Biological Psychology
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Course Introduction
Biological Psychology explores the intricate relationship between the brain, nervous system, and behavior. This course examines how biological processes underlie emotions, cognition, perception, learning, and mental health. Topics include neural communication, the structure and function of the nervous system, hormone influences, genetics, neuroplasticity, and the biological basis of psychological disorders. Through an integration of theoretical concepts and recent scientific research, students gain a foundational understanding of how biological mechanisms shape human behavior and mental processes.
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Psychological Science 3rd Canadian Edition by Michael Gazzaniga
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) Which of the following is most closely associated with the cognitive revolution?
A) Sigmund Freud
B) B.F. Skinner
C) George A. Miller
D) William James
Answer: C
Q2) To rephrase Descartes, "I think therefore I behave" is a statement that reflects the importance of ____________ on behaviour and would not be spoken by a behaviourist.
A) reflexes
B) mental functions
C) environment
D) the unconscious
Answer: B
Q3) Improvements in brain imaging have allowed scientists to:
A) isolate a particular thought
B) better localize brain functioning
C) understand the interaction of genes and environment
D) identify structures of the brain for the first time
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Research Methodology
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Q1) If a researcher wants to be able to generalize about a population using data pulled from a sample, it is best to use:
A) a convenience sample
B) experience sampling
C) a descriptive study
D) a random sample
Answer: D
Q2) Dr. Lasagna tests a new diet. Overweight adults are weighed and placed into one of two groups so that the weight of the groups is equal to start with. One group of adults is given the new diet and the other is placed on a waiting list. After three months, Dr. Lasagna observes that the group on the new diet weighs less. In this example, the adults who receive the new diet are:
A) the experimental group
B) the control (or comparison) group
C) randomly assigned
D) the population
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Biological Foundations
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Q1) Using a key to open the front door of your house is analogous to the:
A) randomness of neural activation
B) unique chemical structure of a neurotransmitter that fits certain receptor sites
C) neurotransmitters that carry a secret code to neurons
D) activity log that the nervous system maintains
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following parts of a neuron integrate information from other neurons?
A) axon
B) synapse
C) cell body
D) dendrite
Answer: C
Q3) How does the hypothalamus influence physical growth?
A) by affecting the release of growth hormone
B) by activating calcium receptors in the bones and tissues
C) by directing the reception of growth hormone at the receptor sites
D) by overriding the action of the pituitary gland
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The Mind and Consciousness
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Q1) According to some Swiss researchers, using __________ to treat narcolepsy leads to excellent results.
A) cognitive-behavioural therapy
B) a hemoglobin variant
C) serotonin-replacement therapy
D) immunoglobulin
Q2) Circadian rhythms can best be described as:
A) special heartbeats that trigger the heart to increase or decrease the circular flow of blood
B) the rise and fall of the sun each day
C) biological clocks controlling hormone levels, temperature, and the sleep cycle
D) the ancient art of star tracking, which is used today to figure out sleep patterns
Q3) Which of the following brain areas is responsible for secreting melatonin?
A) pineal gland
B) suprachiasmic nuclei
C) reticular formation
D) substantia nigra
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Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) The process by which a sound is transformed into a neural signal involves which sequence of transformations?
A) sound wave, vibration, pressure wave
B) pressure wave, vibration, sound wave
C) sound wave, pressure wave, vibration
D) vibration, sound wave, pressure wave
Q2) Yellow is considered to be one of the primary colours, but there is no cone specialized to respond to yellow light. When we see yellow it is because the light is stimulating:
A) the S cones very little and the L and M cones equally
B) the S cones very little, the L cones greatly, and the M cones moderately
C) the S and M cones equally and the L cones very little
D) the S and L cones equally and the M cones greatly
Q3) Sensory qualities are coded by only a few different types of receptors, each of which responds to a broad range of stimuli. This is called:
A) sensory coding
B) transduction
C) sensation
D) coarse coding
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Chapter 6: Learning
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Q1) Money is NOT a primary reinforcer because:
A) it is important only to adults
B) its value depends on how wealthy you are
C) it does not satisfy a biological need
D) using it as a reinforcer only teaches you to want more
Q2) You know that genetics has given your new baby sister innate traits such as how to suckle and cry. Yet some people tell you that she is born knowing nothing. These people believe in ____________, which says that the environment teaches infants everything.
