Exam 1: What Are the Origins of Brain and Behavior 

Humans, tigers, dogs, and monkeys are all part of the same:

Animals with smaller brains and simpler nervous systems have mostly _____ behaviors, whereas animals with larger brains and more complex nervous systems have mostly _____ behaviors.

Based on the complexity of their nervous systems, which two organisms have a more recent common ancestor?

The correct order of the evolution of nervous systems from simple to complex is:

Humans, monkeys, Neanderthals, and chimpanzees all belong to the same:

Studies of the brains of very intelligent people (e.g., Albert Einstein) have revealed that intelligent people's brains:

The first humanlike brain evolved:

The study of how genetic expression is related to the environment and experience is known as:

What are the seven general steps in the evolution of the nervous system?

Describe the different reasons a person's brain might be smaller than average.

_____ allowed humans to maximize caloric gain and spend less time foraging.

Which statement applies to Neanderthals?

What is dualism?

Which of the following statements is true about nervous systems?

Humans are unique in that they have the:

You have discovered a new breed of monkey in the jungles of South America. The diet of these monkeys appears to consist mainly of fruit. Based on what you know about evolution and other fruit-eating monkeys, which statement is likely to apply to this newly discovered breed of monkey?

Identify and explain the three main reasons for linking the study of the brain to the study of behavior.

One of the benefits of neoteny is that it allows:

Some of Descartes's followers argued that:

Define what Aristotle called the "psyche."