Biological Psychology – Complete Test Bank
with Chapter-Aligned Questions
This is the: Mind-brain problem or mind-body problem - answers-What is the relationship
between mental experience and brain activity?
Biological Psychology - answers-Is the study of the physiological, evolutionary, and
developmental mechanisms of behavior and experience.
Physiological Explanation - answers-- Relates a behavior to the activity of the brain and other
organs.
- Deals with the machinery of the body, for example, the chemical reactions that enable
hormones to influence brain activity and the routes by which brain activity controls muscle
contractions.
Evolutionary Explanation - answers-Reconstructs the evolutionary history of a structure or
behavior. The characteristic features of an animal are almost always modifications of something
found in ancestral species.
Functional Explanation - answers-Describes WHY a structure or behavior evolved as it did.
DNA - answers-Deoxyribonucleic Acid
- serves as a template for the synthesis of RNA
- contains four "bases," in any order (which in turn determines the order of corresponding bases
along an RNA molecule):
1. Adenine
2. Guanine
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, 3. Cytosine
4. Thymine
RNA - answers-RiboNucleic Acid (RNA)
- A single-stranded chemical synthesized according to DNA instructions
- Four "bases" of an RNA molecule:
1. Adenine
2. Guanine
3. Cytosine
4. Uracil
- The order of these bases along an RNA molecule in turn determines the order of amino acids
that compose a protein.
- For Example:
If three RNA bases are, in order, cytosine, adenine, and guanine, then the protein adds the
amino acid glutamine. If the next three RNA bases are uracil, guanine, and guanine, the next
amino acid on the protein is tryptophan.
Proteins - answers-In total, proteins consist of 20 amino acids, and the order of this amino acids
depends on the order of DNA and RNA bases.
Gene - answers-- Portion of a chromosome
- Come in pairs because they are aligned along chromosomes that also come in pairs.
- Are dominant, recessive, or intermediate.
Dominant Gene - answers-Shows strong effect in either homozygous or heterozygous condition.
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with Chapter-Aligned Questions
This is the: Mind-brain problem or mind-body problem - answers-What is the relationship
between mental experience and brain activity?
Biological Psychology - answers-Is the study of the physiological, evolutionary, and
developmental mechanisms of behavior and experience.
Physiological Explanation - answers-- Relates a behavior to the activity of the brain and other
organs.
- Deals with the machinery of the body, for example, the chemical reactions that enable
hormones to influence brain activity and the routes by which brain activity controls muscle
contractions.
Evolutionary Explanation - answers-Reconstructs the evolutionary history of a structure or
behavior. The characteristic features of an animal are almost always modifications of something
found in ancestral species.
Functional Explanation - answers-Describes WHY a structure or behavior evolved as it did.
DNA - answers-Deoxyribonucleic Acid
- serves as a template for the synthesis of RNA
- contains four "bases," in any order (which in turn determines the order of corresponding bases
along an RNA molecule):
1. Adenine
2. Guanine
1
, 3. Cytosine
4. Thymine
RNA - answers-RiboNucleic Acid (RNA)
- A single-stranded chemical synthesized according to DNA instructions
- Four "bases" of an RNA molecule:
1. Adenine
2. Guanine
3. Cytosine
4. Uracil
- The order of these bases along an RNA molecule in turn determines the order of amino acids
that compose a protein.
- For Example:
If three RNA bases are, in order, cytosine, adenine, and guanine, then the protein adds the
amino acid glutamine. If the next three RNA bases are uracil, guanine, and guanine, the next
amino acid on the protein is tryptophan.
Proteins - answers-In total, proteins consist of 20 amino acids, and the order of this amino acids
depends on the order of DNA and RNA bases.
Gene - answers-- Portion of a chromosome
- Come in pairs because they are aligned along chromosomes that also come in pairs.
- Are dominant, recessive, or intermediate.
Dominant Gene - answers-Shows strong effect in either homozygous or heterozygous condition.
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