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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Sample QuestionThe field of study concerned with the ways in which nervous system activity manifests in behavior.
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Sample QuestionWhat is the branch of the life sciences that deals with the structure and functioning of the brain and the neurons, nerves, and nervous tissue that form the nervous system?
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Sample QuestionIn the structure of the neuron, the ______ sends information to other cells.
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