Exam 1: Introduction to Biological Psychology

A critical scientist in the discovery of DNA structure was a young woman named Rosalind Franklin at King's College, who applied her skills in ________to the project of determining the structure of DNA.

Scientifically, validity is means that the chosen test actually measures what the researcher is interested in measuring.

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) has this advantage over Electroencephalography (EEG).

Researchers interested in genetic variables contributing to various behaviors prefer mice over rats as an animal model because

Which of the following are generally considered the key functional units of inheritance?

One clear advantage of both PET and fMRI scans is the fact that they ___________.

When laboratory rats were released into the wild what behavioral trait distinguished them from their wild counterparts?

The process by which life experiences and the environment can change gene expression is called epigenetics.

The genetic engineering technique employing an inoperative gene is known as the ___________ model.

What is the relationship between epigenetics and rats raised enriched environments?

Theory of natural selection emphasizes that species which are better adapted to their _______ tend to have ______ survival rates than species that are not.

The disciplines of biology, neuroscience, and psychology are the basis of

Single-unit recording uses _______________ which are positioned in proximity to individual neurons so that their activity can be recorded.

Rats raised in complex stimulating environments recover from brain trauma at a slower rate.

Behavioral tests assess various ___________ in test animals.

When one member of a gene pair is less influential, such that its trait is not expressed over the trait of the other gene, it is said to be

The difference in how your brain would react between skydiving and being thrown out of a plane by a passenger gone berserk is determined by

Flexibility, or adaptation, to changing environments would increase survival, whereas inflexibility in changing environments would lead to _______.

According to ___________, the cellular mechanisms of heredity were controlled by the chromosomes within the cell nucleus.

_____________ is a fatal disease caused by a mutated recessive gene for a brain enzyme, hexosaminidase A (Hex A).