-What is the process called in which the brain organizes and interprets visual information?
Sensation
Visual organization
Proprioception
Perception
-Seeing a small, red, shiny object is known as ______________, whereas knowing this object is an apple is known as _____________.
proprioception; sensation
perception; sensation
sensation; perception
perception; proprioception
-An individual who is unable to understand speech would most likely have damage to which area in the temporal lobe?
Wernickes
Cerebellum
Brocas
Somatosensory cortex
-What is the primary role of the temporal lobe?
Auditory processing
Motor functioning
Visual processing
Postural balance
-What is the term that refers to knowledge of where a persons body parts are located in space?
Proprioception
Psorioception
Nociception
Localization
-Why is more cortical tissue in the somatosensory cortex devoted to the lips than to the elbows?
We use our lips more than we use our elbows
Elbows require more sensory input
Lips are larger than the elbow
Lips require more sensory input
-What is the term used to describe the inability to switch strategies following damage to the frontal lobes?
Perseveration errors
Disruptive behavioral strategies
Obsessive determination
Noncommittal phobia
-What is the primary role of the frontal lobes?
Motor input
Memory storage and retrieval
Complex cognitive functions
Auditory processing
-Severing what brain structure results in split brain syndrome?
Frontal lobe
Corpus callosum
Cerebellum
White cortical matter
-What is the raw input of information or signals from the environment called?
Transduction
Sensation
Proprioception
Perception
-What cells in the eye are responsible for edge detection?
Bipolar
Ganglion
Fovea
Edge
-What photoreceptors of the eyes react to lots of light or color?
Retina
Pupil
Rods
Cones
-What is it called when an object further away from us than the object we are visually focused on appears to separate into two objects?
Figure-ground separation
Depth impairment
Parallax movement
Binocular disparity
-What effect does the unattended nonverbal information, such as body language, have on verbal information presented during a conversation?
Interpretation
No effect
Salience
Veracity
-At what age do children begin to develop a Theory of Mind?
7-9yrs
1-2yrs
5-7yrs
3-5yrs
-What is the capacity to evaluate ourselves and our actions from the perspective of another person called?
=External Perspective
Social Evaluation
Introspection
Theory of Mind
-If genetics is playing a strong role in the production of a behaviour, then we would expect identical twins to have ________ concordance on measures of that behaviour.
low
no
some
high
-What is the evolutionary process wherein beneficial traits that promote survival are passed down from parent to child called?
Genetic Selection
Natural Selection
Reproductive Selection
Artificial Selection
-According to behaviourists, the grasping reflex in human babies and the imprinting behaviours in baby ducks are both examples of _________ behaviours.
primitive
innate
infantile
learned
-What is the inhibition of inappropriate natural responses to a stimulus after repeated exposures called?
Condintioning
Discontinuation
Addition
Habituation
-According to Operant Conditioning, what is the term for a stimulus that cues a reward contingency?
Reward Stimulus
Punishment Stimulus
Discriminative stimulus
Predictive Stimulus
-What is the term used by B.F. Skinner to describe consciousness as an emergent property of the human machinery rather than as an active component in the direction of our behaviour?
Parasympathetic
Observer Paradox
Epiphenomenon
Peripheral
-What type of reward schedule produces a high and consistent level of responding while also being highly resistant to extinction?
Fixed Ratio
Formal Ratio
Variable Ratio
Consistent Ratio