You are reminiscing with your family one night about a past family experience. As people talk, you realize you remember an account of the event that is different from that of the other family members. What aspect of your mental representation is different from your family members?
Content.
100
This particular type of neuroimaging technique uses a radioactive substance to look at the brain “in action”
C. Positron emission tomography (PET)
100
A variety of research methods can be used in cognitive psychology. Unfortunately, limitations can be found for all of them. This is one reason why ______ is (are) important.
D. Converging evidence
100
Rewards during learning activate the ________.
C. nucleus accumbens
200
Wundt focused on understanding the content of _________________.
C. consciousness
200
If you were to slice the brain between the eyes, what cut would you have?
D. Sagittal
200
Which of the following would most involve the use of the frontal lobe?
D. Considering how to use an oddly designed nutcracker to crack a nut
200
The main functions of the temporal and occipital lobes, respectively, are
C. auditory processing and visual processing
300
William James was interested in ______ of mental activity.
Function
300
A neuroimaging technique that has great spatial resolution.
MRI.
300
The basal ganglia are associated with ________.
Developing habits.
300
The cerebral cortex has folds or wrinkles. The top of a fold or wrinkle is _______.
C. Gyrus
400
Serial processing :: parallel processing as
A. in steps :: at once
400
When we show that an activity affects one process but not another and a second activity has the reverse properties, this is a
C. Double Dissociation task
400
There is a famous neuropsychological example in which Phineas Gage, a railroad foreman, accidentally had a tamping rod shoot from under his chin through his skull damaging his frontal lobe. Which of the following is most likely to have changed for Phineas after the accident?
His personality.
400
The connection between neurons is called _____________.
A. synapse
500
Hull belonged to what school of thought?
C. Behaviorism
500
Which one of these is not one of the behavioral methods used to study cognition
Introspection.
500
This particular part of the brain is responsible for regulating behavior that is important for the
survival of the organism (e.g. fighting, feeding, mating etc.)
A. Hypothalamus
500
Information relay station between the brain and the spinal cord is: