Chapter 1 Deck one Flashcards
According to Biased Chapter one, what is Implicit biased ?
its a Kind of distorting lens that’s a product of both the architecture of our brain and the disparities in our society.
According to Biased Chapter one, Our idea’s about race are shaped by the stereotypes to which we are exposed on a daily basis. and one of the strongest stereotypes in American society associates blacks with __________?
Criminality
According to Biased Chapter one, For nearly fifty years, scientists have been documenting the fact that people are much better at recognizing faces of their own race than faces of another race. a finding dubbed ______________?
the other race effect
According to Biased Chapter one, by the time babies are ______? , their brains react more strongly to faces of their own race than to face of people unlike them.
three months old
According to Biased Chapter one, True or false, The brain is not a hardwired machine, Its a malleable organ that response to the environment we are placed in and the challenges we face.
TRUE
According to Biased Chapter one, what is the hippocampus ?
A horseshoe shaped structure in the medial temporal lob of the brain, it plays a critical role in spatial memory and navigation
According to Biased Chapter one, a trench like structure in the temporal lobe of the brain that is vital to social competence is called ?
The superior sulcus
According to Biased Chapter one, buried deep near the base of the brain that help us distinguish the familiar from the unfamiliar, or friend from foe is called_________?
The fusiform face area
According to Biased Chapter one, the fusiform face area , is widely thought to be _______________?
primitive and fundamental to our survival as a species
According to Biased Chapter one, what type of device allows us to track the blood flow changes in the brain that illustrates neural activity?
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI)
