PSYC 230 Final UPDATED Questions and
CORRECT Answers
recording the electrical signals from a single neuron require the use of which of the following
equipment? - CORRECT ANSWER - microelectrodes
which has multiple sub-types of memory? - CORRECT ANSWER - long-term
levi has suffered damage to his occipital lobe, what is most likely to be one of the symptoms he
is experiencing? - CORRECT ANSWER - levi has an area of blindness in one location of
his visual space
who introduced the flow diagram to represent what is happening in the mind? - CORRECT
ANSWER - donald broadbent
raphael is sitting on the beach watching the waves and letting his mind wander. which part of
raphael's brain is most likely highly active? - CORRECT ANSWER - the default mode
network
Quinn's significant other was in a car accident and hit their head during the crash. The doctor's
suspect that they may be suffering from Wernicke's aphasia. Which of the following would
support the doctor's diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER - Their speech is incoherent as
they are having problems with matching their words to the word's meaning and is unable to
understand others.
Which memory holds incoming information for a fraction of a second and then passes most of
this information to short-term memory? - CORRECT ANSWER - sensory memory
Endel Tulving, one of the most prominent early memory researchers, proposed that long-term
memory is subdivided into all of the following components EXCEPT - CORRECT
ANSWER - short-term memory
,why can we consider tolman one of the early cognitive psychologists? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Because he used behavior to infer mental processes
the fusiform face area (FFA) is to faces as the parahippocampal place area (PPA) is to -
CORRECT ANSWER - spatial layout
how did the introduction of the digital computer influence cognitive psychology? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Theorists began to model the way the brain works in stages after the
information processing model of computers.
As a result of gaps in the behaviorist paradigm, the new cognitive paradigm began to emerge in
which decade? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1950s
Your roommate comes home from working at the hospital and tells you about two patients that
were in a car accident. One of the patients cannot recognize everyday objects like a cup or ball
but can recognize the faces of the people in the hospital and family members. The other patient
cannot recognize the faces of the people in the hospital but can recognize everyday objects like a
cup and ball. You tell your roommate that this is an example of - CORRECT ANSWER -
double dissociation
Which describes the cognitive revolution? - CORRECT ANSWER - Greater emphasis on
unobservable mental processing
While Walter is looking at his friend's face, his brain is gathering information about his
emotions, how attractive his face is, if he recognizes his face, and where he is looking. All of this
information is occurring in many different areas of the brain referred to as - CORRECT
ANSWER - Correct answer:
distributed representation.
Which of the following BEST describes the difference between episodic and semantic memory?
- CORRECT ANSWER - Episodic memories are autobiographical while semantic
memories are general facts.
, What are the three different methods used for researching the how different areas of the brain are
connected and communicate? - CORRECT ANSWER - Neuroanatomy, track-weighted
imaging, and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
The action potential causes neurotransmitters to be released into the - CORRECT
ANSWER - synapse
The main point of the Donders's reaction time experiments was to - CORRECT
ANSWER - measure the amount of time it takes to make a decision.
What are the three different methods used for researching the localization of cognition in the
brain? - CORRECT ANSWER - Neuropsychology, single neuron recording, and brain
imaging
Kosslyn interpreted the results of his research on imagery (such as the island experiment) as
supporting the idea that the mechanism responsible for imagery involves which kind of
representations? - CORRECT ANSWER - spatial
Due to our environment and the oblique effect, which shapes are we MORE likely to perceive
with greater ease? - CORRECT ANSWER - Horizontal and vertical
Someone who is able to remember many digits of the number pi by imagining each consecutive
digit in a different room of a large building is employing which strategy? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Method of loci
Kosslyn concluded that the image field is limited in size. This conclusion was drawn from the -
CORRECT ANSWER - mental walk experiment.
Research on what might help to explain why a person who suffered from brain damage in a car
accident is having difficulties remembering the location of an object after some time has passed?
