Brain & Behavior Test 1 Study Guide
(FSU)
"mind-brain" problem correct answers biological explanations of behavior raise issue of
the relationship between mental activity and the brain
("mental" vs. "physical" brain)
Biological psychology correct answers the study of the physiological, evolutionary and
developmental mechanisms of behavior and experience
Central Nervous System
(CNS) correct answers The brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) correct answers All of the processes radiating out
beyond the brain and spinal cord constitute the peripheral nervous system
What is the nervous system composed of? correct answers Cells called neurons and
glia
Neurons in the brain communicate with one another with... correct answers -sensory
receptors in the skin.
-muscles.
-internal body organs.
Cortex correct answers heavily folded layer of brain tissue composed of neurons
Forebrain correct answers prominent in mammals and birds, responsible for behavior
Brainstem correct answers source of behavior in simpler animals,
responsible for most of our unconscious behaviors
True or False?
The brain can be conscious to a great extent in the absence of overt behavior? correct
answers True
Locked-In Syndrome correct answers Condition in which a patient is aware and awake
but cannot move or communicate verbally because of complete paralysis of nearly all
voluntary muscles
Behavior correct answers Patterns in time (ie. Movements, Vocalizations, Thinking)
, Behavior can be produced by being... correct answers Inherited and Learned (usually a
mix of both)
Relatively fixed (innate) behaviors depend on... correct answers Hereditary
Relatively flexible behaviors depend on... correct answers Learning
Simple Nervous Systems have a (Narrow/Wide) range of behavior correct answers
Narrow
Complex Nervous Systems have a (Narrow/Wide) range of behavior correct answers
Wide
Mentalism correct answers An explanation of behavior as a function of the nonmaterial
mind
Aristotle correct answers Mentalism
Believed brain cooled the blood and had no role in behavior
Psyche correct answers Synonym for mind; entity proposed to be source of human
behavior (Aristotle)
Dualism (Descartes & most non-scientists) correct answers both a nonmaterial mind
and the material body contribute to behavior
René Descartes correct answers Dualism
Nonmaterial mind directs rational behavior
Body and Brain direct all other behavior via mechanical and physical properties
(sensation, movement, digestion)
Monism / Materialism (most neuroscientists) correct answers Behavior can be
explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind
Mendelian Genetics correct answers Natural selection and heritable factors
Gregor Mendel (19th century monk) correct answers discovered one principle
underlying variation and how traits pass from parents to their offspring.
(Inheritance occurs through genes)
Chromosomes correct answers strands of genes that come in pairs
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) correct answers makes up chromosomes
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) correct answers single strand chemical that can serve as a
template/ model for the synthesis of proteins
(FSU)
"mind-brain" problem correct answers biological explanations of behavior raise issue of
the relationship between mental activity and the brain
("mental" vs. "physical" brain)
Biological psychology correct answers the study of the physiological, evolutionary and
developmental mechanisms of behavior and experience
Central Nervous System
(CNS) correct answers The brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) correct answers All of the processes radiating out
beyond the brain and spinal cord constitute the peripheral nervous system
What is the nervous system composed of? correct answers Cells called neurons and
glia
Neurons in the brain communicate with one another with... correct answers -sensory
receptors in the skin.
-muscles.
-internal body organs.
Cortex correct answers heavily folded layer of brain tissue composed of neurons
Forebrain correct answers prominent in mammals and birds, responsible for behavior
Brainstem correct answers source of behavior in simpler animals,
responsible for most of our unconscious behaviors
True or False?
The brain can be conscious to a great extent in the absence of overt behavior? correct
answers True
Locked-In Syndrome correct answers Condition in which a patient is aware and awake
but cannot move or communicate verbally because of complete paralysis of nearly all
voluntary muscles
Behavior correct answers Patterns in time (ie. Movements, Vocalizations, Thinking)
, Behavior can be produced by being... correct answers Inherited and Learned (usually a
mix of both)
Relatively fixed (innate) behaviors depend on... correct answers Hereditary
Relatively flexible behaviors depend on... correct answers Learning
Simple Nervous Systems have a (Narrow/Wide) range of behavior correct answers
Narrow
Complex Nervous Systems have a (Narrow/Wide) range of behavior correct answers
Wide
Mentalism correct answers An explanation of behavior as a function of the nonmaterial
mind
Aristotle correct answers Mentalism
Believed brain cooled the blood and had no role in behavior
Psyche correct answers Synonym for mind; entity proposed to be source of human
behavior (Aristotle)
Dualism (Descartes & most non-scientists) correct answers both a nonmaterial mind
and the material body contribute to behavior
René Descartes correct answers Dualism
Nonmaterial mind directs rational behavior
Body and Brain direct all other behavior via mechanical and physical properties
(sensation, movement, digestion)
Monism / Materialism (most neuroscientists) correct answers Behavior can be
explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind
Mendelian Genetics correct answers Natural selection and heritable factors
Gregor Mendel (19th century monk) correct answers discovered one principle
underlying variation and how traits pass from parents to their offspring.
(Inheritance occurs through genes)
Chromosomes correct answers strands of genes that come in pairs
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) correct answers makes up chromosomes
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) correct answers single strand chemical that can serve as a
template/ model for the synthesis of proteins
