Exam 15: Appendix A: Brief, basic Chemistry
Exam 1: Nerve Cells and Nerve Impulses120 Questions
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Exam 3: Anatomy and Research Methods120 Questions
Exam 4: Genetics, evolution, development, and Plasticity123 Questions
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Exam 6: Other Sensory Systems120 Questions
Exam 7: Movement120 Questions
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Exam 9: Internal Regulation120 Questions
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Which type of explanation might describe the presence of a behavior in a particular species by showing how that behavior increased the reproductive success of the species?
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A(n)____ explanation of the brain invokes the routes by which brain activity controls muscle contractions.
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Certain pairs of species have similar songs.For example,dunlins and Baird's sandpipers,two shorebird species,give their calls in distinct pulses,unlike other shorebirds.What type of explanation is suggested here?
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Which type of explanation describes why a particular structure or behavior is advantageous?
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Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees must include a(n)____.
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The underlying mechanisms of behavior are similar across species.
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Someone who investigates how the functioning of the brain and other organs influences behavior is most likely to be called a ____.
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A(n)____ explanation describes eating in terms of the hypothalamus affecting insulin production,which affects the availability of glucose in cells.
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What discipline deals exclusively with nervous system disorders?
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The activities of a social worker are most likely to overlap with those of a(n)____.
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A(n)____ research might relate the behaviors of different species to their habitats.
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An evolutionary explanation of why we get goose bumps when cold is that ____.
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Understanding how genes,nutrition,and experience work together to produce a tendency toward a particular sexual orientation is an example of a(n)____ explanation.
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Research scientists are free to do as they wish when conducting research with animals.
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