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Cog Sci 1B Midterm Exam 2024 Q&A Verified 6 Disciplines of Cog Sci - CORRECT ANSWER-Psychology, Philosophy, Linguistics, Anthropology, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience Spatial Resolution - CORRECT ANSWER-The scale on which it can give precise measurement, basically if it can measure really small things (neurons) or large (lobes) Temporal Resolution - CORRECT ANSWER-The scale on which time intervals the machine is sensitive Western Psychology Weird acronoym - CORRECT ANSWER-W...

What is the self? Answer An organized collection of concepts and schemas that define how we perceive ourselves. Self-concepts Answer The content of the self; determine what we believe and how we feel about ourselves. Self-schemas Answer The mental structures that affect how we organize and process social information What are 2 functions of the self? Answer Organization & Regulation The Self guides our perceptions of the social world. Answer Central-what we attend to & care about per...

AP Psychology Unit 4 Multiple Choice Test Bank Questions and Answers Complete sensation in the absence of complete perception is best illustrated by - Answer-prosopagnosia As you look at an apple, its reflected light travels to the eye. The rods and cones absorb the light and help transmit the information to the brain. This process best illustrates - Answer-sensation As the brain receives information about the lines, angles, and edges of objects in the environment, higher-level cells pro...

Structuralist View of Consciousness - ANSWERBreak consciousness down to the lowest level Functionalist View of Consciousness - ANSWERConsciousness is a stream of thought Behaviorist View of Consciousness - ANSWERNo consciousness Modern View of Consciousness - ANSWERAwareness of surrounding and how things are connected together Elements of Consciousness - ANSWERAttention, selective, limited capacity Inattentional Blindness - ANSWERA form of selective attention that describes the bl...

Structuralist View of Consciousness : Break consciousness down to the lowest level Functionalist View of Consciousness : Consciousness is a stream of thought Behaviorist View of Consciousness : No consciousness Modern View of Consciousness : Awareness of surrounding and how things are connected together Elements of Consciousness : Attention, selective, limited capacity Inattentional Blindness : A form of selective attention that describes the blindness of the senses when attention i...

The focus of psychological science is the attempt to relate overt responses to observable environmental stimuli." This statement is most closely associated with which approach? - Behavioral Which research design is most appropriate for establishing a cause-and-effect relationship between two variables? - Experimental The science of psychology is typically dated from the establishment of the late-nineteenth-century Leipzig laboratory of - Wilhelm Wundt The requirement that prospective p...

Alcoholic Beverages A term which includes beer, wine, and liquor. BAC Abbreviation for blood alcohol content, which is a measurement of the concentration of alcohol in the blood. Beer A fermented malt beverage containing .5% or more of alcohol by volume. DMV Department of Motor Vehicles which, in most states, issues both driver's licenses and state ID cards. Intoxicating Liquor (or Liquor) All alcoholic beverages (other than beer) containing .5% or more alcohol by volume, and all wines. ...

Structuralist View of Consciousness - ANSWERBreak consciousness down to the lowest level Functionalist View of Consciousness - ANSWERConsciousness is a stream of thought Behaviorist View of Consciousness - ANSWERNo consciousness Modern View of Consciousness - ANSWERAwareness of surrounding and how things are connected together Elements of Consciousness - ANSWERAttention, selective, limited capacity Inattentional Blindness - ANSWERA form of selective attention that describes the bl...

self - An organized collection of concepts and schemas that define how we perceive ourselves. self-concepts - are the content of the self and determine what we believe and how we feel about ourselves; self schemas - are the mental structures that affect how we organize and process social information. two functions of the self - -Organization E.g., self-reference effect -Regulation (executive) Limited resource ideacentral -perceptions - -what we attend to and care about -our interpretatio...

Reaction Time - Answer-Time it takes to respond and initiate movement (average is 120-280 ms) Movement Time - Answer-Time from initiated movement until the end of the movement Response time - Answer-Time it takes to respond until the end of movement (Reaction time + Movement time) Stimulus Identification Stage - Answer-The stimulus is recognized and identified-- sensory stage (vision, audition, touch, kinethesis, smell) Parallel processing usually occurs during this stage Response Selectio...