-What is the process called in which the brain organizes and interprets visual information?

-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