Chapter 1 Biopsychology as a Neuroscience

Question 1

_______ is a branch of psychology that uses data from patients with brain damage to understand structure and function of the human brain.

Answer 1

Neuropsychology

Question 2

Over the past few decades, researchers have realized that the adult brain connections are not static but changeable in response to the individual’s genes and experiences. This is known as _______.

Answer 2

Neuroplasticity

Question 3

In a _______ design, participants are placed into different groups and exposed to different experimental conditions.

Answer 3

between-subjects

Question 4

Studies that focus on a single participant rather than a group of participants are called _______.

Answer 4

case studies

Question 5

The major method of cognitive neuroscience is _______, recording images of the activity of the living human brain.

Answer 5

functional brain imaging

Question 6

_______ is a branch of biopsychology that studies genetic, evolutionary, and behavior differences across species.

Answer 6

Evolutionary behavioral genetics