TEST BANK
BRAIN & BEHAVIOR: AN INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIORAL
NEUROSCIENCE
6TH EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: WHAT IS BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE?
1. Behavioral neuroscience studies is?
a) the legal freedom in the judicial system
b) how light creates energy
c) the relationship between behavior and the body
d) the interworking of a computer
Answer: c
2. Behavioral neuroscientists study
a) diseases in the body
b) the relationship between behavior and the body
c) bone structure of the body
d) the systems of the heart
Answer: b
3. Which of the following terms can be used interchangeably with “behavioral neuroscience?
a) psychology
b) biology
c) physiology
d) psychobiology
Answer: d
4. Psychologists consider emotions, thoughts, memories, and observable acts to be
characterized as
a) cognitions
b) behaviors
c) physiology
d) biology
Answer: b
5. The mind–brain question is concerned with
, a) an unsolved question posed by early neuroscientists
b) the nature of the mind and its relation to the brain
c) the differences between psychology and physiology
d) an ongoing connection between biological factors
Answer: b
6. The mind-brain problem was first debated by
a) psychologists in the late 1800s
b) philosophers in the fifth century BCE
c) Darwin’s followers in the late 1800s
d) neuroscientists in the 1990s
Answer: b
7. Aristotle, a monist, joined the body and soul in his attempt to explain
a) memory, emotions, and reasoning
b) heart, lungs, and brain
c) religion, law, and state
d) energy, light, and atoms
Answer: a
8. The dualists faced difficulty in finding support for their views on how
a) a physical brain could result in mental processes
b) the mind could exist
c) the brain could exist
d) a nonphysical mind could impact a physical body
Answer: d
9. Monists faced difficulty in finding support for their views regarding the mind and brain and
how
a) a physical brain could result in mental processes
b) the mind could exist
c) the brain could exist
d) a nonphysical mind could impact a physical body
Answer: a
, 10. A(n) ______ is a proposed mechanism to explain how something, usually more complex
than the proposed
a) atom
b) model
c) mind
d) behavior
Answer: b
11. A(n) ______ can be in the form of a theory or a simplified organism, simulation, orsystem
for scientific study.
a) monist
b) behavior
c) atom
d) model
Answer: d
12. Researchers have used computers to model ______ that occur(s) in humans.
a) cognitive processes
b) Alzheimer’s disease
c) Huntington’s disease
d) animal spirits
Answer: a
13. According to Descartes, behavior was controlled by
a) animal spirits
b) atoms
c) empiricism
d) weather
Answer: a
14. Descartes used a ______ model for the activity of the human brain.
a) hydraulic
b) computer
c) rat
d) complex
Answer: a
, 15. Empiricism is ______.
a) gathering information via observation
b) assumption based on logic
c) following one’s intuition
d) making a best guess
Answer: a
16. According to Descartes, the ______ was where the mind interacted with the body.
a) soul
b) atoms
c) nervous system
d) pineal gland
Answer: d
17. Descartes chose the pineal gland as the “seat of the soul” because it ______.
a) enhanced the individual’s survival
b) was the only part of the brain not split into hemispheres
c) explained memory, emotions, and reasoning
d) was made up of nonmaterial
Answer: b
18. Reaching conclusions about the brain by observation is the method for obtainingknowledge
called ______.
a) empiricism
b) dualism
c) monism
d) idealism
Answer: a
19. What was the inspiration for Descartes’ model of brain function?
a) atoms
b) statues in the gardens at St. Germain
c) Ancient Egyptians
d) Plato’s idea of dualism
Answer: b
BRAIN & BEHAVIOR: AN INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIORAL
NEUROSCIENCE
6TH EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: WHAT IS BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE?
1. Behavioral neuroscience studies is?
a) the legal freedom in the judicial system
b) how light creates energy
c) the relationship between behavior and the body
d) the interworking of a computer
Answer: c
2. Behavioral neuroscientists study
a) diseases in the body
b) the relationship between behavior and the body
c) bone structure of the body
d) the systems of the heart
Answer: b
3. Which of the following terms can be used interchangeably with “behavioral neuroscience?
a) psychology
b) biology
c) physiology
d) psychobiology
Answer: d
4. Psychologists consider emotions, thoughts, memories, and observable acts to be
characterized as
a) cognitions
b) behaviors
c) physiology
d) biology
Answer: b
5. The mind–brain question is concerned with
, a) an unsolved question posed by early neuroscientists
b) the nature of the mind and its relation to the brain
c) the differences between psychology and physiology
d) an ongoing connection between biological factors
Answer: b
6. The mind-brain problem was first debated by
a) psychologists in the late 1800s
b) philosophers in the fifth century BCE
c) Darwin’s followers in the late 1800s
d) neuroscientists in the 1990s
Answer: b
7. Aristotle, a monist, joined the body and soul in his attempt to explain
a) memory, emotions, and reasoning
b) heart, lungs, and brain
c) religion, law, and state
d) energy, light, and atoms
Answer: a
8. The dualists faced difficulty in finding support for their views on how
a) a physical brain could result in mental processes
b) the mind could exist
c) the brain could exist
d) a nonphysical mind could impact a physical body
Answer: d
9. Monists faced difficulty in finding support for their views regarding the mind and brain and
how
a) a physical brain could result in mental processes
b) the mind could exist
c) the brain could exist
d) a nonphysical mind could impact a physical body
Answer: a
, 10. A(n) ______ is a proposed mechanism to explain how something, usually more complex
than the proposed
a) atom
b) model
c) mind
d) behavior
Answer: b
11. A(n) ______ can be in the form of a theory or a simplified organism, simulation, orsystem
for scientific study.
a) monist
b) behavior
c) atom
d) model
Answer: d
12. Researchers have used computers to model ______ that occur(s) in humans.
a) cognitive processes
b) Alzheimer’s disease
c) Huntington’s disease
d) animal spirits
Answer: a
13. According to Descartes, behavior was controlled by
a) animal spirits
b) atoms
c) empiricism
d) weather
Answer: a
14. Descartes used a ______ model for the activity of the human brain.
a) hydraulic
b) computer
c) rat
d) complex
Answer: a
, 15. Empiricism is ______.
a) gathering information via observation
b) assumption based on logic
c) following one’s intuition
d) making a best guess
Answer: a
16. According to Descartes, the ______ was where the mind interacted with the body.
a) soul
b) atoms
c) nervous system
d) pineal gland
Answer: d
17. Descartes chose the pineal gland as the “seat of the soul” because it ______.
a) enhanced the individual’s survival
b) was the only part of the brain not split into hemispheres
c) explained memory, emotions, and reasoning
d) was made up of nonmaterial
Answer: b
18. Reaching conclusions about the brain by observation is the method for obtainingknowledge
called ______.
a) empiricism
b) dualism
c) monism
d) idealism
Answer: a
19. What was the inspiration for Descartes’ model of brain function?
a) atoms
b) statues in the gardens at St. Germain
c) Ancient Egyptians
d) Plato’s idea of dualism
Answer: b
