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The next time you see someone at a party who is having trouble walking properly, you might say, "He has had too much to drink, and it went right to his _____." - correct answers cerebellum If an injury caused the removal of a person's right parietal lobe, they would be unable to _____. - correct answers feel sensations from the left side of the body This part of the limbic system helps regulate emotions such as fear and aggression. - correct answers amygdala A main function of ...

confirmation bias - correct answers A student is writing an article on whether more men or more women are likely to graduate from high school. They believe that more men graduate from high school than women, and has found evidence that they are right on their favorite news sites. This is an example of looks for evidence that would refute their own hypotheses. - correct answers Karl Popper emphasizes the idea of falsification over confirmation of an idea. By Popper's standards, a true scien...

What kinds of issues do Behavioural Neuroscientists address, and how do their studies of normal and pathological behaviours relate to each other? - correct answers Study physiological, evolutionary, & developmental mechanism of behavior & experience; while focusing on the functioning of nervous system & reciprocal interactions w/body to control behavior. Understanding normal behaviors can lead to the discovery of reasons behind pathological behaviors. For example, the study of normal behaviors a...

Explain what is meant by internal mental processes (2 marks) - correct answers Internal mental processes are the ways in which we process information that helps to guide our behaviour. These include how we select important information (attention), how we use it to solve problems (thinking), how we store it and so on. Explain what is meant by schema (2 marks each) - correct answers Schemas are cognitive frameworks that help to organise and interpret information in the brain and help an individ...

The LOWEST amplitude waves are observed when an EEG is administered to someone who is: (a) drowsy. (b) in deep sleep. (c) wide awake. (d) highly relaxed. - correct answers (c) Wide Awake - b/c There is a state of consciousness that is associated with lower amplitude EEG waves. Frank was one of the first people to have his brain recorded using an EEG. Frank is LIKELY to have had this recording done in the: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then selec...

The philosophy of infant-toddler care and education stressed in this book comes from the work of - correct answers Magda Gerber and Emmi Pikler The three R's describe an infant-toddlers' (blank) with others - correct answers interactions Which of these is a primary developmental goal underlying the 10 principles on which this book is based - correct answers security and trust There are two types of caregiver presence mentioned in Chapter 2, they are - correct answers active and re...

According to the Focus on Neuroscience box "The Addicted Brain: Diminishing Rewards," heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, alcohol, and nicotine all affect levels of which of the following neurotransmitters? - correct answers dopamine For several nights in a row, a sleep researcher wakes you up whenever you show signs of entering REM sleep. On the first night that you are allowed to sleep uninterrupted, you will most likely experience: - correct answers REM rebound Elaine is sitting in Sig...

Neuroscience - correct answers involves study of brain and nervous system biological psychology - correct answers Focuses on how the brain and other biological systems influence human behavior neuron - correct answers the basic working unit of the brain (building block of the nervous system), a specialized cell designed to transmit information to other nerve cells, muscle, or gland cells. Most neurons have a cell body, an axon (sends messages), and dendrites (receive messages) Glial cel...

horseradish peroxidase - correct answers stain used to trace axon pathways from their terminals to points of origin optical imaging - correct answers method for preparing a brain for examination that literally makes it transparent voxel - correct answers smallest distinguishable box-shaped part of a three-dimensional image myelin stain - correct answers a stain used to trace neural pathways Nissl stain - correct answers stain used to view populations of cell bodies diffusion tenso...

Wilhelm Wundt - correct answers Established the first psychology lab in Germany in 1879. Conducted the 1st psych experiment. Mary Whiton Calkins - correct answers First president of the APA Margaret Washburn - correct answers First female Ph.D in Psychology John B. Watson - correct answers American psychologist who founded behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior and rejecting the study of mental processes B.F. Skinner - correct answers Leading behaviorist. Rejected ...