Basics of Biopsychology, by John P. J. Pinel - Test Bank
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83) Each codon
A) comprises three consecutive bases on the messenger RNA molecule.
B) instructs the ribosome to add one amino acid from the cytoplasm to the growing protein
chain.
C) contains all of the information necessary to synthesize a complete protein.
D) all of the above
E) both A and B
Answer: E
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 24
Topic: 1.3 Fundamental Genetics
84) Which of the following contains all of the base sequences necessary for the synthesis of a single
protein?
A) ribosome
B) operator gene
C) structural gene
D) chromosome
E) nucleotide
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 24
Topic: 1.3 Fundamental Genetics
85) Each amino acid is carried to the ribosome by
A) transfer RNA.
B) a codon.
C) messenger RNA.
D) operator genes.
E) proteins.
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 25
Topic: 1.3 Fundamental Genetics
86) Construction of a detailed physical map of human chromosomes
A) began in earnest in 1990.
B) was a massive collaborative effort.
C) is now complete.
D) was an attempt to locate the 3 billion base letters that compose human chromosomes.
E) all of the above
Answer: E
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 26
Topic: 1.3 Fundamental Genetics
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87) Arguably, the most ambitious scientific project of all time began in 1990: the
A) American space program.
B) cognitive neuroscience project.
C) human genome project.
D) decade of the brain.
E) theory of evolution.
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 26
Topic: 1.3 Fundamental Genetics
88) Many people overestimate the degree to which the human genome project will contribute to
the understanding of human development because they fail to appreciate that
A) the human genome project is decades from completion.
B) it will still be necessary to determine how the genes interact.
C) it will still be necessary to determine how each gene is affected by experience.
D) all of the above
E) both B and C
Answer: E
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 26
Topic: 1.3 Fundamental Genetics
89) How many structural genes are there in the human genome?
A) about 34,000
B) 3 times more than in the chimpanzee genome.
C) 8 times more than in the mouse genome.
D) 35 times more than in the fruit fly genome.
E) about 34 billion.
Answer: A
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 26
Topic: 1.3 Fundamental Genetics
90) The idea that the human brain and human mind are separate entities was formalized in the
1600s by
A) Hebb.
B) Locke.
C) Plato.
D) Descartes.
E) Pinel.
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 27
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
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91) Descartes’s philosophy was called
A) monism.
B) behaviorism.
C) ethology.
D) mentalism.
E) dualism.
Answer: E
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 27
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
92) Asomatognosia is a
A) form of Korsakoff’s syndrome.
B) dualistic philosophy.
C) learned response.
D) consequence of hypothalamic damage.
E) deficiency in the awareness of parts of one’s own body.
Answer: E
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 28
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
93) Asomatognosia typically
A) results from damage to the right parietal lobe.
B) affects the left side of the body.
C) affects both sides of the body.
D) affects the right side of the body.
E) both A and B
Answer: E
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 28
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
94) Nature is to nurture as
A) learning is to genetics.
B) behaviorism is to ethology.
C) genetics is to experience.
D) both A and B
E) both B and C
Answer: C
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 29
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
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95) European ethologists focused on the study of
A) invertebrates.
B) instinctive behaviors.
C) learning.
D) both A and C
E) both B and C
Answer: B
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 29
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
96) Identical twins are
A) monozygotic.
B) dizygotic.
C) fraternal.
D) both A and C
E) both B and C
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 31
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
97) Identical is to fraternal as
A) dizygotic is to monozygotic.
B) polyzygotic is to monozygotic.
C) two is to one.
D) culture is to experience.
E) monozygotic is to dizygotic.
Answer: E
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 31
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
98) The most extensive study of twins reared apart is the
A) British study.
B) Canadian study.
C) New York study.
D) Minnesota study.
E) North African study.
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 31
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
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99) In the Minnesota study, the heritability estimate for IQ was 70%. This means that IQ is
A) 70% genetic.
