Biological Approaches to Behavior Flashcard 1

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Which of the following is not an example of a physiological factor? Hormones, Brain Damage, Genetic Inheritance, Stress in the workplace

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Stress in the workplace

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Which of the following statements is not true about the biological approach?
Behaviors can be passed down from generation to generation via genetics.
Animals can be used to understand human behavior.
Often behaviours can be described by a single biological factor.
It believes that our behavior is the result of the interaction of biological and environmental factors.

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Often behaviours can be described by a single biological factor.

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Biologists argue that when genes interact with the environment, they are "turned on" or "turned off." This process is known as

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Gene expression

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of a case study?
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They are often holistic, not focusing only on a single variable.
They are often longitudinal
They can be replicated in order to establish reliability
They often use method triangulation to increase credibility

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They can be replicated in order to establish reliability

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Which of the following is an example of triangulation? Asking a participant to come to three different interviews, Repeating a study in order to establish reliability, Carrying out a study over months and carrying out several observations., Having more than one researcher observe an individual and gather data.

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Having more than one researcher observe an individual and gather data

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To what extent is it possible to generalize from a single case study?

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A single case study must be compared to other similar case studies to identify a trend.

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Which of the following is not a conclusion that we can draw from the HM study? Memory is stored in the hippocampus., Different types of memory may be transferred to long-term memory differently., The hippocampus plays a role in retrieving information from long-term memory., The hippocampus plays a role in transferring information from short-term to long-term memory.

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Memory is stored in the hippocampus.

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Which of the following is an example of localization of function? The hippocampus transfers information from short-term memory to long-term memory, Two parts of the brain work together in solving a problem., The brain changes as a result of interacting with the environment., The right side of the brain controls the left side of the body and vice versa.

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The hippocampus transfers information from short-term memory to long-term memory

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Which lobe is responsible for processing visual information?

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Occipital lobe

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Which of the following might be a symptom of damage to the frontal lobe? Inability to predict an outcome or solve a problem, Blurred vision, Paralysis to the left side of the body, Seizures

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Inability to predict an outcome or solve a problem