in behavior. b. Both hemispheres of the brain contribute to mental experience. c. You can think about only one thing at a time. d. Brain activity and mental experience are the same thing. 7. What is the opposite of dualism? a. Vegetarianism b. Pacifism c. Monism d. Solipsism 8. Mental activity and certain types of brain activity are, so far as we can tell, inseparable. This statement is consistent Powered by Cognero Page 1 Name: Class: Date: 01_The_Cellular_Foundations_of_Behavior Powered by Cognero Page 2 with _____. a. Leibnitzism b. Descartism c. dualism d. monism 9. Your textbook lists which of these as one of the three points you should remember forever? a. Glutamate and GABA are the most abundant transmitters in the brain. b. The difference between human brains and other brains is mainly one of size. c. Mental activity and brain activity are inseparable. d. Ethical restraints put limits on what we can learn about the human brain. 10. Your textbook lists which of these as one of the three points you should remember forever? a. People differ in their sensations and behaviors because of brain differences. b. The transmission of an action potential depends on movements of sodium and potassium. c. The human brain is fundamentally different from that of all other species. d. Scientists agree that they will never understand the brain fully. 11. Which of these is NOT one of the types of explanation that biological psychologists use? a. The intention behind the behavior b. The brain mechanisms of the behavior c. How the behavior developed d. How the behavior evolved 12. What does a “functional” explanation of a behavior state? a. Why something evolved as it did b. How something develops during early life c. What intention someone has when doing something d. What brain chemistry produced an action 13. Moths fly away from a bat call because it triggers a reflex that turns the body. What type of explanation is this? a. Physiological b. Ontogenetic c. Evolutionary d. Functional 14. Moths turn away from anything they hear because that behavior enhances the chance of survival. What type of explanation is this? a. Physiological b. Ontogenetic c. Evolutionary d. Functional 15. A bird sings because testosterone has caused one part of its brain to grow. What type of explanation is this? a. Physiological Name: Class: Date: 01_The_Cellular_Foundations_of_Behavior Powered by Cognero Page 3 b. Ontogenetic c. Evolutionary d. Functional 16. A bird sings a particular song because it heard it during a sensitive period early in life. What type of explanation is this? a. Physiological b. Ontogenetic c. Evolutionary d. Functiona [Show More]

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