Biopsychology 10th Edition by John P. J. Pinel - Test Bank

Chapter 2

Evolution, Genetics, and Experience: Thinking About the Biology of Behavior

Multiple Choice Questions

1.         The general intellectual climate of a culture is referred to as its

a.         canon.

b.         guano.

c.         zeitgeist.

d.         converging operations.

e.         confounds.

Answer: C

Diff: 1

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Topic: Chapter 2 Introduction

Type: Factual

2.         A major purpose of Chapter 2 of Biopsychology is to teach you NOT to think about the biology of behavior in terms of

a.         instinct.

b.         Cartesian dualism.

c.         traditional dichotomies.

d.         psychology.

e.         the brain.

Answer: C

Diff: 2

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Topic: Thinking about the Biology of Behavior: From Dichotomies to Interactions

Type: Factual

3.         The idea that the human brain and human mind are separate entities was formalized in the 1600s by

a.         Hebb.

b.         Locke.

c.         Plato.

d.         Descartes.

e.         Pinel.

Answer: D

Diff: 2

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Topic: Thinking about the Biology of Behavior: From Dichotomies to Interactions

Type: Factual

4.         Descartes’s philosophy was called

a.         monism.

b.         behaviorism.

c.         ethology.

d.         mentalism.

e.         dualism.

Answer: E

Diff: 2

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Topic: Thinking about the Biology of Behavior: From Dichotomies to Interactions

Type: Factual

5.         Nature is to nurture as

a.         learning is to genetics.

b.         behaviorism is to ethology.

c.         genetics is to experience.

d.         both A and B

e.         both B and C

Answer: C

Diff: 3

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Topic: Thinking about the Biology of Behavior: From Dichotomies to Interactions

Type: Factual