B) about 30% environmental.
C) about 70% genetic.
D) both B and C
E) none of the above
Answer: E
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 32
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
100) A heritability estimate is
A) an estimate of the proportion of a trait that is attributable to genetics.
B) an estimate of the proportion of between-subject variability occurring in a particular trait
in a particular study that resulted from genetic differences among the subjects.
C) likely to be higher in studies with little environmental variation.
D) both A and C
E) both B and C
Answer: E
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 33
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
101) In the study of heritability estimates, increasing the genetic diversity of the subjects would
likely
A) decrease the heritability estimate.
B) confound the experiment.
C) have no effect on the heritability estimate.
D) reduce the accuracy of the heritability estimate.
E) increase the heritability of estimate.
Answer: E
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 33
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
1) According to the text, __________ played a key role in the emergence of the field of
biopsychology by writing a book published in 1949.
Answer: Hebb
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7
Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
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2) The study of nervous system disorders is called __________.
Answer: neuropathology
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 8
Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
3) Modern biology began in 1859 with the publication of On the __________ by Darwin.
Answer: Origin of Species
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 9
Topic: 1.2 Human Evolution
4) Social dominance plays a role in evolution because dominant animals produce more
__________.
Answer: offspring
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 11
Topic: 1.2 Human Evolution
5) Mammals evolved from a line of small __________.
Answer: reptiles
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 12
Topic: 1.2 Human Evolution
6) The first Homo species is thought to have evolved from a species of __________ about 2 million
years ago.
Answer: Australopithecus
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 14
Topic: 1.2 Human Evolution
7) Similarities between __________ structures result from convergent evolution.
Answer: analogous
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 15
Topic: 1.2 Human Evolution
8) All body cells of a human normally contain __________ pairs of chromosomes.
Answer: 23
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 21
Topic: 1.3 Fundamental Genetics
9) The two genes that control the same trait are called __________.
Answer: alleles
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 21
Topic: 1.3 Fundamental Genetics
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10) The nucleotide base __________ is found in DNA but not in RNA.
Answer: thymine
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 24
Topic: 1.3 Fundamental Genetics
11) __________ RNA carries the genetic code from DNA in the nucleus of the cell to the cytoplasm
of the cell body.
Answer: Messenger
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 25
Topic: 1.3 Fundamental Genetics
12) Proteins are long chains of __________.
Answer: amino acids
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 25
Topic: 1.3 Fundamental Genetics
13) Asomatognosia is typically produced by lesions to the right __________.
Answer: parietal lobe
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 28
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
14) In the early 20th century, the nature side of the nature-nurture debate was championed by
European __________.
Answer: ethologists
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 29
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
15) Monozygotic twins are more commonly called __________ twins.
Answer: identical
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 31
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
Essay Questions
1) Discuss biopsychology and its special role as a field of neuroscience.
Diff: 1
Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
2) Describe the model of the biology of behavior that has been adopted by most biopsychologists.
Diff: 3
Topic: 1.1 What Is Biopsychology?
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3) Briefly summarize the main stages of human evolution beginning 410 million years ago with
the evolution of amphibians.
Diff: 3
Topic: 1.2 Human Evolution
4) Describe and discuss four often-misunderstood points about evolution.
Diff: 2
Topic: 1.2 Human Evolution
5) Describe how structural genes are expressed, that is, translated into proteins.
Diff: 2
Topic: 1.3 Fundamental Genetics
6) Discuss the human genome project. How much does it contribute to our knowledge of brain
function? What is left to be done?
Diff: 3
Topic: 1.3 Fundamental Genetics
7) Discuss the mind-brain dichotomy.
Diff: 2
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
8) Discuss the interaction of genetic factors and experience in behavioral development.
Diff: 2
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
9) Compare the behavioral genetics of individual differences. Be sure to explain and discuss
heritability estimates in your answer.
Diff: 3
Topic: 1.4 Thinking about the Biology of Behavior
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