PSY 200 NVCC EXAMINERS SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔corpus callosum - ✔✔A thick band of nerve fibers that connects larger areas of the
cerebral cortex on each side of the brain and supports communications of information
across the hemispheres.
✔✔When you move the left side of you body it was controlled by what side of your
brain? - ✔✔right
✔✔temporal - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for hearing and language
✔✔occipital - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information
✔✔parietal - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex whose functions include processing
information about touch.
✔✔frontal - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex that has specialized areas for movement,
abstract thinking, planning, memory, and judgment
✔✔Which lobes contain the auditory cortex? - ✔✔temporal
✔✔Which lobes contain the visual cortex? - ✔✔occipital
✔✔What are the motor and sensory cortexes? - ✔✔parental
✔✔Which body parts get more space on the somatosensory and motor cortex? -
✔✔motor cortex
✔✔Which lobes are involved in planning and making judgments? - ✔✔frontal
, ✔✔How are identical twins different from fraternal twins? - ✔✔Identical twins have the
same genes, the fraternal twins are 2 different eggs and 2 different sperm
✔✔Why do researchers like to study identical twins who have been separated? -
✔✔nature vs nuture
✔✔What is the split brain procedure? - ✔✔It is an association of symptoms produced by
disruption of or interference with the connection between the hemispheres of the brain
✔✔What is an EEG? - ✔✔Electroencephalogram, a test used to evaluate the electrical
activity in the brain
✔✔What procedures show the function of the brain? - ✔✔fMRI
✔✔What is phenomenology? - ✔✔How things seem to the conscious person
✔✔what are the four basic properties of consciousness. - ✔✔intentionality = the quality
of being directed toward an object
Unity = which is resistance to division, or the ability to integrate information from all of
the body's senses into one coherent whole.
Selectivity = the capacity to include some objects but not others.
Transience= the tendency to change.
✔✔What is the cocktail party phenomenon? - ✔✔people tune in one message even
while they filter out others nearby.
✔✔What is minimal consciousness? - ✔✔A low-leveled kind of sensory awareness &
responsiveness that occurs when the mind inputs sensations & many inputs
✔✔Full consciousness - ✔✔Consciousness in which you know & are able to report your
mental state
✔✔What is self-consciousness - ✔✔A distinct level of consciousness in which the
persons attention is drawn to the self as an object
✔✔At what age do humans seem to experience self-recognition? - ✔✔18 months
✔✔What others animals are capable of self-recognition? - ✔✔Chimps
✔✔What kind of thoughts tend to dominate consciousness? - ✔✔current concerns
dominate thoughts
✔✔What is mental control? - ✔✔attempt to change conscious state of mind
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔corpus callosum - ✔✔A thick band of nerve fibers that connects larger areas of the
cerebral cortex on each side of the brain and supports communications of information
across the hemispheres.
✔✔When you move the left side of you body it was controlled by what side of your
brain? - ✔✔right
✔✔temporal - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for hearing and language
✔✔occipital - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information
✔✔parietal - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex whose functions include processing
information about touch.
✔✔frontal - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex that has specialized areas for movement,
abstract thinking, planning, memory, and judgment
✔✔Which lobes contain the auditory cortex? - ✔✔temporal
✔✔Which lobes contain the visual cortex? - ✔✔occipital
✔✔What are the motor and sensory cortexes? - ✔✔parental
✔✔Which body parts get more space on the somatosensory and motor cortex? -
✔✔motor cortex
✔✔Which lobes are involved in planning and making judgments? - ✔✔frontal
, ✔✔How are identical twins different from fraternal twins? - ✔✔Identical twins have the
same genes, the fraternal twins are 2 different eggs and 2 different sperm
✔✔Why do researchers like to study identical twins who have been separated? -
✔✔nature vs nuture
✔✔What is the split brain procedure? - ✔✔It is an association of symptoms produced by
disruption of or interference with the connection between the hemispheres of the brain
✔✔What is an EEG? - ✔✔Electroencephalogram, a test used to evaluate the electrical
activity in the brain
✔✔What procedures show the function of the brain? - ✔✔fMRI
✔✔What is phenomenology? - ✔✔How things seem to the conscious person
✔✔what are the four basic properties of consciousness. - ✔✔intentionality = the quality
of being directed toward an object
Unity = which is resistance to division, or the ability to integrate information from all of
the body's senses into one coherent whole.
Selectivity = the capacity to include some objects but not others.
Transience= the tendency to change.
✔✔What is the cocktail party phenomenon? - ✔✔people tune in one message even
while they filter out others nearby.
✔✔What is minimal consciousness? - ✔✔A low-leveled kind of sensory awareness &
responsiveness that occurs when the mind inputs sensations & many inputs
✔✔Full consciousness - ✔✔Consciousness in which you know & are able to report your
mental state
✔✔What is self-consciousness - ✔✔A distinct level of consciousness in which the
persons attention is drawn to the self as an object
✔✔At what age do humans seem to experience self-recognition? - ✔✔18 months
✔✔What others animals are capable of self-recognition? - ✔✔Chimps
✔✔What kind of thoughts tend to dominate consciousness? - ✔✔current concerns
dominate thoughts
✔✔What is mental control? - ✔✔attempt to change conscious state of mind
