Exam 1: Biopsychology As a Neuroscience

Which subdivision of biopsychology is most likely to be identified with an experiment in which the effects of different doses of Prozac on the ability of different groups of mice to learn a maze is studied?

Korsakoff's syndrome is often associated with a __________ deficiency.

The study of nervous system disorders is called __________.

In some studies, subjects are not assigned to conditions; instead subjects are selected because they are already living under these conditions (e.g., alcohol consumers and alcohol nonconsumers).Such studies are

The comparison of brain-behavior relations in different species is called

The __________ refers to the fact that a copulating male that becomes incapable of continuing to copulate with one sex partner can often recommence copulating with a new sex partner.

In psychophysiology, the usual measure of brain activity is the

The term "within-subjects design" refers to experiments in which

In a successful experiment, the independent variable affects the

Which of the following is not regarded as one of the major divisions of biopsychology?

Compare physiological psychology and neuropsychology, and discuss how these two approaches to biopsychological research complement one another.

The principle that precedence should be given to the simplest interpretation of a behavior when more than one interpretation is possible is called

If an object is moving to the left at a constant speed and your eyes are rotating to the left at twice the speed, you will see the object moving

Biopsychology is the scientific study of the

Scientific progress is most likely when different approaches are focused on a single problem, particularly when the strengths of one approach compensate for the weaknesses of the others.This is called

In the U.S.alone, more than __________ psychiatric patients have received a prefrontal lobotomy.

It is important to think critically about biopsychological claims.Discuss and provide an example.

Discuss biopsychology's (behavioral neuroscience's)special role in neuroscientific research, and describe four other disciplines of neuroscience.

A major shortcoming of case-study research is that

The research of a biopsychologist working for a drug company would likely be