Quiz #1

Question 1

Explain the relationship among the fields of Biological Psychology, Biopsychology, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

Answer 1

The goal of this field is to understand the brain structure and functions ( they study the brain) that respond to experiences and generate behavior (how the brain affects behavior).

Question 2

Describe the difference between Monism and Dualism in terms of the relationship between Biology and Behavior.

Answer 2

Monism - all behavior can be traced to specific brain activity.
Dualism - The mind and body are completely two different things.

Question 3

Give an example of each of the three main approaches to studying the neuroscience of behavior.

Answer 3

Somatic Intervention: give hormones, measure strength of mating behavior.
Behavior intervention: put a male and female together and measure hormone changes.
Correlation: not manipulating anything, only measuring and observing both.