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BIOPSYCHOLOGY
11TH EDITION

CHAPTER 1: BIOLOGY AS A NEUROSCIENCE: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHLOGY,
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).

Answer: D
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Topic: Introduction
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.

2. The human brain is composed of various cells, including those specialized to receive and
transmit electrochemical signals, which are known as

a. glial cells.
b. axons.
c. neurons.
d. oligodendroglia.
e. sulci.

Answer: C
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Introduction
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.

,3. The scientific study of the nervous system is called

a. neuroscience.
b. psychology.
c. biopsychology.
d. neurochemistry.
e. neurophysiology.

Answer: A
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Introduction
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.

4. Jimmie G., “the man frozen in time” described in the chapter vignette, had a severe
problem with his

a. memory.
b. temperature regulation.
c. intellectual functioning.
d. allocation of attention.
e. ability to recognize faces.

Answer: A
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Introduction
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.

5. Eduardo wants to understand the development of the human brain by comparing it to the
brains of other species and theorizing about the environmental pressures that helped to
shape those brains over the long process of historical time. Which perspective on
biopsychology is Eduardo adopting?

a. historiography
b. conscious awareness perspective
c. clinical perspective
d. computational perspective
e. evolutionary perspective

Answer: E
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Four Major Themes of This Text
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.

,6. Understanding the ongoing interaction between genes and experience is the subject
matter of

a. the clinical perspective.
b. biochemistry.
c. epigenetics.
d. neuroanatomy.
e. consciousness.

Answer: C
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Emerging Themes of This Text
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.

7. Biopsychology is the scientific study of the

a. biology of behavior.
b. brain.
c. evolution of the brain.
d. anatomy of the brain.
e. chemistry underlying cognition.

Answer: A
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Defining Biopsychology Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by
biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.

8. Psychobiology, behavioral biology, and behavioral neuroscience are all approximate
synonyms for

a. cognitive behavior.
b. behavioral psychology.
c. biopsychology.
d. neurophysiology.
e. neuroscience.

Answer: C
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Topic: Defining Biopsychology
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.

, 9. Psychology is defined as the scientific study of

a. the physical determinants of behavior.
b. behavior.
c. emotional processes.
d. the brain.
e. learning and conditioning.

Answer: B
Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Defining Biopsychology
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.

10. The scientist who played a key role in the emergence of biopsychology as a discipline by
writing The Organization of Behavior was

a. Roger Walcott Sperry.
b. Donald Olding Hebb.
c. Karl Spencer Lashley.
d. Brenda Milner.
e. Wilder Graves Penfield.

Answer: B
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Topic: What Are the Origins of Biopsychology?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Discuss the origins of the field of biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.

11. The science of biopsychology, as it is practiced today, emerged as a discipline around the

a. 1890s.
b. 1920s.
c. 1960s.
d. 1980s.
e. 1940s.

Answer: E
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Topic: What Are the Origins of Biopsychology?
Learning Objective: 1.2 Discuss the origins of the field of biopsychology.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.

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