diff --git a/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_function_base.py b/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_function_base.py
index bd218efa57..f69826d55e 100644
--- a/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_function_base.py
+++ b/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_function_base.py
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 
 import functools
 
-from astroid.brain.brain_numpy_utils import infer_numpy_member, looks_like_numpy_member
+from astroid.brain.brain_numpy_utils import (
+    attribute_looks_like_numpy_member,
+    infer_numpy_member,
+)
 from astroid.inference_tip import inference_tip
 from astroid.manager import AstroidManager
 from astroid.nodes.node_classes import Attribute
@@ -25,5 +28,5 @@
     AstroidManager().register_transform(
         Attribute,
         inference_tip(inference_function),
-        functools.partial(looks_like_numpy_member, func_name),
+        functools.partial(attribute_looks_like_numpy_member, func_name),
     )
diff --git a/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_multiarray.py b/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_multiarray.py
index 4b2fe63c02..e9c7bacfce 100644
--- a/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_multiarray.py
+++ b/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_multiarray.py
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 
 import functools
 
-from astroid.brain.brain_numpy_utils import infer_numpy_member, looks_like_numpy_member
+from astroid.brain.brain_numpy_utils import (
+    attribute_looks_like_numpy_member,
+    infer_numpy_member,
+    name_looks_like_numpy_member,
+)
 from astroid.brain.helpers import register_module_extender
 from astroid.builder import parse
 from astroid.inference_tip import inference_tip
@@ -91,10 +95,10 @@ def vdot(a, b):
     AstroidManager().register_transform(
         Attribute,
         inference_tip(inference_function),
-        functools.partial(looks_like_numpy_member, method_name),
+        functools.partial(attribute_looks_like_numpy_member, method_name),
     )
     AstroidManager().register_transform(
         Name,
         inference_tip(inference_function),
-        functools.partial(looks_like_numpy_member, method_name),
+        functools.partial(name_looks_like_numpy_member, method_name),
     )
diff --git a/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_numeric.py b/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_numeric.py
index c5c816f00b..6fd23a857f 100644
--- a/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_numeric.py
+++ b/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_numeric.py
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 
 import functools
 
-from astroid.brain.brain_numpy_utils import infer_numpy_member, looks_like_numpy_member
+from astroid.brain.brain_numpy_utils import (
+    attribute_looks_like_numpy_member,
+    infer_numpy_member,
+)
 from astroid.brain.helpers import register_module_extender
 from astroid.builder import parse
 from astroid.inference_tip import inference_tip
@@ -42,5 +45,5 @@ def full_like(a, fill_value, dtype=None, order='K', subok=True, shape=None): ret
     AstroidManager().register_transform(
         Attribute,
         inference_tip(inference_function),
-        functools.partial(looks_like_numpy_member, method_name),
+        functools.partial(attribute_looks_like_numpy_member, method_name),
     )
diff --git a/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_utils.py b/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_utils.py
index 5867b6f9c2..47f24433bd 100644
--- a/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_utils.py
+++ b/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_utils.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from astroid.builder import extract_node
 from astroid.context import InferenceContext
-from astroid.nodes.node_classes import Attribute, Import, Name, NodeNG
+from astroid.nodes.node_classes import Attribute, Import, Name
 
 # Class subscript is available in numpy starting with version 1.20.0
 NUMPY_VERSION_TYPE_HINTS_SUPPORT = ("1", "20", "0")
@@ -61,26 +61,21 @@ def _is_a_numpy_module(node: Name) -> bool:
     )
 
 
-def looks_like_numpy_member(member_name: str, node: NodeNG) -> bool:
+def name_looks_like_numpy_member(member_name: str, node: Name) -> bool:
     """
-    Returns True if the node is a member of numpy whose
+    Returns True if the Name is a member of numpy whose
     name is member_name.
+    """
+    return node.name == member_name and node.root().name.startswith("numpy")
 
-    :param member_name: name of the member
-    :param node: node to test
-    :return: True if the node is a member of numpy
+
+def attribute_looks_like_numpy_member(member_name: str, node: Attribute) -> bool:
     """
-    if (
-        isinstance(node, Attribute)
-        and node.attrname == member_name
+    Returns True if the Attribute is a member of numpy whose
+    name is member_name.
+    """
+    return (
+        node.attrname == member_name
         and isinstance(node.expr, Name)
         and _is_a_numpy_module(node.expr)
-    ):
-        return True
-    if (
-        isinstance(node, Name)
-        and node.name == member_name
-        and node.root().name.startswith("numpy")
-    ):
-        return True
-    return False
+    )