Explanatory Concepts In Psychology- Biological Bases Of Psychology
Names, terms to learn.
- 1.Humans are a part of nature, what are all products of the brain?
- A.
Experience,personal identity, biological function
- B.
Behavior, experience,personal identity,
- C.
Biological function, Behaviour, expereince
- D.
Personal identity, Behaviour, biological functions
- 2.Who came up with four tyoes if biological explanations?
- A.
Hebb (1949)
- B.
Lashley (1929,50)
- C.
Lacono (1983)
- D.
Tinbergen (1951)
- 3.Name the four types of biological explanations:
- A.
Physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, functional
- 4.Biological functions ____ or ____ a behaviour to occur.
- A.
Cause, effect
- B.
Cause, force
- C.
Force, effect
- D.
Force, enable
- E.
Enable, cause
- 5.What bio explanation is concerned with chemicals?
- A.
Physiological
- B.
Ontogenetic
- C.
Functional
- D.
Evolutionary
- 6.What bio explanation is concerned with natural selection?
- A.
Physiological
- B.
Ontogenetic
- C.
Functional
- D.
Evolutionary
- 7.What bio explanation is concerned with development of behavior?
- A.
Physiological
- B.
Ontogenetic
- C.
Functional
- D.
Evolutionary
- 8.What bio explanation is concerned with why we evolved?
- A.
Physiological
- B.
Ontogenetic
- C.
Functional
- D.
Evolutionary
- 9.Which mind brain relationship is concerned with the mind as independent from brain yet exerts some control over it?
- A.
Materialist
- B.
Dualist
- C.
Identity
- D.
Emergent property
- 10.Which mind brain relationship is concerned with the mind and brain being same things just different terms?
- A.
Materialist
- B.
Dualist
- C.
Identity
- D.
Emergent property
- 11.Which mind brain relationship is concerned with how the brain is organized, consciousness is not a property of all brain activity?
- A.
Materialist
- B.
Dualist
- C.
Identity
- D.
Emergent property
- 12.Who said a modified version of dualist view where brain activity produces conscious mind which acts on brain, mind can effect brain, cant exist independently?
- A.
Tinbergen
- B.
Hebb
- C.
Lacono
- D.
Sperry
- 13.What theory is this: stimulus activates collection of neurons, synaptic changes bind collection together so can be reactivated later.
- A.
Hebbian theory
- B.
Cellular basis of memory
- C.
Reverberating neural activity
- D.
Mass action
- 14.What theory is this: learning at a neural level connection strengthen with presynaptic and postsynaptic activity occur together associative learning with previously unrelated stimuli,
- A.
Hebbian theory
- B.
Cellular basis of memory
- C.
Reverberating neural activity
- D.
Mass action
- 15.What theory is this: neural activity allows temporarily separate neurons to become associated. cell assembly fires experience a thought of the environmental object of event the assembly corresponds to.
- A.
Hebbian theory
- B.
Cellular basis of memory
- C.
Reverberating neural activity
- D.
Mass action
- 16.Who seached for engram, what did it find?
- A.
Tinbergen, amount not location of damage
- B.
Lashley, amount not location of damage
- C.
Tinbergen, location not amount of damage
- D.
Lashley, location not amount of damage
- 17.What theory is this: neurons of the cortex work together as a whole during learn, more brain the better
- A.
Equipotentiality
- B.
Cellular basis of memory
- C.
Reverberating neural activity
- D.
Mass action
- 18.What theory is this: various cortex areas contribute almost equally to learning, no part more specialized, any functional part of brain can perform function associated with that area.
- A.
Mass action
- B.
Cellular basis of memory
- C.
Reverberating neural activity
- D.
Equipotentiality
- 19.What scanning technique or method is this: electric signal recorded by electrodes, sent to Galvanometer
- A.
Computerised axial tomography
- B.
Positron Emission Tomography
- C.
Electroencephalograph
- D.
Magnetic resonance imaging
- E.
Magnetoencephalography
- 20.What scanning technique or method is this: doughnut shaped X-ray machine, 2D cross sections to make 3D, changes in cerebral blood flow
- A.
Computerised axial tomography
- B.
Magnetoencephalography
- C.
Magnetic resonance imaging
- D.
Electroencephalograph
- E.
Positron Emission Tomography
- 21.What scanning technique or method is this: radioactive glucose injected, glucose as fuel, colour coded map
- A.
Computerised axial tomography
- B.
Positron Emission Tomography
- C.
Magnetic resonance imaging
- D.
Magnetoencephalography
- E.
Electroencephalograph
- 22.What scanning technique or method is this: moveable bed, giant circular magnet, aligns magnetisation of hydrogen atoms in body, radio waves from hydrogen atoms alter alignment, reconstruct image of brain low ecological validity,
- A.
Computerised axial tomography
- B.
Positron Emission Tomography
- C.
Magnetic resonance imaging
- D.
Magnetoencephalography
- E.
Electroencephalograph
- 23.What scanning technique or method is this: measures very faint magnetic fields from brain activity, detection in coils bathed in liquid helium, brain magnetic field induces current in coild squid chills coils to super conducting temperatures.
- A.
Magnetoencephalography
- B.
Magnetic resonance imaging
- C.
Electroencephalograph
- D.
Positron Emission Tomography
- E.
Computerised axial tomography
- 24.Why might social adversity be a risk factor for depression?
- A.
Stress- decrease coritsol secretion- impairs serotonin neurotransmission
- B.
Stress- decrease coritsol secretion- allows serotonin neurotransmission
- C.
Stress- increase coritsol secretion- allows serotonin neurotransmission
- D.
Stress- increase coritsol secretion- impairs serotonin neurotransmission
- 25.Who found sodial adversity may be a risk factor for depression?
- A.
Dixon (2002)
- B.
Sperry
- C.
Lacono (1983)
- D.
Goldberg (2002)
- E.
Lieberman (2007)
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