WorksheetsBiological Psychology
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Pain tolerance is largely a result of the effects of endorphins and other neurochemicals.
a)
Humanistic
b)
Cognitive
c)
Biological
d)
Evolutionary
e)
Socio-Cultural
2.
What type of psychologist is most likely to wonder how the brain scans of someone experiencing an epileptic seizure differ from the scans of someone who has not had a seizure?
a)
clinical
b)
health
c)
developmental
d)
biological
3.
What is the part highlighted in red?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Brain Stem
d)
Diencephalon
4.
Identify the lobe of the brain
a)
frontal
b)
temporal
c)
occipital
d)
parietal
5.
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Brain Stem
c)
Cerebellum
d)
Occipital Lobe
6.
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Parietal Lobe
c)
Temporal Lobe
d)
Occipital Lobe
7.
a)
Hypothalamus
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Hippocampus
d)
Thalamus
8.
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Parietal Lobe
c)
Occiptal Lobe
d)
Temporal Lobe
9.
What kind of reaction is the fight-or-flight response primarily?
a)
cognitive
b)
physiological
c)
behavioral
10.
What type of situation might trigger the fight-or-flight response?
a)
persistent worrying
b)
long-term stress
c)
a threat from a predator
11.
Alvin has trouble with memory due to his abnormally small hippocampus.
a)
biological
b)
evolutionary
c)
behavioral
d)
cognitive
12.
Mr. Lopez believes that severe depression results primarily from an imbalanced diet and abnormal brain chemistry. Mr. Lopez favors a ________ perspective on depression.
a)
biological
b)
psychodynamic
c)
behavioral
d)
cognitive
13.
Arguments as to whether psychological differences between men and women result from biological or social influences most clearly involve a debate over the issue of
a)
evolution versus natural selection.
b)
continuous versus non-continuous.
c)
structuralism versus functionalism.
d)
nature versus nurture.
14.
Pain tolerance is largely a result of the effects of endorphins and other neurochemicals.
a)
Humanistic
b)
Cognitive
c)
Biological
d)
Evolutionary
e)
Socio-Cultural
15.
What type of psychologist is most likely to wonder how the brain scans of someone experiencing an epileptic seizure differ from the scans of someone who has not had a seizure?
a)
clinical
b)
health
c)
developmental
d)
biological
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