A) pure minds
B) tabula rasa
C) clean start
D) tora rica
Q3) The theory that animals are genetically programmed to fear particular things that threaten their survival is known as:
A) tolerance conditioning
B) biological preparedness
C) evolutionary significance
D) second-order conditioning
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Chapter 7: Attention and Memory
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Q1) Uchenna has been studying for his philosophy midterm all day. It is now 3:00 AM and the exam is at 8:00 AM the same morning. The best thing that Uchenna can do now to increase his chances of doing well on the exam is to:
A) keep reviewing the material
B) relate the material he has learned to his own life
C) get some sleep
D) write some sample essays
Q2) H.M. was a patient who, following surgery, had profound memory difficulties. The surgery involved the removal of parts of his temporal lobes, including his hippocampus. The reasons H.M. received the surgery was because of:
A) a serious car accident
B) severe epilepsy
C) a brain tumor
D) brain cancer
Q3) False memories (i.e., the false recollection of episodic memories):
A) only occurs in children
B) only occurs in adults
C) lack details compared to true memories
D) can result from merely imagining something happening
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Chapter 8: Thinking and Intelligence
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Q1) Jameisia has always loved numbers. When she starts grade one, she grasps basic math immediately. Her teacher is so impressed that she gives Jameisia more and more complicated work in math. Jameisia goes on to become a superb math student all the way through school. What is the most reasonable conclusion about the source of Jameisia's success in math?
A) Her genetically determined ability made the environment irrelevant.
B) The environment acted as a social multiplier for her innate ability.
C) The environment allowed her innate abilities to become apparent.
D) Her genetically determined ability found a compatible environment.
Q2) The main difference between the exemplar model and the prototype model is that the prototype model is defined by ____________ of the category and the exemplar model is defined by ____________ of the category.
A) the best example; all the examples
B) all the examples; the best example
C) the most common example; the best set of examples
D) the best set of examples; the most common example
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Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Dagmar and Bjorg have gone down the most demanding ski trail at the resort. Back at the lodge they suddenly find that their attraction for each other has increased greatly. This is most likely due to:
A) physiological arousal
B) excitation transfer
C) subjective emotional appraisal
D) cognitive analysis
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of people with a high need for achievement?
A) having unrealistically high career goals
B) setting attainable personal goals
C) scoring high on exams
D) obtaining high grades in career related classes
Q3) Why is sensory-specific satiety adaptive?
A) It increases the likelihood that nutritional needs will be met.
B) It decreases the likelihood of maladaptive obesity.
C) It increases the likelihood of adaptation to a vanishing food source.
D) It decreases the likelihood of ingesting poisonous substances.
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Chapter 10: Health and Well-Being
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Q1) Research on the fight-or-flight response has been criticized by Taylor and others for:
A) focusing too exclusively on the responses of males
B) neglecting the possibility that stress can also inhibit or prevent behavioural responding
C) focusing too exclusively on humans while neglecting other animal species
D) placing too much emphasis on the role of hormones in mediating these responses
Q2) Psychiatrists often view their patients' problems using a medical model perspective. This means that, in the eyes of the psychiatrist, a patient should:
A) take a leading role in his or her own treatment
B) accept what the psychiatrist wants the patient to do
C) focus on multiple kinds of alternative therapies
D) seek out drug therapy plus talk therapy to increase well-being
Q3) An important change in the health of people over the last 100 years involves:
A) an increasing number of mortalities associated with lifestyle choices
B) the increased use of successful coping strategies
C) obesity becoming less prevalent
D) more people dying of infectious diseases
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Chapter 11: Human Development
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Q1) Which of the following is true of young infants?
A) They show no preferences for particular stimuli because they cannot discriminate among them.
B) They prefer familiar to unfamiliar stimuli.
C) They prefer novel rather than familiar stimuli.
D) They prefer circular rather than rectangular stimuli.
