Chapter 1: What is Biopsychology

Question 1

Which of the following did NOT occur during the Decade of the Brain (1990’s)

Answer 1

B. It was discovered that neurons conduct electricity.

Question 2

Who among the following is credited with establishing the first psychology laboratory in Germany in 1879.

Answer 2

A. Wilhelm Wundt

Question 3

Dr. Locke is a philosopher who believes that there is no distinction between the physical brain and the mind. This position is known as.

Answer 3

A. Materialistic monoism

Question 4

_ was a dualist

Answer 4

D. Descartes

Question 5

According to the hydraulic model of the nervous system,

Answer 5

B. Nerves were hollow tubes that allowed animal spirits to flow through them.

Question 6

Descartes believed that the “seat of the soul” was located in the

Answer 6

C. Pineal gland

Question 7

Through their experiments, Fritsch and Hitzig showed that

Answer 7

D. Muscle movement is the result of brain stimulation

Question 8

Who discovered that nerves conduct electricity at a rate significantly slower than the speed of light.

Answer 8

A. Hermann von Helmholtz

Question 9

Broca’s mute pt had damage to his

Answer 9

C. Left hemisphere

Question 10

The 19th century belief that over 35 mental faculties were located in specific parts of the brain was known as

Answer 10

C. Phrenology

Question 11

With the exception of egg and sperm cells, all human body cells have

Answer 11

B. 46 Chromosomes

Question 12

If you underwent a procedure to test for a particularly disease that is triggered by a defective protein inherited from your parents, what SPECIFIC genetic component will they be looking for?

Answer 12

C. A particular allele of a gene

Question 13

Female humans have

Answer 13

A. 2 X chromosomes

Question 14

At 6 weeks after conception, a developing human is known as

Answer 14

C. Embryo

Question 15

How many different bases make up DNA

Answer 15

C. 4

Question 16

Enzymes

Answer 16

D. are proteins, are produced as a result of a genetic mechanism, modify chemical reactions in the body (all of the above)

Question 17

The allele for right over left hand clasping preference is recessive. John and Sue both show this hand clasping preference. What preference will their children have.

Answer 17

C. all right

Question 18

Which of the following is FALSE regarding red-green color blindness

Answer 18

B. A female cannot be red-green colored blind.

Question 19

George is heterozygous for the dominant allele for hand clasping preference (left over right), and his son is homozygous for the dominant allele. Which of the following statements is true.

Answer 19

A. George and Jason have the same phenotype but different genotypes.

Question 20

A trait is polygenic if

Answer 20

C. It is influenced by more than one gene

Question 21

Which of the following is believed to have a genetic basis

Answer 21

D All of the above. Sexual orientation, drug addiction, and personality.

Question 22

Which of the following is TRUE of the human genome?

Answer 22

A. Nearly all of the base-pair sequences have been mapped.

Question 23

The differential survival of organisms with more adaptive traits is known as

Answer 23

C. Natural selection

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT true of gene activity

Answer 24

A. Once a gene becomes inactive, it remains inactive.

Question 25

Which of the following has the HIGHEST degree of heritability

Answer 25

C. Height

Question 26

If people from similar environments are sampled, estimates of heritability for traits will be __ people from different environments are sampled.

Answer 26

B. Higher than if

Question 27

The BEST way to think about the relationship among genes, environment, and intelligence is that

Answer 27

A. Genes set the potential range, and environment determines the actual capacity.