Review Questions

Question 0

Biopsychologists who study the psychological correlates of psychological processes by recording psychological signals from the surface of the human body are often referred to as ………..

Answer 0

Psychophysiologists

Question 1

A biopsychologist who studies the memory deficits of human patients with brain damage would likely identify with the division of bio psychology termed ………..

Answer 1

Neuropsychology

Question 2

The biopsychological research of ………… frequently involves the direct manipulation of recording of the neural activity of laboratory animals by various invasive surgical, electrical and chemical means.

Answer 2

Physiological psychologists

Question 3

The division of biopsychology that focuses on the study of the effects of drugs on behaviour is often referred to as ……….

Answer 3

Psychopharmacology

Question 4

……….. is the division of biopsychology that investigates the neural bases of human cognition; it’s major method is functional brain imaging.

Answer 4

Cognitive Neuroscience

Question 5

…………. are biopsychologists who study the genetics, evolution and adaptiveness of behaviour, often by using the comparative approach.

Answer 5

Comparative Psychologists

Question 6

According to the text, creative thinking about biopsychology is thinking

a) in new ways.
b) in productive ways.
c) in ways that are consistent with the evidence rather than widely accepted views.
d) “ outside the box”.
e) all of the above

Answer 6

e) all of the above.

Question 7

The field that focuses on the study of the structure of the nervous system

a) neurophysiology
b) behavioural neuroscience
c) neurochemistry
d) neuropharmacologist
e) none of the above

Answer 7

e) none of the above

… It is actually neuroanatomy

Question 8

Which division of biopsychology relies on functional brain imaging as its major research method?

a) cognitive neuroscience
b) neuropsychology
c) psychophysiology
d) behavioural neuroscience
e) physiological psychology

Answer 8

a) cognitive neuroscience

Question 9

Korkasoff’s syndrome is

a) most commonly observed in males of Russian descent.
b) caused in large part by thiamine deficiency
c) often associated with chronic alcoholism
d) all of the above
e) both b and c

Answer 9

e) both b and c

Question 10

Who was awarded a Nobel Prize for the development of prefrontal lobotomy as a treatment for psychiatric disorders?

a) Lima
b) Valenstein
c) Moniz
d) Freeman
e) Delgado

Answer 10

c) Moniz

Question 11

CT

Answer 11

Computer tomography

Question 12

MRI

Answer 12

Magnetic resonance imaging

Question 13

PET

Answer 13

Positron emissions tomography

Question 14

2-DG

Answer 14

2 - deoxyglucose

Question 15

fMRI

Answer 15

Functional magnetic resonance imaging

Question 16

MEG

Answer 16

Magnetoencephalography

Question 17

TMS

Answer 17

Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Question 18

EEG

Answer 18

Electroencephalogram

Question 19

ERP

Answer 19

Event related potentials

Question 20

AEP

Answer 20

Average evoked potential

Question 21

EMG

Answer 21

Electromyography

Question 22

EOG

Answer 22

Electrooculography

Question 23

SCL

Answer 23

Skin conductance level

Question 24

SCR

Answer 24

Skin conductance response

Question 25

ECG or EKG

Answer 25

Electrocardiogram

Question 26

IP

Answer 26

Intraperitoneal

Question 27

IM

Answer 27

Intramuscular

Question 28

IV

Answer 28

Intravenous

Question 29

SC

Answer 29

Subcutaneous

Question 30

6-OHDA

Answer 30

6-hydroxydopamine

Question 31

GFP

Answer 31

Green fluorescent protein

Question 32

Many neuropsychological assessments begin with the ...........

Answer 32

WAIS - we hustler adult intelligence scale

Question 33

The most common test of short-term memory is the ........

Answer 33

Digit-span test

Question 34

The most common invasive test of language lateralisation is the ...........

Answer 34

Sodium Amytal test

Question 35

The most common tests of explicit memory are the ..........

Answer 35

repetition priming tests

Question 36

A common test of frontal lobe damage is ...........

Answer 36

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Question 37

PET and fMRI studies almost always employ the ...........

Answer 37

Paired-image subtraction technique

Question 38

A commonly used test of rat fearfulness is the ............

Answer 38

Open-field test

Question 39

Male rats' aggressive and defensive behaviour is readily assessed by the ...........

Answer 39

Colony-intruder paradigm

Question 40

The most commonly used test of anxiolytic drug effects is the ............

Answer 40

Elevated plus maze

Question 41

The most common measure of the sexual receptivity of a female rat is the ..............

Answer 41

Lordosis quotient

Question 42

Animals press a lever to deliver stimulation of their own brains in the .............

Answer 42

Self-stimulation paradigm

Question 43

The spatial abilities of foraging rodents are often assessed with a ...........

Answer 43

Radial arm maze

Question 44

The ability of a rat to find an invisible safety platform can be assessed in a ............

Answer 44

Morris water maze

Question 45

A method of measuring the extracellular concentration of particular neurochemicals in the brain is a) cerebral dialysis b) immunocytochemistry c) extracellular unit recording d) intracellular unit recording e) the 2-deoxyglucose technique

Answer 45

a) cerebral dialysis

Question 46

Mice that have had genetic material of another species (e.g., a pathological human gene) inserted into their genome are called a) knockout mice b) transgenic mice c) homozygous d) heterozygous e) both a and d

Answer 46

b) transgenic mice

Question 47

The most widely used test of short-term memory is the a) token test b) WAIS c) sodium Amytal test d) digit span test e) repetition priming test

Answer 47

d) digit span test

Question 48

The colony intruder paradigm is commonly used to study a) natural environment b) spatial perception c) reproduction d) epigenetics e) aggressive and defensive behaviour

Answer 48

e) aggressive and defensive behaviour

Question 49

A seminatural animal learning paradigm that is often used to study spatial ability is a) self-stimulation paradigm b) conditioned defensive burying paradigm c) radial arm maze d) Morris water maze e) both c and d

Answer 49

e) both c and d