Q2) Separation anxiety appears in infants:
A) at various times depending upon the culture they are in
B) at 6 to 8 months of age
C) primarily if they have been deprived of caretaker comfort
D) at about the same time they reach the formal operational stage of development
Q3) A securely attached infant differs from one who is avoidantly attached in terms of:
A) what they do when the attachment figure leaves
B) how they respond to strangers
C) what they do when the attachment figure returns after an absence
D) all of the above
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Chapter 12: Social Psychology
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Q1) Trey is recording grades in the large introductory psychology class for which he is a teaching assistant. Where would social facilitation theory suggest he ought to work on it to make the best progress?
A) in the library at a table with other people studying
B) alone in his room or alone in his office
C) in his office with other TAs who are also recording grades
D) at a coffee shop with many other people talking
Q2) Weiner's theory argues that in addition to being either personal or situational, attitudes can vary on which dimensions?
A) stable/unstable and controllable/uncontrollable
B) positive/negative
C) controllable/uncontrollable
D) positive/negative and stable/unstable
Q3) Whose behaviour is LEAST likely to be helped by an antidepressant that raises levels of serotonin?
A) Kevin, who gets into repeated bar fights
B) Fritz, who deliberately drives his car off a bridge
C) five-year-old Kimiko, who is always hostile toward people
D) Gabriella, who has overdosed on sleeping pills
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Chapter 13: Personality
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Q1) What is the current status of Freud's psychodynamic theory in psychological science?
A) It has been largely abandoned because most of Freud's ideas cannot be tested empirically.
B) It has been modified by the neo-Freudians and is now viewed as a scientifically valid theory of personality.
C) It is now more widely endorsed by personality psychologists than when it was first proposed.
D) It has been abandoned by therapists but not research psychologists.
Q2) If a trait is a single concept, then personality is:
A) a collection of concepts
B) an element of a general concept
C) the opposite of a concept
D) something entirely different from the concept
Q3) A personality trait:
A) tends to be unstable
B) is a tendency to behave in a certain way across various circumstances
C) is the intention that naïve observers agree characterizes a person
D) is a temporary disposition to behave in a certain way
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Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following two anxiety disorders resemble each other the LEAST?
A) social anxiety disorder and specific phobia
B) generalized anxiety disorder and specific phobia
C) panic disorder and agoraphobia
D) post-traumatic stress disorder and panic disorder
Q2) According to the diathesis-stress model, which of the following people is most likely to become depressed?
A) Jane, who experienced both abuse and neglect as a child
B) Jaleesa, who had a pleasant childhood but who currently experiences high amounts of stress at home and at work
C) Janice, who experienced abuse as a child and recently was laid off from her job
D) Jennifer, who has a stable personality but who was recently laid off from her job
Q3) The influence of biological rhythms on mood is particularly important in:
A) bipolar disorder
B) seasonal affective disorder
C) dysthymia
D) hypomania
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Chapter 15: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Shanaia has recently been treated with antidepressants and is engaging in intensive, long-term therapy in an inpatient setting. The therapy involves three specific components: a behavioural component, a personal history component, and a self-esteem component. This is the best form of therapy available for her disorder. Shanaia has:
A) severe depression
B) bipolar disorder
C) borderline personality disorder
D) obsessive-compulsive disorder
Q2) Sam, a 10-year-old male, has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Which of the following would you expect to see as Sam gets older?
A) He will outgrow this disorder by young adulthood.
B) He has a high likelihood of having ADHD as a young adult.
C) His prognosis is very good if he receives early drug treatment.
D) The prognosis is unclear; long-term studies have not yet been conducted on this disorder.
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Chapter 16: Cultural Psychology
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Q1) Social striving is associated with:
A) working in a group just hard enough to get by
B) working harder in a group than as an individual
C) being a confederate in a social-loafing experiment
D) only working hard during an economic slump
Q2) According to your textbook, caricaturing Muhammad violates the
ethic for many Muslims.
A) eid
B) religious
C) prophet
D) divinity
Q3) Acculturation is the process by which people:
A) forget their original culture when they immigrate
B) come to learn a culture that is different from their original culture
C) become known as cultural aliens or lacking a cultural identity
D) show high uncertainty regarding their cultural identity
Q4) The course of schizophrenia is significantly better for patients living in:
A) a collectivistic rather than individualistic society
B) less developed societies rather than more industrialized ones
C) an individualistic rather than a collectivistic society
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