According to the text, the division of biopsychology that deals generally with the biology of behavior, rather than specifically with the neural mechanisms of behavior, is
A) physiological psychology.
B) psychobiology.
C) neural biology.
D) comparative psychology.
E) none of the above
Answer: D
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