PSYC 30001-7 Midterm Test latest updated 2021
. An ontogenetic explanation is one that describes the development of a structure
or behavior.
a.
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b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
2. Gottfried Leibniz (1714) posed the question: “Why is there something rather than
nothing?”
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points that
are important to remember from this text.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
3. The mind-body problem refers to how the mind controls the body.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points that
are important to remember from this text.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
4. The universe could have been different in many ways, nearly all of which would
have made life impossible
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points that
are important to remember from this text.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
5. Chalmers explanation of the mind-body problem has largely laid the issue to rest.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.02 - List three general points that
are important to remember from this text.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
6. Neurons vary enormously in size, shape, and functions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
7. Perception occurs primarily in sense organs.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
8. Electrical stimulation of your brain can produce a hand experience even if you had
no hand.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.01 - Briefly state the mind–brain
problem and contrast monism with dualism.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
9. Mental activity and certain types of brain activity are, so far as we can tell,
inseparable.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.01 - Briefly state the mind–brain
problem and contrast monism with dualism.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
10. Research scientists are free to do as they wish when conducting research with
animals.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of
research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
11. The underlying mechanisms of behavior are similar across species.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of
research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
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12. Invertebrate nerve action follows the same basic principles as human nerves.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of
research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
13. Minimalists do not tolerate any kind of animal research.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of
research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
14. Abolitionists maintain that animals do not have the same rights as humans.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.04 - Discuss the ethical issues of
research with laboratory animals.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
15. The dispute between abolitionists and animal researchers is a dispute between
two ethical positions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Use of Animals in Research
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
Multiple Choice
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16. Biological psychologists are primarily interested in the study of the physiological,
evolutionary, and ____.
a. social influences on attitudes
b. developmental mechanisms of behavior and experience
c. cultural mechanisms of society as a whole
d. psychological influences on disease
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
17. A cognitive neuroscientist is most likely to ____.
a. conduct behavioral tests to determine the abilities and disabilities of
people with various kinds of brain damage
b. study scans of brain anatomy or activity to analyze and explore
people’s knowledge, thinking, and problem solving
c. relate behaviors to the functions they have served and, therefore, the
presumed selective pressures that caused them to evolve
d. identify educational needs of schoolchildren, devise a plan to meet the
needs, and then help teachers implement it
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
18. Jill studies how hormones influence sexual behavior of rats. She is most likely a
____.
a. biological psychologist
b. neuroscientist
c. clinical psychologist
d. psychiatrist
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
19. A fundamental property is one that ____.
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a. answers all questions
b. occurs only in certain parts of the nervous system
c. cannot be reduced to something else
d. cannot be explained
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.01 - Briefly state the mind–brain
problem and contrast monism with dualism.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
20. A person who believes that hormones released at different stages of the
menstrual cycle affect a person’s mood is using a(n) ____ explanation.
a. functional
b. ontogenetic
c. physiological
d. evolutionary
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
21. A(n) ____ explanation describes why a structure or behavior evolved as it did.
a. functional
b. ontogenetic
c. physiological
d. evolutionary
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
22. A(n) ____ describes development, including the influences of genes, nutrition,
experiences, and their interactions.
a. functional
b. ontogenetic
c. physiological
d. evolutionary
ANSWER: b
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DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
23. Understanding how genes, nutrition, and experience work together to produce a
tendency toward a particular sexual orientation is an example of a(n) ____
explanation.
a. ontogenetic
b. evolutionary
c. functional
d. common sense
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
24. Which type of explanation best describes how a structure or behavior develops?
a. physiological
b. ontogenetic
c. evolutionary
d. functional
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
25. A(n) ____ explanation describes eating in terms of the hypothalamus affecting
insulin production, which affects the availability of glucose in cells.
a. physiological
b. ontogenetic
c. evolutionary
d. functional
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Apply
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
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TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
26. Explaining differences in running speed as a function of differences in muscle
fiber types is an example of a(n) ____ explanation.
a. ontogenetic
b. physiologicalphysiological
c. evolutionary
d. functional
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Apply
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
27. A person who studies the genetic predisposition to be aggressive in combination
with early aggressive experiences is seeking a(n) ____ explanation.
a. physiological
b. behavioral
c. evolutionary
d. ontogenetic
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
28. Mapping out the relationship between shared bone structures across different
species suggests that there is a(n) ____ explanation.
a. ontogenetic
b. evolutionary
c. behavioral
d. physiological
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
29. An evolutionary explanation of why we get goose bumps when cold is that ____.
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a. our sympathetic nervous system is activated
b. we inherited the mechanism from our remote ancestors who had
more hair
c. we have a preference for being warm
d. our children are often raised in cold environments
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Apply
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
30. Human language developed as the result of genes and the opportunity to hear
language during a sensitive period in early life. What type of explanation is this?
