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Biopsychology Introduction: Brain and Behavior
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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</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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of psychopharmacology?

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

    What is the focus of physiological psychology?

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

    What distinguishes neuropsychology from other divisions of biopsychology?

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

    What is the primary focus of psychophysiology?

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

    Which publication brought together evolutionary perspectives to psychology?

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

    What is a common dimension along which biopsychological research varies?

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

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

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

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