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Biopsychology, 11th edition by John P.J. Pinel Test Bank, Questions and Answers - All Chpters. PART I: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHOLOGY? Biopsychology as a Neuroscience PART II: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOPSYCHOLOGY Evolution, Genetics, and Experience Anatomy of the Nervous System Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transm...

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Chapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience

CHAPTER 1
BIOLOGY AS A NEUROSCIENCE: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHLOGY,
ANYWAY?

Total Assessment Guide (T.A.G.)
Question Remember the Understand the Apply What You
Topic
Type Facts Concepts Know
Multiple
1-4, 6-10, 13, 15, 16 5, 11, 12, 14
What Is Biopsychology? Choice
Fill-In 1-3
Essay 1
Multiple 17-21, 23-25, 27-31,
M

What Types of Research 22, 26 32
Choice 33, 34
Characterize the
Fill-In 4, 6 5
Biopsychological Approach?
ED

Essay 2, 3
Multiple
35, 36, 39-41, 43-49 37, 38, 42
What Are the Dvisions of Choice
Biopsychology? Fill-In 7-12
C

Essay 4, 5
Multiple
50-54, 56 55, 57
How Do Biopsychologists Choice
O

Conduct Their Work? Fill-In 13-15
Essay 6
N

Multiple
58-65
Thinking Critically about Choice
N

Biopsychological Claims Fill-In 16-18
Essay 7
O
IS
SE
U
R

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, Chapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience

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
M

Topic: Introduction
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
ED

APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
C

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

a. glial cells.
N

b. axons.
c. neurons.
N

d. oligodendroglia.
e. sulci.
O

Answer: C
IS

Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Introduction
SE

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.
U
R

2
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, Chapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience

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.
M

Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
ED

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

a. memory.
O

b. temperature regulation.
c. intellectual functioning.
N

d. allocation of attention.
e. ability to recognize faces.
N

Answer: A
O

Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Introduction
IS

Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
SE

APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
U
R

3
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, Chapter 1: Biopsychology as a Neuroscience

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
M

Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Four Major Themes of This Text
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define and discuss what is meant by biopsychology.
ED

Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
C

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

a. the clinical perspective.
N

b. biochemistry.
c. epigenetics.
N

d. neuroanatomy.
e. consciousness.
O

Answer: C
IS

Difficulty Level: Easy
Topic: Emerging Themes of This Text
SE

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.
U
R

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