- CORRECT ANSWER - Landmark discrimination problem
CORRECT Answers
recording the electrical signals from a single neuron require the use of which of the following
equipment? - CORRECT ANSWER - microelectrodes
which has multiple sub-types of memory? - CORRECT ANSWER - long-term
levi has suffered damage to his occipital lobe, what is most likely to be one of the symptoms he
is experiencing? - CORRECT ANSWER - levi has an area of blindness in one location of
his visual space
who introduced the flow diagram to represent what is happening in the mind? - CORRECT
ANSWER - donald broadbent
raphael is sitting on the beach watching the waves and letting his mind wander. which part of
raphael's brain is most likely highly active? - CORRECT ANSWER - the default mode
network
Quinn's significant other was in a car accident and hit their head during the crash. The doctor's
suspect that they may be suffering from Wernicke's aphasia. Which of the following would
support the doctor's diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER - Their speech is incoherent as
they are having problems with matching their words to the word's meaning and is unable to
understand others.
Which memory holds incoming information for a fraction of a second and then passes most of
this information to short-term memory? - CORRECT ANSWER - sensory memory
Endel Tulving, one of the most prominent early memory researchers, proposed that long-term
memory is subdivided into all of the following components EXCEPT - CORRECT
ANSWER - short-term memory
,why can we consider tolman one of the early cognitive psychologists? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Because he used behavior to infer mental processes
the fusiform face area (FFA) is to faces as the parahippocampal place area (PPA) is to -
CORRECT ANSWER - spatial layout
how did the introduction of the digital computer influence cognitive psychology? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Theorists began to model the way the brain works in stages after the
information processing model of computers.
As a result of gaps in the behaviorist paradigm, the new cognitive paradigm began to emerge in
which decade? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1950s
Your roommate comes home from working at the hospital and tells you about two patients that
were in a car accident. One of the patients cannot recognize everyday objects like a cup or ball
but can recognize the faces of the people in the hospital and family members. The other patient
cannot recognize the faces of the people in the hospital but can recognize everyday objects like a
cup and ball. You tell your roommate that this is an example of - CORRECT ANSWER -
double dissociation
Which describes the cognitive revolution? - CORRECT ANSWER - Greater emphasis on
unobservable mental processing
While Walter is looking at his friend's face, his brain is gathering information about his
emotions, how attractive his face is, if he recognizes his face, and where he is looking. All of this
information is occurring in many different areas of the brain referred to as - CORRECT
ANSWER - Correct answer:
distributed representation.
Which of the following BEST describes the difference between episodic and semantic memory?
- CORRECT ANSWER - Episodic memories are autobiographical while semantic
memories are general facts.
, What are the three different methods used for researching the how different areas of the brain are
connected and communicate? - CORRECT ANSWER - Neuroanatomy, track-weighted
imaging, and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
The action potential causes neurotransmitters to be released into the - CORRECT
ANSWER - synapse
The main point of the Donders's reaction time experiments was to - CORRECT
ANSWER - measure the amount of time it takes to make a decision.
What are the three different methods used for researching the localization of cognition in the
brain? - CORRECT ANSWER - Neuropsychology, single neuron recording, and brain
imaging
Kosslyn interpreted the results of his research on imagery (such as the island experiment) as
supporting the idea that the mechanism responsible for imagery involves which kind of
representations? - CORRECT ANSWER - spatial
Due to our environment and the oblique effect, which shapes are we MORE likely to perceive
with greater ease? - CORRECT ANSWER - Horizontal and vertical
Someone who is able to remember many digits of the number pi by imagining each consecutive
digit in a different room of a large building is employing which strategy? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Method of loci
Kosslyn concluded that the image field is limited in size. This conclusion was drawn from the -
CORRECT ANSWER - mental walk experiment.
Research on what might help to explain why a person who suffered from brain damage in a car
accident is having difficulties remembering the location of an object after some time has passed?
- CORRECT ANSWER - Landmark discrimination problem
