Exam 1: What is Biopsychology?

Who first observed that muscles would respond to electrical stimulation?

Who established the first psychology laboratory and where?

The degree of genetic similarity between identical twins is:

Concordance rates from twin studies are higher for medical disorders than psychological disorders.

Heritability for schizophrenia ranges from 60-90%.

Which of the following statements is true?

If a person has different genes for hand clasping preference,they are ___ for that trait.

The human characteristic that has been most investigated for its genetic basis is:

Heritabilities are,on average,higher for ___ than for ___.

Which of the following is not true about heritability?

___ calculated the velocity of the nervous impulse to be about ___.

The textbook author views the mind as a:

What is localization? List and discuss discoveries that led to this line of thinking in prior centuries.

The proposition that specific functions are controlled by specific brain areas refers to:

The gene for Huntington's disease is located on chromosome 4.

Who first measured the speed of conduction in the nervous system?

Describe the contributions of key players in neuroscience,such as Galvani,Fritch and Hitzig,and Helmholtz.

Adoption studies have tended to overestimate the heritability of intelligence.

A direct function of genes is:

Over 99% of the genes in any two individuals,related or unrelated,are identical.