Chapter 1
___ founded behaviorism which ___ the study of inner mental processes.
John Watson; rejected
Which of the following would best fit Watson's approach to psychological research?
watching people react to a scary movie
Population coding is to sparse coding as ___ is to ___.
large;small
Driving in the dense fog, Sameen could only see rows of large, white rectangles up ahead. As he got closer, he could make out that the rectangles were lighted windows in his hotel. Which term best describes what Sameen experienced?
hierarchical processing
If you're having problems with your vision, then it's likely that there could be a problem with your ___ lobe.
occipital
Noam Chomsky argued that language development was primarily determined by ___.
biological processes
In an experiment, a rat can choose between hitting a blue button (which provides a snack) or a yellow button (which provides a shock). In each round of the experiment, the buttons may or may not switch colors. This experiment combines elements of which two researchers?
Donders and Skinner
Suppose you're carefully deliberating as to whether to accept a certain job offer. In doing so, you are especially using your ___ lobe.
frontal
Which of the following is key to an fMRI scanner's ability to track cognitive activity in the brain?
oxygen
How does Broca's area differ from Wernicke's area?
Broca's area is involved with producing language, whereas Wernicke's area helps to comprehend language
In Broadbent's flow diagram of attention, messages first enter a(n) ___
filter
The decline in shopping at brick-and-mortar stores and the explosion of online shopping can be considered a shift in _____.
The brain is constantly changing in response to various experiences due to its ________.
plasticity
When you look at the face of a loved one, this experience can be described from a neural perspective as ________.
multidimensional
Which of the following acts like a radio antenna in a car?
dendrite
In a classic paper from the 1950s, George Miller argued that the information-processing capacity of the mind is ___.
limited to 7 items
Being able to hear a friend talk to you while at a noisy party reflects concepts studied by which of the following?
James and Cherry
Serena was thrilled to come home from work and see a huge bouquet of flowers left on the table for her by Sameen. From a neurocognitive perspective, Serena's experience of the flowers is a ________.
representation
Which functional network becomes active when the brain is at rest?
default mode
Neurons in the skin that detect a spider crawling up your leg are called ________.
receptors
As Sameen sat down to take his Biopysch exam, what did he draw upon to answer the 30 questions?
long-term memory
The use of positron emission tomography enables psychological research to get down to the level of _____.
neurons
You are able to perceive that a sailboat on the horizon is moving due to the actions of ________
feature detectors
Nerve nets were initially likened to work like _______
highways
A neuron at rest has a ________.
negative charge; 70 MV