CH 1

Question 1

THE STUDY OF THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF THE MIND AND BEHAVIOUR

Answer 1

BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Question 2

A MEASURE OF STRENGTH AND DIRECTION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES

Answer 2

CORRELATION

Question 3

THE OCCURRENCE OF NATURAL SELECTION OVER MANY SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS

Answer 3

CUMULATIVE SELECTION

Question 4

THE BELIEF THAT THE MIND AND BRAIN EXIST AS SEPARATE ENTITIES

Answer 4

DUALISM

Question 5

A MATERIALIST POSITION THAT CLAIMS THAT THE MIND ARISES FROM THE FUNCTIONING BRAIN

Answer 5

EMERGENT PROPERTY POSITION

Question 6

THE UNDERLYING ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES THAT PROPOSED THAT COMPLEX ORGANISMS AROSE FROM SIMPLER ANCESTORS

Answer 6

EVOLUTION

Question 7

AN EXPLANATION FOR BEHAVIOR THAT IDENTIFIES HOW IT HAS ENHANCED THE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF ANCESTRAL MEMBERS OF THE SPECIES

Answer 7

EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION

Question 8

AN EXPLANATION FOR BEHAVIOUR THAT IDENTIFIES THE IMMEDIATE PURPOSE OF THE BEHAVIOUR

Answer 8

FUNCTIONAL EXPLANATION

Question 9

A PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEM CONCERNING THE NATURE OF THE MIND AND BRAIN AND HOW EACH INFLUENCES THE OTHER

Answer 9

MIND-BODY PROBLEM

Question 10

THE BELIEF THAT ONLY ONE ENTITY, EITHER MIND OR BRAIN, EXISTS PHYSICALLY. MOST BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS BELIEVE THAT THE BRAIN IS THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF THE MIND

Answer 10

MONISM

Question 11

THE IDEA THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN A SPECIES THAT ARE THE BEST ABLE TO EXPLOIT THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WILL BE DISPROPORTIONATELY SUCCESSFUL IN REPRODUCING.

Answer 11

NATURAL SELECTION

Question 12

THE TENDENCY TO RETAIN JUVENILE CHARACTERISTICS INTO ADULTHOOD

Answer 12

NEOTENY

Question 13

THE BASIC CELL TYPE IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

Answer 13

NEURON

Question 14

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF THE BRAIN AND MIND INVOLVING MANY SCIENCES AND OTHER RELATED DISCIPLINES

Answer 14

NEUROSCIENCE

Question 15

A MOLECULE RELEASED FROM ONE NEURON THAT CROSSES THE SYNAPSE TO INFLUENCE THE NEXT NEURON

Answer 15

NEUROTRANSMITTER

Question 16

AN EXPLANATION FOR BEHAVIOUR THAT IDENTIFIES HOW THE BODY HAS DEVELOPED TO THE POINT THAT THE BEHAVIOUR CAN NOW OCCUR

Answer 16

ONTOGENETIC EXPLANATION

Question 17

AN EXPLANATION FOR BEHAVIOUR THAT IDENTIFIES THE BRAIN STRUCTURES AND PATHWAYS

Answer 17

PHYSIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION

Question 18

AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN COMPLEX BEHAVIOUR IN TERMS OF SIMPLER UNDERLYING PROCESSES

Answer 18

REDUCTIONIST EXPLANATION

Question 19

A VARIABLE THAT CONCERNS SOME INTERNAL BODY FUNCTION OR PROCESS

Answer 19

SOMATIC VARIABLE

Question 20

A CENTRAL EVOLUTIONARY CONCEPT IN WHICH NEW SPECIES ARISE FROM EXISTING SPECIES

Answer 20

SPECIATION

Question 21

ORGANISMS THAT SHARE THE ABILITY TO REPRODUCE WITH EACH OTHER

Answer 21

SPECIES

Question 22

THE LOCATION AT WHICH ONE NEURON INFLUENCES THE NEXT NEURON IN THE CIRCUIT

Answer 22

SYNAPSE

Question 23

THE SCIENCE OF CLASSIFYING AND NAMING ORGANISMS

Answer 23

TAXONOMY