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WorksheetsBio Review - Part 1
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which of the following is NOT an example of a physiological factor?
Hormones
Brain Damage
Genetic Inheritance
Stress in the workplace
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 behaviors can be described by a single biological factor.
It believes that our behavior is the result of the interaction of biological and environmental factors.
Which of the following is NOT a reason for carrying out research on animals?
Research can be carried out on animals that would be ethically problematic with humans
Many animals - such as chimpanzees and mice - have a similar genetic makeup to humans
Animals and humans have similar physiology - that is, brains, nervous systems, and endocrine systems.
Researchers are not bound to ethical considerations like they are in human research.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a case study?
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
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.
Which lobe is responsible for processing visual information?
Frontal Lobe
Temporal Lobe
Parietal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
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
If there was damage to the amygdala, which symptom might we observe?
Difficulty recognizing faces
Addictive behavior
Inability to form emotional memories
Inability to solve a problem
Which part of the neuron is most affected by learning?
Neurons are not affected by learning
The neurotransmitters
The dendrites
The nucleus
Which of the following is not true of Rosenzweig, Bennett & Diamond's (1972) study? (study with rats & deprivation)
It is difficult to generalize the findings to humans
The experiment was able to control for extraneous (confounding) variables.
There are ethical concerns regarding the treatment of the animals in the study.
There was evidence of neuroplasticity in the rats - the frontal lobes were denser as a result of dendritic branching in the enriched environmental condition.
According to Carrion (2009), what effect can stress in the environment have on the brain of children?
An overactive fear response caused by the amygdala
Cognitive impairment caused by a smaller hippocampus
Difficulty in remembering faces as a result of damage to the fusiform gyrus.
Damage to the frontal lobe that leads to problems in decision making
What research method did Maguire use for her study of brain plasticity in taxi drivers?
A quasi-experiment using a single-blind control
A quasi-experiment using a double-blind control
A true experiment using a single-blind control
A field experiment using a double-blind control.
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
To what extent is it possible to generalize from a single case study?
You cannot generalize from a single case study.
If they are biological, you can always generalize from a single case study.
A single case study can be generalized only if it is confirmed through animal research.
A single case study must be compared to other similar case studies to identify a trend
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.
Which brain imaging technique could be considered invasive?
PET scans
MRI scans
CT scans
fMRI scans
Which of the following is true about the use of brain imaging techniques in the study of brain?
The scanner is a natural environment, so the results have high ecological validity.
An fMRI or MRI cannot be replicated, so these studies are not highly reliable.
The emotional state of an individual being scanned can interfere with the quality of the data collected.
The colors help researchers to understand exactly what is happening in the brain.
What is a key difference between and MRI and an fMRI?
MRI's are more claustrophobic than fMRIs.
MRI's show the structure of the brain; fMRIs show the functioning brain
MRIs show colored images of the brain; the fMRI is green and black.
MRI's are invasive; fMRI's are not
What happens to the neurotransmitters after they are released into the synapse?
They are broken down by enzymes or reabsorbed by the terminal buttons.
They are absorbed into the bloodstream
They are eventually replaced in the receptor site until another action potential happens
They continue to flow through the next neuron.
Research by Rogers & Kesner supported the theory that acetylcholine plays a role in
The transfer of memory from short-term memory to long-term memory
The ability to solve a puzzle or maze
The aging process of rats
The onset of Alzheimer's disease
What was the control condition in the study by Rogers and Kesner?
The injection with scopolamine
The group that received no injection
The injection with physostigmine
The injection with a saline solution
