1. Biological psychology can be defined as the branch of psychology that studies the biological foundations of behavior,
emotions, and mental processes.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Factual
2. Santiago Ramón y Cajal is best known for demonstrating that neurons generate electrical signals.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Factual
3. The pathways of the brain can be studied using either myelin stains or horseradish peroxidase.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Factual
4. Questions about the activity of the brain can be investigated using positron emission tomography (PET) and functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Factual
5. Electroencephalograms (EEG) were first developed and used by Raymond Damadian in Germany in 1924.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Factual
6. The use of repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can be used to help treating those who suffer
from auditory hallucinations associated with schizophrenia.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Factual
,7. Microdialysis can be used to assess the chemicals present in a very small area of the brain.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Factual
8. If the concordance rate for a psychological disorder is 60 percent, this means that genetics determine 60 percent of a
person’s risk and the environment contributes the other 40 percent.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Application
9. The only current source of stem cells is embryonic stem cells, which are usually at the blastocyst stage of
development.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Factual
10. Federal guidelines for using human participants in research apply to all organizations and individuals receiving federal
funding.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Factual
Multiple Choice
11. Biological psychology is best defined as the
a. study of the mind.
b. science of brain and behavior.
c. study of behavior and mental processes.
d. branch of psychology that studies the biological foundations of behavior, emotions, and mental processes.
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Factual
12. Given what you've learned in this course so far, it is important for you to learn about the brain if you want to
be a counselor and not a researcher because you need to
a. be able to diagnose mental illness when you talk to people.
b. be able to recognize the possibility of some kind of neurological condition behind what appears to be
psychological.
, c. be able to prescribe medications correctly for your clients.
d. know as much as a neuroscientist.
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Conceptual
13. You are a licensed clinical counselor. A 35-year-old woman comes to you who has always been very
optimistic and cheerful, but suddenly is extremely depressed. There has been no change in her life
circumstances, and she is aware of nothing that could be causing this depression. Given what you have learned
so far, what is the first thing you might suggest to her?
a. She should see her doctor for a complete physical, and perhaps even see a neurologist to rule out any
underlying physical problem.
b. She probably has some deep underlying resentment of her parents that she needs to admit to before she will
be able to get better.
c. The whole family should come in for therapy, as there is obviously something going on somewhere that is not
obvious.
d. She should see a psychiatrist and get medication for the depression first and foremost, then talk therapy will
probably be able to help her.
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
KEYWORDS: Application
14. Trepanation is a(an)
a. ancient practice of drilling holes in a person's skull.
b. type of mummification.
c. postmortem ritual.
d. technique involving the analysis of the bumps on the skull.
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Factual
15. During the process of mummification, early Egyptians discarded the
a. heart.
b. brain.
c. lungs.
d. stomach.
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Factual
16. The process of trepanation
a. always killed the patient.
b. may have been done to release demons or relieve feelings of pressure.
c. appears to have been performed after a person died.
d. was first used during the sixteenth century in Europe.
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Easy
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