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Study Guide to Accompany Garrett & Hough's Brain & Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience
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Study Guide to Accompany Garrett & Hough's Brain & Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience

Fifth Edition
  • Bob Garrett - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, USA
  • Gerald Hough - Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
October 2017 | 272 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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Completely revised to accompany the best-selling Brain & Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience, Fifth Edition, the Study Guide offers students even more opportunities to review, practice, and master course material. Featuring chapter outlines, learning objectives, summaries and guided reviews, short answer and essay questions, multiple choice post-test questions, and answer keys, the guide reflects important updates made to the content in the main text to enhance student understanding.

 
Acknowledgments
 
1. What Is Behavioral Neuroscience?
Chapter Outline

 
Learning Objectives

 
The Origins of Behavioral Neuroscience

 
Nature and Nurture

 
Post-test

 
Answers

 
 
2. Communication Within the Nervous System
Chapter Outline

 
Learning Objectives

 
The Cells That Make Us Who We Are

 
How Neurons Communicate With Each Other

 
Post-test

 
Answers

 
 
3. The Organization and Functions of the Nervous System
Chapter Outline

 
Learning Objectives

 
The Central Nervous System

 
The Peripheral Nervous System

 
Development and Change in the Nervous System

 
Post-test

 
Answers

 
 
4. The Methods and Ethics of Research
Chapter Outline

 
Learning Objectives

 
Science, Research, and Theory

 
Research Techniques

 
Research Ethics

 
Post-test

 
Answers

 
 
5. Drugs, Addiction, and Reward
Chapter Outline

 
Learning Objectives

 
Psychoactive Drugs

 
Addiction

 
The Role of Genes in Addiction

 
Post-test

 
Answers

 
 
6. Motivation and the Regulation of Internal States
Chapter Outline

 
Learning Objectives

 
Motivation and Homeostasis

 
Hunger: A Complex Drive

 
Obesity

 
Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge Eating Disorder

 
Post-test

 
Answers

 
 
7. The Biology of Sex and Gender
Chapter Outline

 
Learning Objectives

 
Sex as a Form of Motivation

 
The Biological Determination of Sex

 
Gender-Related Behavioral and Cognitive Differences

 
Sexual Orientation

 
Post-test

 
Answers

 
 
8. Emotion and Health
Chapter Outline

 
Learning Objectives

 
Emotion and the Nervous System

 
Stress, Immunity, and Health

 
Biological Origins of Aggression

 
Post-test

 
Answers

 
 
9. Hearing and Language
Chapter Outline

 
Learning Objectives

 
Hearing

 
Language

 
Post-test

 
Answers

 
 
10. Vision and Visual Perception
Chapter Outline

 
Learning Objectives

 
Light and the Visual Apparatus

 
Color Vision

 
Form Vision

 
The Perception of Objects, Color, and Movement

 
Post-test

 
Answers

 
 
11. The Body Senses and Movement
Chapter Outline

 
Learning Objectives

 
The Body Senses

 
Movement

 
Post-test

 
Answers

 
 
12. Learning and Memory
Chapter Outline

 
Learning Objectives

 
Learning as the Storage of Memories

 
Brain Changes in Learning

 
Learning Deficiencies and Disorders

 
Post-test

 
Answers

 
 
13. Intelligence and Cognitive Functioning
Chapter Outline

 
Learning Objectives

 
The Nature of Intelligence

 
The Biological Origins of Intelligence

 
Deficiencies and Disorders of Intelligence

 
Post-test

 
Answers

 
 
14. Psychological Disorders
Chapter Outline

 
Learning Objectives

 
Schizophrenia

 
Affective Disorders

 
Anxiety, Trauma, and Stress-Related Disorders

 
Personality Disorders

 
Post-test

 
Answers

 
 
15. Sleep and Consciousness
Chapter Outline

 
Learning Objectives

 
Sleep and Dreaming

 
The Neural Bases of Consciousness

 
Post-test

 
Answers

 
Key features

KEY FEATURES: 

  • Chapter outlines reflect important updates made to the content in the main text to enhance student understanding.
  • Learning objectives have been rewritten in accordance with Bloom’s taxonomy and can measure student learning.
  • Summaries and guided reviews ask students to fill in the blank in section summaries and include answers.
  • Short answer and essay questions and post-test multiple choice questions with answer keys help students test their knowledge and identify opportunities for improvement.   

 

Sample Materials & Chapters

Chapter 1: What is Behavioral Neuroscience?

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