a. physiological
b. ontogenetic
c. evolutionary
d. functional
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
31. Some animals have camouflage that matches their typical surroundings in order
to provide protection from predators. What type of explanation does this illustrate?
a. evolutionary
b. functional
c. ontogenetic
d. physiological
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Apply
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
32. Which type of explanation might describe the presence of a behavior in a
particular species by showing how that behavior increased the reproductive success
of the species?
a. physiological
b. ontogenetic
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c. evolutionary
d. solipsistic
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
33. Which type of explanation describes why a particular structure or behavior is
advantageous?
a. physiological
b. ontogenetic
c. evolutionary
d. functional
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Apply
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
34. In a small population of sheep, the dominant male may produce many more
offspring than the other males, spreading his genes. This is an example of ____.
a. assimilation
b. artificial selection
c. genetic drift
d. recombination
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
35. Which explanation of human behavior focuses most on learning through
experience?
a. physiological
b. ontogenetic
c. evolutionary
d. functional
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
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REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
36. Consciousness does not occur when you are ____.
a. in a coma
b. daydreaming
c. watching television
d. exercising
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
37. An adult male sparrow sings its normal song ____.
a. if he hears the song during a sensitive period early in his life
b. only when he hears a female bird singing
c. if his own species' song is the first song he hears when young
d. regardless of whether or not he has ever heard his species' song from
another bird
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
38. Consciousness occurs ____.
a. in all kinds of nervous systems some of the time
b. in certain parts of certain kinds of nervous system all of the time
c. in certain parts of certain kinds of nervous systems some of the time
d. in all kinds of nervous systems all of the time
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.01 - Briefly state the mind–brain
problem and contrast monism with dualism.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
39. The view of the brain from above is called the ____ view.
a. anterior
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b. ventral
c. dorsal
d. posterior
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Biological Approach to Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
40. A particular area of a songbird brain grows under the influence of testosterone;
hence, it is larger in breeding males than in females or immature birds. That brain
area enables a mature male to sing. What type of explanation is illustrated here?
a. evolutionary
b. ontogenetic
c. neurological
d. physiological
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Apply
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
41. In many species, a young male bird learns its song by listening to adult males.
Development of the song requires certain genes and the opportunity to hear the
appropriate song during a sensitive period early in life. What type of explanation is
illustrated here?
a. evolutionary
b. ontogenetic
c. neurological
d. physiological
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Apply
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
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42. Certain pairs of species have similar songs. For example, dunlins and Baird’s
sandpipers, two shorebird species, give their calls in distinct pulses, unlike other
shorebirds. What type of explanation is suggested here?
a. evolutionary
b. ontogenetic
c. neurological
d. physiological
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Apply
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
KEYWORDS: New
43. The sea dragon is a fish that looks and acts like kelp in order to attract its food. A
researcher proposes that this is due to a genetic modification that expands smaller
appendages already present in these fish’s ancestors. What type of explanation is
this?
a. functional
b. evolutionary
c. ontogenetic
d. biological
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Apply
REFERENCES: Biological Explanations of Behavior
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
44. Which field is least likely to focus primarily on research?
a. neuroscience
b. psychophysiology
c. neurochemistry
d. neurology
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Career Opportunities
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
45. A(n) ____ investigates the chemical reactions in the brain.
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a. neurochemist
b. psychophysiologist
c. comparative psychologist
d. neurologist
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Career Opportunities
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
46. A stroke patient might seek the aid of a(n) ____ to increase the functions of daily
life.
a. neuroscientist
b. clinical psychologist
c. occupational therapist
d. neurochemist
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Career Opportunities
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
47. According to David Chalmers, consciousness is ____.
a. a fundamental property of matter
b. not necessary for brain functioning
c. easy to observe
d. independent of the brain
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Apply
REFERENCES: Career Opportunities
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
48. Someone who investigates how the functioning of the brain and other organs
influences behavior is most likely to be called a ____.
a. sociobiologist
b. neuropsychologist
c. behavioral neuroscientist
d. comparative psychologist
ANSWER: c
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DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Career Opportunities
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
49. A neuropsychologist ____.
a. has an M.D. and specializes in the treatment of brain damage
b. conducts research on animal behavior
c. is more often a teacher than a practitioner
d. tests the abilities and disabilities of people with brain damage
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Career Opportunities
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
50. A comparative psychologist ____.
a. compares the reactions different people have in similar situations
b. considers the evolutionary histories of different species and their
behaviors
c. compares nervous system responses of different people
d. helps people with emotional distress
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Career Opportunities
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.INT.01.03 - Give examples of
physiological, ontogenetic, evolutionary, and functional explanations of behavior.
TOPICS: INT.1 Overview and Major Issues
51. Which specialist is most likely to work with people with brain damage?
a. comparative psychologist
b. biopsychologist
c. neuropsychologist
d. psychobiologist [Show Less]