Biobehavioral Health 311 Exam 1
Practice Questions and Correct Answers
According to Purugganan & Hewitt (2016), which of the following are the best way(s) to
read a scientific article: ✅read with reflection and criticism
True or False: According to Purugganan & Hewitt (2016), most scientists read the study
findings first. ✅False
According to Purugganan & Hewitt (2016), abstracts usually contain _____ kinds of
information. What are they? ✅4 ; study purpose/rationale, study method, study results,
and conclusion
In relation to the abstract of an article, define the study purpose/rationale. ✅why the
study was conducted
In relation to the abstract of an article, define the study method. ✅how the study was
conducted
In relation to the abstract of an article, define the study results. ✅what the authors
found
In relation to the abstract of an article, define the conclusion. ✅what the findings of the
study mean
According to Purugganan & Hewitt (2016), effective readers of scientific articles do this
while reading an article because it improves recall and comprehension:
______________ ✅take notes
According to Purugganan & Hewitt (2016), most journals use a conventional IMRD
structure. IMRD refers to: ✅Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion
Which of the following statements is/are true regarding key words? ✅they help readers
searching online to find relevant articles, they help readers skimming an article to
determine whether they are interested in the topic of the article, and they follow (come
after) the abstract
According to Sapolsky (1997), __________ is the study of how behaviors affect biology
and biology affects behaviors. ✅behavioral biology
Sapolsky's (1997) book opens with Reinhold Niebuhr's serenity prayer which addresses
issues surrounding: ✅responsibility over one's behavior
, How has the cause of disease shifted in the last 100 years? ✅From infections to
behavior-related causes
True or False: One purpose of Sapolsky's (1997) book is to help people understand the
contributions of behavior to everyday human behavior. ✅True
True or False: According to Sapolsky (45-59), humans are typically considered to be a
"stable" species in terms of the "stable" vs "opportunistic" distinction described in this
chapter. ✅True
According to Sapolsky (63-74), what is a core, important contribution of work by
researchers Tversky and Kahneman? ✅One can present people with two choices that
are logically equivalent, yet one choice may be strongly and consistently preferred.
True or False: According to Sapolsky (77-90), groups of primates have an observable
pattern of adolescent transfer, which solves the problem of inbreeding. ✅True
After the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems, what is the 4th "system" that Ray
(2004) considers to be important in understanding how systems interact to influence our
health? ✅the mind
According to Sapolsky (93-100), what does the acronym DABDA stand for? ✅Denial,
Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
What was Adichie's single story of her family's house boy? ✅His family's poverty
What was the unintended consequence of Adichie growing up reading American and
British books? ✅She did not know that people like her could exist in literature
True or False: Ray (2004) considers the "behavioral system" as the 4th "system" after
the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems that are important in our understanding
how systems interact to influence our health. ✅False
True or False: According to Sapolsky (61-74), when thinking about life, people prefer
certainty; when thinking about death they prefer odds. ✅True
According to Anderson (1998), which of the following consists examples of variables
that could be considered behavioral/psychological level of analysis? ✅Emotion,
memory, cognition, substance use, stress coping mechanism
According to Anderson (1998), which of the following is defined as the interaction
between two or more levels of analysis, in which the variables within the levels affect
one another in a bidirectional manner? ✅Principle of reciprocal causation
