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TEST BANK
Brain and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral
Neuroscience

Bob Garrett, and Gerald Hough
6th Edition

,Table of Contents

Chapter 01 What Is Behavioral Neuroscience 1
Chapter 02 Communication Within the Nervous System 41
Chapter 03 The Organization and Functions of the Nervous System 74
Chapter 04 The Methods and Ethics of Research 112
Chapter 05 Drugs Addiction and Reward 152
Chapter 06 Motivation and the Regulation of Internal States 191
Chapter 07 The Biology of Sex and Gender 231
Chapter 08 Emotion and Health 271
Chapter 09 Hearing and Language 309
Chapter 10 Vision and Visual Perception 340
Chapter 11 The Body Senses and Movement 380
Chapter 12 Learning and Memory 421
Chapter 13 Intelligence and Cognitive Functioning 462
Chapter 14 Psychological Disorders 503
Chapter 15 Sleep and Consciousness 543

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Chapter 01 What Is Behavioral Neuroscience?

True / False

1. Neuroscientists may be trained in biology, psychology, physiology, anatomy, neurology, chemistry, computer
science, or philosophy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy

2. The term “behavior” is reserved for overt actions when used by psychologists.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy

3. Psychology came into existence as a distinct discipline in 1879, when Wundt established the first psychology
laboratory.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy

4. Materialistic monism is the belief that the mind is a phenomenon produced by the workings of the nervous
system.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy

5. Descartes concluded the mind and body interacted in the pituitary gland.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy

6. Descartes argued that the inflation of a muscle by a fluid caused movement.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy



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7. Empiricism is the view that information can be obtained by reasoning alone.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy

8. Gustav Fritsch and Eduard Hitzig used electrical stimulation of the brain to produce movement.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy

9. Hermann von Helmholtz was the first to accurately measure the speed of conduction in nerves.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy

10. Luigi Galvani identified a region of the brain that he thought was necessary for hearing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy

11. According to the work done by Helmholtz, the speed of neural conduction is about the same as electricity.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy

12. Paul Broca identified a region of the brain that he thought was necessary for vision.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy

13. The case of Phineas Gage provided evidence in support of localization of brain function.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy


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14. Gall’s theory of phrenology has been supported by modern scientific studies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy

15. The Y chromosome is shorter than the X chromosome.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy

16. Over 99% of the genes in any two individuals, related or unrelated, are identical.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy

17. An individual can obtain genetic testing to see if they are predisposed to Huntington’s disease.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy

18. Patterns of gene expression remain constant throughout a person’s life.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy

19. Heritability is the percentage of variation in a given characteristic that can be attributed to genetics.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy

20. Heritability for schizophrenia ranges from 60% to 90%.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy


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21. Adoption studies have tended to underestimate the heritability of intelligence.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy

22. Psychologists no longer find it useful to talk about nature versus nurture.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy

23. Biological psychologists believe there is little hope that the mind-body question will ever be solved.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Medium

24. Genes have been unequivocally shown to cause behavior.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Medium

25. The fact that parent and offspring may differ is evidence against natural selection.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Medium

Multiple Choice

26. Behavioral neuroscience studies is ________________.
a. the legal freedom in the judicial system
b. how light creates energy
c. the relationship between behavior and the body
d. the interworking of a computer
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Easy

27. Behavioral neuroscientists study __________________.
a. diseases in the body

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b. the relationship between behavior and the body
c. bone structure of the body
d. the systems of the heart
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Easy

28. Which of the following terms can be used interchangeably with “behavioral neuroscience?”
a. psychology
b. biology
c. physiology
d. psychobiology
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Easy

29. Psychologists consider emotions, thoughts, memories, and observable acts to be characterized as
__________________.
a. cognitions
b. behaviors
c. physiology
d. biology
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Easy

30. The mind–brain question is concerned with __________________.
a. an unsolved question posed by early neuroscientists
b. the nature of the mind and its relation to the brain
c. the differences between psychology and physiology
d. an ongoing connection between biological factors
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Easy

31. The mind-brain problem was first debated by __________________.
a. psychologists in the late 1800s
b. philosophers in the fifth century BCE
c. Darwin’s followers in the late 1800s
d. neuroscientists in the 1990s
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Easy

32. Aristotle, a monist, joined the body and soul in his attempt to explain __________________.
a. memory, emotions, and reasoning
b. heart, lungs, and brain

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c. religion, law, and state
d. energy, light, and atoms
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Easy

33. The dualists faced difficulty in finding support for their views on how __________________.
a. a physical brain could result in mental processes
b. the mind could exist
c. the brain could exist
d. a nonphysical mind could impact a physical body
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Easy

34. Monists faced difficulty in finding support for their views regarding the mind and brain and how
__________________.
a. a physical brain could result in mental processes
b. the mind could exist
c. the brain could exist
d. a nonphysical mind could impact a physical body
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Easy

35. A(n) _______________ is a proposed mechanism to explain how something, usually more complex than the
proposed mechanism, works.
a. atom
b. model
c. mind
d. behavior
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Easy

36. A(n) _______________ can be in the form of a theory or a simplified organism, simulation, or system for
scientific study.
a. monist
b. behavior
c. atom
d. model
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Easy

37. Researchers have used computers to model that occur(s) ____________ in humans.
a. cognitive processes

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