Chapter 1- Biopsychology as a Neuroscience: What Is Biopsychology, Anyway?

The human brain weighs about

1.3 kilograms (2.9 pounds)

According to the textbook, the science of biopsychology as it is practiced today emerged as a discipline in about

1949

Which of the following is a major theme of your text?

All of the above (thinking creatively about bio psychology, clinical implications, the evolutionary perspective, and neuroplasticity)

The man who played a key role in the emergence of biopsychology as a discipline by writing "The Organization of Behavior" is

Hebb

· Psychology is often defined as the scientific study of

behavior

Biopsychology is the scientific study of the

biology of behavior

Which of the following is the youngest scientific discipline?

biopsychology

· Psychobiology, behavioral biology, and behavioral neuroscience are all approximate synonyms for

biopsychology

The main difference between human brains and the brains of their mammalian relatives is that human brains tend to be bigger and

have more cortex

What distinguishes biopsychology from the other subdisciplines of neuroscience?

its focus on the study of behavior

Jimmie G., the man frozen in time, had a severe problem with his

memory

Structure of the nervous system is to function of the nervous system as

neuroanatomy is to neurophysiology

The human brain is comprised of various cells, including about 100 billion that are specialized to receive and transmit electrochemical signals. These specialized cells are called

neurons

Which subdiscipline of neuroscience focuses on the study of brain disorders?

neuropathology

The study of the nervous system is called

neuroscience

· Biopsychology is a branch or division of

neuroscience

Research has now established that the brain is

plastic

Which of the following animals are currently the most common subjects of bio psychological research

rats and mice