Review Questions Flashcards
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 ………..
Psychophysiologists
A biopsychologist who studies the memory deficits of human patients with brain damage would likely identify with the division of bio psychology termed ………..
Neuropsychology
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.
Physiological psychologists
The division of biopsychology that focuses on the study of the effects of drugs on behaviour is often referred to as ……….
Psychopharmacology
……….. is the division of biopsychology that investigates the neural bases of human cognition; it’s major method is functional brain imaging.
Cognitive Neuroscience
…………. are biopsychologists who study the genetics, evolution and adaptiveness of behaviour, often by using the comparative approach.
Comparative Psychologists
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
e) all of the above.
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
e) none of the above
… It is actually neuroanatomy
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
a) cognitive neuroscience
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
e) both b and c
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
c) Moniz
CT
Computer tomography
MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging
PET
Positron emissions tomography
2-DG
2 - deoxyglucose
fMRI
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
MEG
Magnetoencephalography
TMS
Transcranial magnetic stimulation
EEG
Electroencephalogram
ERP
Event related potentials
AEP
Average evoked potential
EMG
Electromyography
EOG
Electrooculography
SCL
Skin conductance level
SCR
Skin conductance response
ECG or EKG
Electrocardiogram
IP
Intraperitoneal
IM
Intramuscular
IV
Intravenous
SC
Subcutaneous
6-OHDA
6-hydroxydopamine
GFP
Green fluorescent protein
Many neuropsychological assessments begin with the ………..
WAIS - we hustler adult intelligence scale
The most common test of short-term memory is the ……..
Digit-span test
The most common invasive test of language lateralisation is the ………..
Sodium Amytal test
The most common tests of explicit memory are the ……….
repetition priming tests
A common test of frontal lobe damage is ………..
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
PET and fMRI studies almost always employ the ………..
Paired-image subtraction technique
A commonly used test of rat fearfulness is the …………
Open-field test
Male rats’ aggressive and defensive behaviour is readily assessed by the ………..
Colony-intruder paradigm
The most commonly used test of anxiolytic drug effects is the …………
Elevated plus maze
The most common measure of the sexual receptivity of a female rat is the …………..
Lordosis quotient
Animals press a lever to deliver stimulation of their own brains in the ………….
Self-stimulation paradigm
The spatial abilities of foraging rodents are often assessed with a ………..
Radial arm maze
The ability of a rat to find an invisible safety platform can be assessed in a …………
Morris water maze
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
a) cerebral dialysis
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
b) transgenic mice
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
d) digit span test
The colony intruder paradigm is commonly used to study
a) natural environment
b) spatial perception
c) reproduction
d) epigenetics
e) aggressive and defensive behaviour
e) aggressive and defensive behaviour
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
e) both c and d
