week 1

Question 1

It is the study of the physiological, evolutionary, and developmental mechanisms of be havior and experience.

Answer 1

Biological psychology

Question 2

includes much that is relevant to behavior but also includes more detail about anatomy
and chemistry.

Answer 2

neuroscience

Question 3

It relates a behavior to the activity of the brain and other organ.

Answer 3

Physiological Explanation

Question 4

It describes how a structure or behavior develops, including the influences of genes, nutrition, experiences, and their interaction

Answer 4

Ontogenic Explanation

Question 5

It reconstructs the evolutionary history of a structure or behavior.

Answer 5

Evolutionary Explanation

Question 6

It describes why a structure or behavior evolved as it did.

Answer 6

Functional Explanation

Question 7

it is the belief that mind and body are different kinds of substance that exist independently.

Answer 7

Mind and Body Dualism

Question 8

He proposed that mind and brain interact at a single point in space, which he suggested was the pineal gland, the smallest unpaired structure he could find in the brain

Answer 8

Rene Descartes

Question 9

the belief that the universe consists of only one kind of substance.

Answer 9

Monism

Question 10

the view that everything that exists is material, or physical. According to one version of this view , mental events don’t exist at all, and any folk psychology based on minds and mental activity is fundamentally mistaken

Answer 10

Materialism

Question 11

the view that only the mind really exists and that the physical world could not exist unless some mind were aware of it.

Answer 11

Mentalism

Question 12

the view that mental processes and certain kinds of brain processes are the same thing, described in diff erent terms. In other words, the universe has only one kind of substance, which includes both material and mental aspects.

Answer 12

Identity Position

Question 13

tolerate animal research under certain conditions. They accept some kinds of research but wish to prohibit others depending on the probable value of the research, the amount of distress to the animal, and the type of animal.

Answer 13

“Minimalists”

Question 14

take a more extreme position and see no room for compromise.

Answer 14

“Abolotionists”

Question 15

The Three Rs

Answer 15

reduction of animal numbers (using fewer animals)
replacement (using computer models or other substitutes for animals, when possible)
refinement (modifying the procedures to reduce pain and discomfort).