Week 1: Biopsychology & Research Methods part 1

Question 1

Cells that receive and transmit electrochemical signals.

Answer 1

Neurons

Question 2

The scientific study of the nervous system.

Answer 2

Neuroscience

Question 3

The scientific study of the biology of behavior.

Answer 3

Biopsychology

Question 4

the comparative approach (trying to understand biological phenomena by comparing different species). Where environment can put pressures for things like the brain to evolve.

Answer 4

The Evolutionary perspective

Question 5

changeable organ that continuously grows and changes in response to the individual’s genes and experiences.

Answer 5

Neuroplasticity

Question 6

The study of the structure of the nervous system

Answer 6

Neuroanatomy

Question 7

The study of the chemical bases of neural activity

Answer 7

Neurochemistry

Question 8

The study of interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system

Answer 8

Neuroendocrinology

Question 9

The study of nervous system disorder

Answer 9

Neuropathology

Question 10

The study of the effects of drugs on neural activity

Answer 10

Neuropharmacology

Question 11

The study of the functions and activities of the nervous system

Answer 11

Neurophysiology

Question 12

The study of biological processes by comparing different species

Answer 12

Comparative approach

Question 13

method used by scientists to study causation.

Answer 13

Experiments

Question 14

A different group of subjects is tested under each condition

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Between-subjects design

Question 15

Test the same group of subjects under each condition

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Within-subjects design

Question 16

Assigning different conditions (cause) to arrive to an effect.

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Independent variable

Question 17

The variable measured by the experiment to assess the effect of the independent variable

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Dependent variable

Question 18

Is the fact that a copulating male who becomes incapable of continuing to copulate with one sex partner can often recommence copulating with a new sex partner

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Coolidge Effect

Question 19

Studies of groups of subjects who have been exposed to the conditions of interest in the real world.

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Quasi-experimental studies

Question 20

Focusing on a single case or subject.
A research method to gain a better understanding of a subject or process.

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Case studies

Question 21

The degree to which their results can be applied to other cases or in general population

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Generalizability

Question 22

Motivated primarily by the curiosity of the researcher. It is done solely for the purpose of acquiring knowledge

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Pure research

Question 23

is intended to bring about some direct benefit to humankind.

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Applied research

Question 24

research that aims to translate the findings of pure research into useful applications for human-kind.

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Translation research

Question 25

The division of biopsychology that studies the neural mechanisms of behavior through the direct manipulation and recording of the brain in controlled experiments

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Physiological Psychology

Question 26

Similar to physiological psychology except that it focuses on the manipulation of neural activity and behavior with drugs

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Psychopharmacology

Question 27

the study of psychological effects of brain damage in human patients

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Neuropsychology

Question 28

Is the division of biopsychology that studies the relation between physiological activity and psychological processes in human subjects. Electroencephalogram (EEG)

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Psychophysiology

Question 29

Term that generally refers to higher intellectual processes such as thought, memory, attention, and complex perceptual processes. What is the study called? also youngest division of biopsychology

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Cognitive neuroscience

Question 30

The division of biopsychology deals generally with the biology of behavior, rather than specifically with the neural mechanisms of behavior. refers to the scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of non-human animals, especially as these relate to the phylogenetic history, adaptive significance, and development of behavior.

Answer 30

Comparative psychology

Question 31

The study of animal behavior in its natural environment

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Ethological Research

Question 32

Progress is most likely when different approaches are focused on a single problem in such a way that the strengths of one approach compensate for the weaknesses of the others by combining approaches.

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Converging Operations

Question 33

The empirical method that biopsychologists and other scientists use to study the unobservable

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Scientific Inference