Quiz 1

Question 1

Neuroscience is the multidisciplinary study of the ___ and its role in behavior

Answer 1

Nervous system

Question 2

Psychologist used the term behavior to refer to:

Answer 2

Overt acts, learning, thinking, emotions

Question 3

Dualistic view of the mind-brain problem

Answer 3

Mind and brain are separate. The body is material and the brain is non-material. Mind influence behavior by interacting with brain

Question 4

If you say you are a materialist, you are saying that you believe

Answer 4

The mind and everything else are physical

Question 5

according to Descartes’ model, the brain controlled behavior by

Answer 5

The brain sends an animal spirit fluid through nerves and inflates muscles to produce movement

Question 6

Which of the following statements about the case of Phineas Gage is true?

Answer 6

Iron rod through skull and frontal lobe. No impairment of Intelligence, Memory, speech, or movement. Became irresponsible And unable to abide by social conventions=> localization

Question 7

Which researchers explored the electrical properties of the nervous system?

Answer 7

Gustav Fritsch, Edward Hitzig, Luigi Galvani

Question 8

After observing an autopsy of the brain of a man who had an inability to speak, Paul Brocka concluded that speech

Answer 8

is produced on left side of frontal lobe in Broca’s Area

Question 9

___Refers to the idea that specific brain areas control specific functions

Answer 9

Localization

Question 10

___ was a theory developed at the end of the 18th century by Frans Gall. It claimed that the brain was divided into different “organs,” and each one controlled a specific “faculty” of emotion or intellect.

Answer 10

Phrenology

Question 11

Karl Lashley develop the idea of___, an extreme theory that claimed that the brain functions as an undifferentiated whole and no specific function is located in any specific area of the brain.

Answer 11

Equipotentiality

Question 12

Modern brain research shows that functions or characteristics are

Answer 12

Just as much distributed as they are localized. Behavior results from the interaction of many widespread areas of the brain

Question 13

Different versions of a gene are called

Answer 13

alleles

Question 14

The specific collection of jeans on individual inheritance at conception are called a

Answer 14

genotype

Question 15

When a person has two identical alleles of the same gene, they are___ for that trait

Answer 15

homozygous

Question 16

Most behavioral characteristics and psychological disorders are determined by a combination of many genes. Because of this, and they are considered

Answer 16

polygenetic

Question 17

Genes do not directly produced behavior or create a “script” for behaving in certain ways. Instead, genes directly control the production of___, which affect the development of brain structures, the production of neurotransmitters and receptors, and the functioning of glands and hormones.

Answer 17

Proteins

Question 18

As far as we know, the only humans who share the same genotype are

Answer 18

identical twins

Question 19

The theory of___ claims that heritable characteristics that provide a survival or reproductive advantage are more likely to be passed on to future generations.

Answer 19

natural selection

Question 20

Which statement about the vulnerability model is true?

Answer 20

vulnerability= genes contribute a predisposition for a disorder, which may or may not exceed threshold to produce disorder. Environmental challenges (neglect) may combine with hereditary susceptibility to exceed threshold