Biopsychology
Author: by John Pinel, Steven Barnes (11Th Edition)
,Table of Contents
PART I: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHOLOGY?
Chapter 1. Biopsychology as a Neuroscience
PART II: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOPSYCHOLOGY
Chapter 2. Evolution, Genetics, and Experience
Chapter 3. Anatomy of the Nervous System
Chapter 4. Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission
Chapter 5. The Research Methods of Biopsychology
PART III: SENSORY AND MOTOR SYSTEMS
Chapter 6. The Visual System
Chapter 7. Sensory Systems, Perception, and Attention
Chapter 8. The Sensorimotor System
PART IV: BRAIN PLASTICITY
Chapter 9. Development of the Nervous System
Chapter 10. Brain Damage and Neuroplasticity
Chapter 11. Learning, Memory, and Amnesia
PART V: BIOPSYCHOLOGY OF MOTIVATION
Chapter 12. Hunger, Eating, and Health
Chapter 13. Hormones and Sex
Chapter 14. Sleep, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythms
Chapter 15. Drug Use, Drug Addiction, and the Brain’s Reward Circuits
PART VI: DISORDERS OF COGNITION AND EMOTION
Chapter 16. Lateralization, Language, and the Split Brain
Chapter 17. Biopsychology of Emotion, Stress, and Health
Chapter 18. Biopsychology of Psychiatric Disorders
,CHAPTER 1
BIOPSYCHOLOGY AS A NEUROSCIENCE: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHOLOGY,
ANYWAY?
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. The Human Brain Weighs About
a. 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).
2. The Human Brain Is Composed Of Various Cells, Including About 100 Billion That
Are Specialized To Receive And Transmit Electrochemical Signals. These Specialized
Cells Are Called
a. Glial Cells.
b. Axons.
c. Neurons.
d. Oligodendroglia.
e. Sulci.
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