BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY JAMES W
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH PRACTICE SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ Dualism. Answer: The idea that minds are one type of substance
and matter is another
◉ Mind-body problem. Answer: How and why certain types of brain
activity are conscious
◉ Monism. Answer: Mental activity and certain types of brain
activity are inseparable
◉ Physiological explanation. Answer: Relates a behavior to the
activity of the brain and other organs
◉ Ontogenetic explanation. Answer: Describes how something
develops
◉ Evolutionary explanation. Answer: Reconstructs the evolutionary
history of a structure or behavior
,◉ Functional explanation. Answer: Describes why a structure or
behavior evolved as it did
◉ Neurons. Answer: Receive information and transmit it to other
cells
◉ Membrane. Answer: A structure that separates the inside of the
cell from the outside environment
◉ Nucleus. Answer: Structure that contains the chromosomes
◉ Ribosomes. Answer: Structures that synthesize new protein
molecules
◉ Endoplasmic reticulum. Answer: A network of thin tubes that
transport newly synthesized proteins to other locations
◉ Mitochondrion. Answer: Performs metabolic activities, providing
the energy that the cell uses for all activities
◉ Motor neuron. Answer: Receives excitation through its dendrites
and conducts impulses along its axon to a muscle
, ◉ Sensory neuron. Answer: Is specialized at one end to be highly
sensitive to a particular type of stimulation
◉ Dendrites. Answer: Are branching fibers that get narrower near
their ends
◉ Dendritic spines. Answer: Short outgrowths that increase the
surface area available for synapses
◉ Cell body or soma. Answer: Contains the nucleus, ribosomes, and
mitochondria
◉ Axon. Answer: Conveys an impulse to other neurons, an organ, or
a muscle
◉ Myelin sheath. Answer: An insulating material that covers axons
◉ Nodes of Ranvier. Answer: Interruptions in the myelin sheaths
◉ Presynaptic terminal. Answer: Swellings at the ends of axons
◉ Afferent axon. Answer: Brings information into a structure
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH PRACTICE SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ Dualism. Answer: The idea that minds are one type of substance
and matter is another
◉ Mind-body problem. Answer: How and why certain types of brain
activity are conscious
◉ Monism. Answer: Mental activity and certain types of brain
activity are inseparable
◉ Physiological explanation. Answer: Relates a behavior to the
activity of the brain and other organs
◉ Ontogenetic explanation. Answer: Describes how something
develops
◉ Evolutionary explanation. Answer: Reconstructs the evolutionary
history of a structure or behavior
,◉ Functional explanation. Answer: Describes why a structure or
behavior evolved as it did
◉ Neurons. Answer: Receive information and transmit it to other
cells
◉ Membrane. Answer: A structure that separates the inside of the
cell from the outside environment
◉ Nucleus. Answer: Structure that contains the chromosomes
◉ Ribosomes. Answer: Structures that synthesize new protein
molecules
◉ Endoplasmic reticulum. Answer: A network of thin tubes that
transport newly synthesized proteins to other locations
◉ Mitochondrion. Answer: Performs metabolic activities, providing
the energy that the cell uses for all activities
◉ Motor neuron. Answer: Receives excitation through its dendrites
and conducts impulses along its axon to a muscle
, ◉ Sensory neuron. Answer: Is specialized at one end to be highly
sensitive to a particular type of stimulation
◉ Dendrites. Answer: Are branching fibers that get narrower near
their ends
◉ Dendritic spines. Answer: Short outgrowths that increase the
surface area available for synapses
◉ Cell body or soma. Answer: Contains the nucleus, ribosomes, and
mitochondria
◉ Axon. Answer: Conveys an impulse to other neurons, an organ, or
a muscle
◉ Myelin sheath. Answer: An insulating material that covers axons
◉ Nodes of Ranvier. Answer: Interruptions in the myelin sheaths
◉ Presynaptic terminal. Answer: Swellings at the ends of axons
◉ Afferent axon. Answer: Brings information into a structure
