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Brain and Behavior Chapter 5: Reasearch Methods of Biopsychology Part 5
This deck covers key questions and answers from Chapter 5 of Brain and Behavior, focusing on research methods in biopsychology.
In most PET and functional MRI studies of cognitive processes, the signal-to-noise ratio is increased by
Signal averaging
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In most PET and functional MRI studies of cognitive processes, the signal-to-noise ratio is increased by
Signal averaging
Which of the following is a commonly studied species-common behaviour? A) copulating B) nest building C) grooming D) swimming
All of the above
The open-field test is usually conducted in
A large, empty chamber
In the open-field test, a high bolus count is frequently used as an indicator of
Fearfulness
In the open-field test, thigmotaxia is often used as a measure of
Fearfulness
If a rat with its hair erect, moves sideways towards another rat and then pushes against it, the
First rat is likely a dominant male displaying social aggression
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
In most PET and functional MRI studies of cognitive processes, the signal-to-noise ratio is increased by | Signal averaging |
Which of the following is a commonly studied species-common behaviour? A) copulating B) nest building C) grooming D) swimming | All of the above |
The open-field test is usually conducted in | A large, empty chamber |
In the open-field test, a high bolus count is frequently used as an indicator of | Fearfulness |
In the open-field test, thigmotaxia is often used as a measure of | Fearfulness |
If a rat with its hair erect, moves sideways towards another rat and then pushes against it, the | First rat is likely a dominant male displaying social aggression |
In rats, boxing (rearing up and pushing with the forepaws) is usually a sign of | Defence against conspecific attack |
The elevated plus maze is a commonly used test of A) balance B) learning C) memory | None of the above |
The elevated plus maze is commonly employed to study | Anxiety or defensiveness in studies of anxiolytic drugs |
Normally, a male rat cannot intromit unless | The female first displays lordosis |
Which of the following is a commonly used measure of male rat sexual behaviour? A) number of mounts required to achieve an intromission B) number of intromissions required to achieve an ejaculation C) duration of the interval between an ejaculation and the reinitiation of mounting | All of the above |
Which of the following is a commonly used measure of the sexual receptivity of female rats? A) postejaculatory interval B) mount frequency C) lordosis quotient D) number of intromissions to ejaculation E) number of ejaculations to intromission | Lordosis quotient |
During conventional Pavlovian conditioning, the conditional stimulus is repeatedly presented just before the | Unconditional stimulus |
In operant conditioning paradigms, the rate of a voluntary response is increased by _ and decreased by _ | Reinforcement; punishment |
The self-stimulation paradigm is | An operant conditioning paradigm |
In most self-stimulation paradigms, laboratory animals A) press levers or perform other operant responses to obtain reinforcement B) receive electrical stimulation through implanted electrodes C) receive punishment for inappropriate self-stimulation | Both A and B |
The first time a wolf rat encounters a food it has never tasted before, it usually displays | Neophobia |
Cancer patients sometimes develop conditioned taste aversions in response to their | Chemotherapy |
The discovery of conditioned taste aversion challenged the A) principle of equipotentiality B) belief that temporal contiguity is necessary for conditioning C) the engram theory of memory | Both A and B |
The radial arm maze is commonly used to study | Foraging for food |
Most radial arm mazes have | 8 or more arms radiating out from a central starting area |
In the typical radial arm maze, rats tend to orient themselves on the basis of | External room cues |
The Morris water maze is commonly used to study | Spatial ability in rats |
The typical Morris water maze | Is circular |
If a rat receives a single painful stimulus from a small object in a test box containing commercial bedding material, the rat will usually investigate the object and then | Bury it |
Antianxiety (anxiolytic) drugs tend to reduce the amount of A) conditioned taste aversion B) time spent in the closed arms of the elevated plus maze C) self-stimulation D) conditioned defensive burying | Both B and D |
Intracellular unit recording is not commonly used in biopsychological research because | It is very difficult to keep the tip of a microelectrode inside a single neuron in a moving subject |