,True / False
1. An ontogenetic explanation is one that describes the development of a structure or behavior.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and
functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
2. Gottfried Leibniz (1714) posed the question: “Why is there something rather than nothing?”
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points that are important to remember from
this text.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
3. The mind-body problem refers to how the mind controls the body.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points that are important to remember from
this text.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
4. The universe could have been different in many ways, nearly all of which would have made life impossible
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points that are important to remember from
this text.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
5. Chalmers explanation of the mind-body problem has largely laid the issue to rest.
a. True
, b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points that are important to remember from
this text.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
6. Neurons vary enormously in size, shape, and functions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and
functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
7. Perception occurs primarily in sense organs.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and
functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
8. Electrical stimulation of your brain can produce a hand experience even if you had no hand.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.01 - Briefly state the mind–brain problem and contrast monism with
dualism.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
9. Mental activity and certain types of brain activity are, so far as we can tell, inseparable.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
, REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.01 - Briefly state the mind–brain problem and contrast monism with
dualism.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
10. Research scientists are free to do as they wish when conducting research with animals.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
11. The underlying mechanisms of behavior are similar across species.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
12. Invertebrate nerve action follows the same basic principles as human nerves.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
13. Minimalists do not tolerate any kind of animal research.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
14. Abolitionists maintain that animals do not have the same rights as humans.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
1. An ontogenetic explanation is one that describes the development of a structure or behavior.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and
functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
2. Gottfried Leibniz (1714) posed the question: “Why is there something rather than nothing?”
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points that are important to remember from
this text.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
3. The mind-body problem refers to how the mind controls the body.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points that are important to remember from
this text.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
4. The universe could have been different in many ways, nearly all of which would have made life impossible
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points that are important to remember from
this text.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
5. Chalmers explanation of the mind-body problem has largely laid the issue to rest.
a. True
, b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points that are important to remember from
this text.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
6. Neurons vary enormously in size, shape, and functions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and
functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
7. Perception occurs primarily in sense organs.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and
functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
8. Electrical stimulation of your brain can produce a hand experience even if you had no hand.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.01 - Briefly state the mind–brain problem and contrast monism with
dualism.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
9. Mental activity and certain types of brain activity are, so far as we can tell, inseparable.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
, REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.01 - Briefly state the mind–brain problem and contrast monism with
dualism.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
10. Research scientists are free to do as they wish when conducting research with animals.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
11. The underlying mechanisms of behavior are similar across species.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
12. Invertebrate nerve action follows the same basic principles as human nerves.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
13. Minimalists do not tolerate any kind of animal research.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
14. Abolitionists maintain that animals do not have the same rights as humans.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
