BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY 14TH EDITION
COMPLETE TEST BANK 2026 ALL CHAPTERS
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ neuroscience. Answer: The study of the nervous system.
◉ conserved. Answer: In the context of evolution, referring to a trait
that is passed on from a common ancestor to two or more
descendant species.
◉ ontogeny. Answer: The process by which an individual changes in
the course of its lifetime--that is, grows up and grows old.
◉ somatic intervention. Answer: An approach to finding relations
between body variables and behavioral variables that involves
manipulating body structure or function and looking for resultant
changes in behavior.
◉ independent variable. Answer: The factor that is manipulated by
an experimenter.
,◉ dependent variable. Answer: The factor that an experimenter
measures to monitor a change in response to changes in an
independent variable.
◉ behavioral intervention. Answer: An approach to finding relations
between body variables and behavioral variables that involves
intervening in the behavior of an organism and looking for resultant
changes in body structure or function.
◉ correlation. Answer: the covariation of two measures.
◉ neuroplasticity or neural plasticity. Answer: The ability of the
nervous system to change in response to experience or the
environment.
◉ reductionism. Answer: The scientific strategy of breaking down
into increasingly smaller parts in order to understand it.
◉ levels of analysis. Answer: The scope of experimental approaches.
A scientist may try to understand behavior by monitoring molecules,
nerve cells, brain regions, or social environments, or some
combination of these levels of analysis.
, ◉ dualism. Answer: The notion, promoted by Rene Descartes, that
the mind is subject only to spiritual interactions, while the body is
subject only to material interactions.
◉ phrenology. Answer: The belief that bumps on the skull reflect
enlargements of brain regions responsible for certain behavioral
faculties.
◉ consciousness. Answer: The state of awareness of one's own
existence and experience.
◉ neuron or nerve cell. Answer: The basic unit of the nervous
system, each composed of a cell body, receptive extensions(s)
(dendrites), and a transmitting extension (axon).
◉ neuron doctrine. Answer: The hypothesis that the brain is
composed of separate cells that are distinct structurally,
metabolically, and functionally.
◉ synapse. Answer: The tiny gap between neurons where
information is passed from one to the other.
◉ glial cells. Answer: Also called glia or neuroglia. Nonneuronal
brain cells that provide structural, nutritional, and other types of
support to the brain.
COMPLETE TEST BANK 2026 ALL CHAPTERS
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ neuroscience. Answer: The study of the nervous system.
◉ conserved. Answer: In the context of evolution, referring to a trait
that is passed on from a common ancestor to two or more
descendant species.
◉ ontogeny. Answer: The process by which an individual changes in
the course of its lifetime--that is, grows up and grows old.
◉ somatic intervention. Answer: An approach to finding relations
between body variables and behavioral variables that involves
manipulating body structure or function and looking for resultant
changes in behavior.
◉ independent variable. Answer: The factor that is manipulated by
an experimenter.
,◉ dependent variable. Answer: The factor that an experimenter
measures to monitor a change in response to changes in an
independent variable.
◉ behavioral intervention. Answer: An approach to finding relations
between body variables and behavioral variables that involves
intervening in the behavior of an organism and looking for resultant
changes in body structure or function.
◉ correlation. Answer: the covariation of two measures.
◉ neuroplasticity or neural plasticity. Answer: The ability of the
nervous system to change in response to experience or the
environment.
◉ reductionism. Answer: The scientific strategy of breaking down
into increasingly smaller parts in order to understand it.
◉ levels of analysis. Answer: The scope of experimental approaches.
A scientist may try to understand behavior by monitoring molecules,
nerve cells, brain regions, or social environments, or some
combination of these levels of analysis.
, ◉ dualism. Answer: The notion, promoted by Rene Descartes, that
the mind is subject only to spiritual interactions, while the body is
subject only to material interactions.
◉ phrenology. Answer: The belief that bumps on the skull reflect
enlargements of brain regions responsible for certain behavioral
faculties.
◉ consciousness. Answer: The state of awareness of one's own
existence and experience.
◉ neuron or nerve cell. Answer: The basic unit of the nervous
system, each composed of a cell body, receptive extensions(s)
(dendrites), and a transmitting extension (axon).
◉ neuron doctrine. Answer: The hypothesis that the brain is
composed of separate cells that are distinct structurally,
metabolically, and functionally.
◉ synapse. Answer: The tiny gap between neurons where
information is passed from one to the other.
◉ glial cells. Answer: Also called glia or neuroglia. Nonneuronal
brain cells that provide structural, nutritional, and other types of
support to the brain.
