Biopsychology Introduction: Brain and Behavior

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The comparative method in biological psychology involves studying and comparing different species of animals primarily to:

  • Explore environmental impacts
  • Investigate social interactions
  • Understand human behavior (correct)
  • Analyze economic factors

Which of the following is NOT a relevant aspect of the study of biopsychology?

  • Societal impact (correct)
  • Investigation of inheritance
  • Physiology
  • Comparative method

Biological psychology is concerned with measuring biological, physiological, or genetic variables in an attempt to relate them to which of the following?

  • Economic variables
  • Psychological or behavioral variables (correct)
  • Social variables
  • Environmental variables

Neuroscience, as an interdisciplinary science, works closely with which of the following disciplines?

<p>Psychology (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The brain plays a vital role in producing behavior by affecting which of the following?

<p>Behavior and psychological functions (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of biological psychologists when studying the nervous system and hormones?

<p>How changes affect behavior (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of psychopharmacology?

<p>Manipulating the nervous system pharmacologically (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of physiological psychology?

<p>Manipulating the nervous system in controlled laboratory settings (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes neuropsychology from other divisions of biopsychology?

<p>Studies human behavioral deficits produced by brain damage (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of psychophysiology?

<p>Recording the physiological responses of human subjects (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which event is significant for providing neuroscience with information regarding the working of the brain?

<p>Harlow (1848): Phineas Gage brain injury case study (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who began her study of primates in Africa, discovering that chimps have behaviors similar to all human cultures?

<p>Jane Goodall (1957) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which publication brought together evolutionary perspectives to psychology?

<p>'Sociobiology' by Edward Wilson (1975) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which work marked the birth of Evolutionary Psychology?

<p>'The Psychological Foundations of Culture' by Tooby and Cosmides (1992) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a common dimension along which biopsychological research varies?

<p>Experimental vs Non-experimental studies</p> (B) Signup and view all the answers

What did Darwin formulate through observing animals while traveling the world?

<p>His theory of natural selection (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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