Question 1

When the potential experience of pain is ________ the perception of pain is increased.

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Question 2

Biology, neuroscience, and psychology ________ to form the basis of biopsychology.

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Question 3

Compare and contrast case studies with experimental studies.

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Question 4

Discuss the role of animal models in biopsychology research

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Question 5

What is localization of function? Did phrenology succeed in determining it?

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Question 6

What is the relationship between epigenetics and rats raised enriched environments?

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Question 7

What is meant by the term neuroimaging?

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Question 8

A comparative psychological approach answers research questions by doing what?

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A comparative psychological approach involves studying different animal species to understand psychological phenomena, often to draw parallels or contrasts with human behavior.

Question 9

The finches with beaks that were best adapted to successfully retrieve food were the finches most likely to survive long enough to _______, passing to their offspring the likelihood of having a similarly adaptive beak.

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Reproduce. The sentence describes a scenario of natural selection, where the traits that enhance survival (in this case, beak adaptations for feeding) are more likely to be passed on to the next generation through reproduction.

Question 10

Flexibility, or adaptation, to changing environments would increase survival, whereas inflexibility in changing environments would lead to _______.

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Flexibility or adaptation to changing environments is crucial for survival because it allows organisms to cope with new challenges and changes. Inflexibility, on the other hand, would hinder an organism's ability to survive under new or changing conditions, potentially leading to death.

Question 11

Studies have provided evidence that an animal's environmental context (internal or external conditions) can indeed have a powerful impact on many aspects of the animal's brain and behavioral systems, such as increasing levels of this hormone.

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Question 12

The ease with which we can access calorie-laden food, for example, differs markedly from the experience of our hunter-gatherer ancestors and has likely contributed to what?

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The ease of access to calorie-rich foods in modern society, as opposed to the more physically demanding food acquisition methods of our hunter-gatherer ancestors, has contributed significantly to the obesity epidemic by increasing the likelihood of consuming more calories than are expended.

Question 13

Overall, compared to inhabitants of rural areas, city dwellers exhibit which of the following characteristics?

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City dwellers often have access to better infrastructure, including health care, sanitation, and nutrition, and typically have higher incomes due to the concentration of economic activities and job opportunities in urban areas.

Question 14

Finding mates via social media and computer dating services is very different from the mate-selection strategies used by our ancestors and might suggest which of the following theories?

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The use of technology for mate selection suggests that modern humans may be less adapted to natural environments, relying more on technology than on traditional survival skills.

Question 15

Which statement best summarizes the findings of Bruce Alexander and his colleagues on the effects of external environment on drug addiction in rats?

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Bruce Alexander and his colleagues' research, notably the "Rat Park" experiments, demonstrated that the external environment significantly affects drug addiction. Rats in enriched, stimulating environments (Rat Park) showed less preference for drug-laced water compared to those in isolated, stressful conditions, highlighting the role of environmental factors in addiction.

Question 16

What is one way that rabies, a potentially fatal viral disease, might influence the behavior of its infected host?

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The rabies virus is known to travel to the brain and can cause changes in behavior, including increased aggression, which is a mechanism that helps the virus spread through bites from the infected host to new hosts.

Question 17

In two studies of subjects who had learned to juggle or study for a preliminary medical examination, what was the similar influence of this experiential context on brain and behavior?

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Both studies showed that engaging in new learning experiences, such as juggling or studying for a medical exam, can lead to improved behavior and an increase in gray matter in the brain. This demonstrates the brain's plasticity in response to learning and skill acquisition.

Question 18

_______ was the first researcher to determine the rules of heritable transmission in pea plants, whereas _______ was the first to observe chromosomes, which contained the cellular mechanisms of heritable transmission.

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Mendel was the first to determine the rules of heritable transmission through his experiments with pea plants, and Flemming was the first to observe chromosomes, which are crucial for the process of heritable transmission.

Question 19

Which is the correct order of the key players in the production of proteins?

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DNA is transcribed to mRNA, which is then translated into a sequence of amino acids to form proteins.

Question 20

If you were given a map that only had coordinates and legends indicating distances on it, you would not find it very helpful. This is an analogy to DNA in relation to the discovery of ________.

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The analogy points to the idea that just having the DNA sequence (coordinates and legends) is not enough to understand how genes are expressed and regulated in different environments or conditions. The epigenome involves modifications that do not change the DNA sequence but affect how cells read genes, akin to having additional information that makes a map (or the DNA) more useful and informative.

Quiz 1: Introduction to Biological Psychology