Exam 1: What Is Behavioral Neuroscience?

 Your former roommate's personality has changed a great deal since an accident injured his frontal cortex. This observation offers support for the _________ view of the mind-body connection.

 Which of the following outcomes were among the implications of Rene Descartes's mind-body dualism?

 If we say that bipolar disorder has a concordance rate of 85 percent in monozygotic twins, we mean that

 In his study of the biology of sexual orientation, Simon LeVay (1991) used the method of

 Future law enforcement personnel might possibly be able to use which of the following technologies to assess whether a person is being truthful or not?

 MEG involves the

 The localization of language functions in the brain was observed by

 The Neuron Doctrine pertains to the

 Dr. Pratt is interested in identifying genes related to reduced eye contact in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. To identify the genes associated with this trait, Dr. Pratt will probably conduct a

 Compared with PET scans, fMRI provides

 PET scans were made possible by the development of

 If the concordance rate for alcoholism were 50 percent among identical twins, which of the following would be true?

 ________ demonstrated that communication in the nervous system is accomplished electrically.

 Ethical standards for the use of human subjects require researchers to

 If the concordance rate for a psychological disorder is 60 percent, this means that genetics determine 60 percent of a person's risk and the environment contributes the other 40 percent.

 You are a licensed clinical counselor. A 35-year-old woman comes to you who has always been very optimistic and cheerful but suddenly is extremely depressed. There has been no change in her life circumstances, and she is aware of nothing that could be causing this depression. Given what you have learned so far, what is the first thing you might suggest to her?

 Gall and Spurzheim are responsible for

 Which of the following technologies are most useful in analyzing brain activity during a seizure?

 Wilder Penfield and Robert Heath used which of the following techniques with their human participants?

 Microdialysis is used to