Biological Psychology Overview
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What is the mind-brain problem?

What is the relationship between the mind and the brain?

Who proposed that the mind and brain interact at a single point in space?

  • Descartes (correct)
  • Aristotle
  • Kant
  • Plato

Current philosophers and scientists reject the idea of dualism.

True (A)

What do biological explanations of behavior relate to?

<p>The activity of the brain and other organs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which perspective argues that everything that exists is material or physical?

<p>Materialism (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The belief that minds and bodies are different kinds of substances is known as ______.

<p>dualism</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is monism?

<p>The belief that the universe consists of only one kind of substance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'ontogenetic' refer to in biological psychology?

<p>How a structure or behavior develops.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a possible explanation for the evolutionary appearance of goosebumps?

<p>Makes a frightened animal look larger (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the mind-brain problem?

<p>What is the relationship between the mind and the brain?</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which philosopher proposed that the mind and brain interact at a single point in space?

<p>Rene Descartes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Dualism is the belief that the mind and body are different kinds of substances that exist independently.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is monism?

<p>The belief that the universe consists of only one kind of substance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the evolutionary perspective in biological psychology?

<p>It reconstructs the evolutionary history of a structure or behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following concepts in biological psychology:

<p>Physiological = Relates behavior to brain activity. Ontogenetic = Influence of genes, nutrition, and experiences. Evolutionary = Reconstructs the evolutionary history of behavior. Functional = Describes why a structure or behavior evolved.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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