Test Bank For Biopsychology: Fundamentals and
Contemporary Issues v1.0 1st Edition By Martin S. Shapiro
The advantage of humans over other primates as subjects in biopsychological
research is that they: - ANSWER: Are more receptive to instruction and they can talk
about experiences.
In a successful experiment, the independent variable affects the: - ANSWER:
Dependent variable.
What distinguishes biopsychology from the other subdisciplines of neuroscience? -
ANSWER: It focuses on the study of behavior.
The research of a biopsychologist working for a drug company would likely be: -
ANSWER: Psychopharmacological and applied.
Which sub discipline of biopsychology is most likely to be identified with the
assessment of the memory deficits of patients with damage to the frontal portions of
the neocortex? - ANSWER: Neuropsychology.
Biopsychology is a branch or division of: - ANSWER: Neuroscience.
Which sub discipline of neuroscience focuses on the study of brain disorders? -
ANSWER: Neuropathology.
In a well-designed experiment, there is only one systematic difference between the
conditions. This difference is manipulated by the experimenter and is called the: -
ANSWER: Independent variable.
Which of the following make it difficult to make causal interpretations of
experimental results? - ANSWER: Confounded variables.
Which sub discipline of biopsychology is identified with the measurement of scalp
EEG activity and ANS activity in humans? - ANSWER: Psychophysiology.
In some studies, subjects are not assigned to conditions; instead subjects are
selected because they are already living under these conditions (e.g., alcohol
consumers and alcohol nonconsumers). Such studies are: - ANSWER:
Quasiexperiments.
Which subdivision of biopsychology is most likely to be identified with an experiment
in which the effects of different doses of Prozac on the ability of different groups of
mice to learn a maze is studied? - ANSWER: Psychopharmacology.
, Which of the following is not regarded as one of the major divisions of
biopsychology? - ANSWER: Clinical psychology.
The term "within-subjects design" refers to experiments in which: - ANSWER: Each
subject is exposed to each condition of the experiment.
A major shortcoming of case-study research is that: - ANSWER: The degree to which
the results can be generalized is unclear.
Courtship displays are important evolutionary phenomena because they: - ANSWER:
Promote the evolution of new species.
Sudden evolutionary changes are often triggered by: - ANSWER: Sudden changes in
the environment.
Cooper and Zubek (1958) found that maze-bright rats made fewer maze errors than
maze-dull rats only if both groups had: - ANSWER: Been reared in an impoverished
laboratory environment.
The field that focuses on the evolution of human behavior is: - ANSWER:
Evolutionary psychology.
The single most influential theory in the biological sciences is the theory of: -
ANSWER: Charles Darwin's evolution theory.
Fitness in the Darwinian sense refers to an organism's ability to: - ANSWER: Survive
and contribute large numbers of fertile offspring to the next generation.
The two genes, one on each chromosome of a pair, that control the same trait are
called: - ANSWER: Alleles.
In the study of heritability estimates, increasing the genetic diversity of the subjects
without introducing other changes would likely: - ANSWER: Increase the heritability
estimate.
The sensitive period is a period of: - ANSWER: Increased ability to learn.
Nature is to nurture as: - ANSWER: Genetics is to experience.
In general, the brain stem regulates: - ANSWER: Reflex activities critical for survival.
An organism's observable traits are referred to as its: - ANSWER: Phenotype.
Sex-linked traits that are controlled by dominant genes occur more frequently in: -
ANSWER: Females.
Contemporary Issues v1.0 1st Edition By Martin S. Shapiro
The advantage of humans over other primates as subjects in biopsychological
research is that they: - ANSWER: Are more receptive to instruction and they can talk
about experiences.
In a successful experiment, the independent variable affects the: - ANSWER:
Dependent variable.
What distinguishes biopsychology from the other subdisciplines of neuroscience? -
ANSWER: It focuses on the study of behavior.
The research of a biopsychologist working for a drug company would likely be: -
ANSWER: Psychopharmacological and applied.
Which sub discipline of biopsychology is most likely to be identified with the
assessment of the memory deficits of patients with damage to the frontal portions of
the neocortex? - ANSWER: Neuropsychology.
Biopsychology is a branch or division of: - ANSWER: Neuroscience.
Which sub discipline of neuroscience focuses on the study of brain disorders? -
ANSWER: Neuropathology.
In a well-designed experiment, there is only one systematic difference between the
conditions. This difference is manipulated by the experimenter and is called the: -
ANSWER: Independent variable.
Which of the following make it difficult to make causal interpretations of
experimental results? - ANSWER: Confounded variables.
Which sub discipline of biopsychology is identified with the measurement of scalp
EEG activity and ANS activity in humans? - ANSWER: Psychophysiology.
In some studies, subjects are not assigned to conditions; instead subjects are
selected because they are already living under these conditions (e.g., alcohol
consumers and alcohol nonconsumers). Such studies are: - ANSWER:
Quasiexperiments.
Which subdivision of biopsychology is most likely to be identified with an experiment
in which the effects of different doses of Prozac on the ability of different groups of
mice to learn a maze is studied? - ANSWER: Psychopharmacology.
, Which of the following is not regarded as one of the major divisions of
biopsychology? - ANSWER: Clinical psychology.
The term "within-subjects design" refers to experiments in which: - ANSWER: Each
subject is exposed to each condition of the experiment.
A major shortcoming of case-study research is that: - ANSWER: The degree to which
the results can be generalized is unclear.
Courtship displays are important evolutionary phenomena because they: - ANSWER:
Promote the evolution of new species.
Sudden evolutionary changes are often triggered by: - ANSWER: Sudden changes in
the environment.
Cooper and Zubek (1958) found that maze-bright rats made fewer maze errors than
maze-dull rats only if both groups had: - ANSWER: Been reared in an impoverished
laboratory environment.
The field that focuses on the evolution of human behavior is: - ANSWER:
Evolutionary psychology.
The single most influential theory in the biological sciences is the theory of: -
ANSWER: Charles Darwin's evolution theory.
Fitness in the Darwinian sense refers to an organism's ability to: - ANSWER: Survive
and contribute large numbers of fertile offspring to the next generation.
The two genes, one on each chromosome of a pair, that control the same trait are
called: - ANSWER: Alleles.
In the study of heritability estimates, increasing the genetic diversity of the subjects
without introducing other changes would likely: - ANSWER: Increase the heritability
estimate.
The sensitive period is a period of: - ANSWER: Increased ability to learn.
Nature is to nurture as: - ANSWER: Genetics is to experience.
In general, the brain stem regulates: - ANSWER: Reflex activities critical for survival.
An organism's observable traits are referred to as its: - ANSWER: Phenotype.
Sex-linked traits that are controlled by dominant genes occur more frequently in: -
ANSWER: Females.
