PSYCH 201 Mind and Brain - Exam 1 questions with
correct answers
psychological science Correct Answer-the scientific study of mind,
brain, and behavior
conformation bias Correct Answer-a tendency to search for information
that confirms one's preconceptions
Failure to judge source credibility Correct Answer-critical thinking
requires us to examine the sources of the information we receive
Misunderstanding statistics Correct Answer-people generally fail to
understand or use statistics in their efforts to interpret events around
them
Seeing relationships that do not exist Correct Answer-an extremely
common reasoning error is the misperception that two events that
happen at the same time must somehow be related
Inaccurately using relative comparisons Correct Answer-how a question
is presented changes how people will answer the question
hindsight bias Correct Answer-the tendency to believe, after learning an
outcome, that one would have foreseen it
heuristics Correct Answer-mental shortcuts
,Self-serving bias Correct Answer-a readiness to perceive oneself
favorably
Nature/Nurture Debate Correct Answer-the arguments concerning
whether psychological characteristics are biologically innate or acquired
through education, experience, and culture
Mind/Body Problem Correct Answer-fundamental issue, are mind and
body separate and distinct, of is the mind simply the physical brains
subjective experience?
Dualism Correct Answer-the belief that the world is composed of 2
distinct categories of substance the mental and physical substance
Plato Correct Answer-body is from the material world, soul is from the
world of ideas and is immortal
Descartes Correct Answer-formalized an argument for dualism
suggesting the external soul controlled the body through and interference
with the pineal gland
Monism Correct Answer-the belief that all of the world can be explained
by any one category of substance
Hippocrates Correct Answer-brain is the seat of thought and emotions
, Hobbes Correct Answer-materialism
materalism Correct Answer-view that nothing exists except for matter
and energy
Franz gall Correct Answer-founder of phrenology
Phrenology Correct Answer-study of the structure of the skull to
determine a person's character and mental capacity
Modularity of mental function Correct Answer-it is a commonly
accepted principle that mental functions can be divided into separate
categories of independent processes
Localization of mental function Correct Answer-phrenologists though
good evidence that various cognitive functions are called out by
independent parts of the brain
Broca's area Correct Answer-damage causes difficulty with speech
production, suggesting specific part of brain is responsible for
production of speech
Wernicke's aphasia Correct Answer-patients can produce speech fluently
but content of the speech is meaningless/ suggests that a specific part of
the brain is responsible for language comprehension
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