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CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION TO COG. PSYCH Flashcards

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1
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name the 6 ways memory is used

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in memory

as a problem solver

making decisions

something valuable

normal/abnormal functioning

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define the mind

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creates/controls mental functions

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name 3 mental functions the mind is associated with

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perception
attention
memory
emotions
language
deciding
thinking
reasoning
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define the mind (2)

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a system that creates representations of the world with purpose to achieve goals

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what does the mind (2) demonstrate

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the mind’s importance for functioning and survival

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what 2 words does cognition come from?

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gnosco and cogito

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define cognition

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the mental processes like perception, attention, and memory

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name the 3 components of cognition (philisopical)

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structure/representation
process
knowledge

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define structure/representation

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the knowledge you possess

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define process

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using an existing memory representation and updating/reinterpreting/creating a new one

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define knowledge

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personal views/experiences

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define cognitive psychology

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the study of mental processes including determining characteristics of the mind and its operation

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what type of processes does cognitive psychology refer to?

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where sensory info is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, recovered, and used

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what is performance?

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the observable behaviour used as evidence as cognition

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15
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who’s method is performance-based?

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Immanuel Kant

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who shifted emphasis from sensation/perception to integration of sensory information?

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Diogenes of Apollonia

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who had a theory of air used as the vehicle of cognition?

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Greek Philosophers

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who worked under the idea of universals and particulars?

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Plato

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universals vs particulars

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universals: are the real thing being the spiritual realm
particulars: the shadows/copies of the real thing being the physical realm

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particulars were seen as..

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lesser representations of reality

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who worked under Plato?

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Aristotle

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what did Aristotle theorize?

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tabula rasa: people start with nothing and have to learn everything from experience

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what would Aristotle say about universals and particulars?

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universals are part of particulars

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what was Aristotle’s Doctrine of Association?

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contiguity
similarity
conrtast

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what is contiguity?

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the idea that things happen at the same time

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explain similarity

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the idea that things are alike conceptually thus are grouped together

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explain contrast

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things that oppose each other conceptually are still grouped together

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who were the 1800’s psychophysicists?

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helmholtz, fechner, weber

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define psychophysics

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study of the relation between the physical characteristics of stimuli and sensations they produce

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what was the goal of Franciscus Donder’s pioneering experiment?

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to determine how long it takes to make a decision

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what did Donder measure?

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reaction time

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what were Donder’s 2 kinds of reaction time

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simple reaction time

choice reaction time

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define Donder’s simple reaction time

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asking participants to push a button as rapidly as possible in response to a light

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define Donder’s choice reaction time

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using 2 lights and asking participants to push a specific button corresponding to the light shown

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how did Donder finalize reaction time/making decisions?

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the difference between choice and simple reaction time

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who founded the first psychology science laboratory and was involved in structuralism?

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Wilhelm Wundt

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37
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define structuralism

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the overall experience being determined by combining basic elements of experience sensations

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38
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Edward Titchener was involved in ___ to pursue what goal?

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introspection

find the structural elements of the mind

39
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define analytic introspection

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when trained participants describe their experiences and thought processes in response to stimuli

40
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why does analytic introspection have issues?

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requires extensive training

had unreliable results

41
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what did analytic introspection contribute to psychology?

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studying the mind under controlled conditions

42
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What was Herman Ebbinghaus interested in?

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determining the nature of memory/forgetting

43
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Ebbinghaus used a ___ method and ___ as the participant

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quantitative ; himself

44
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what was the structure of Ebbinghaus’ experiment?

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repeating 13 nonsense syllables to himself at a constant rate

45
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what term did Ebbinghaus use to determine how much was forgotten after a particular delay?

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savings

46
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what is the formula for Ebbinghaus’ savings?

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  • Savings= [(original time taken to learn the list) – (time to relearn the list)]/original time
47
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what would smaller savings values mean in Ebbinghaus’ experiment?

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more forgetting

48
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what did Ebbinghaus use to plot memory dropping data?

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savings curve/forgetting curve

49
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what was the takeaway in Ebbinghaus’ method?

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memory can be quantified and functions could be used to describe a property of the mind

50
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William James was apart of what school of thought?

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functionalism

51
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define functionalism

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focuses on the functions of consciousness rather than its structure

52
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what was William James’ observation on attention?

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paying attention to one thing requires withdrawing from other things

53
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what were William James’ 2 components of memory?

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primary = short term
secondary = long term
54
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what was the James-Lange theory of emotion?

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emotion does not cause physiological responses

55
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explain what the James-Lange theory means

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there is a physiological response that one has to interpret and make sense of

56
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who was involved in behaviourism and the little albert experiment?

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Watson

57
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what were Watson’s issues with analytic introspection?

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  1. the variable results from person to person

2. difficulty in verifying the results due to inner mental process interpretation

58
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what was John Watson’s goal?

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to portray connections between stimuli and responses and avoid mentalism

59
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define classical conditioning?

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pairing one stimulus with another previously neutral stimulus changing the response to the neutral stimulus

60
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who coined the term operant conditioning?

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B.F Skinner

61
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define operant conditioning

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strengthening or weakening a response using positive or negative reinforcers

62
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what was Edward Tolman’s experiment that re-emerged the mind in psychology?

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rat maze experiment

63
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what was Tolman’s coined term that indicated the rat had a map of the maze in its mind

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cognitive map

64
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what was Skinners idea of verbal behaviour?

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children learn language through operant conditioning by imitating speech they hear and repeating correct/rewarded speech

65
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why did Noah Chomsky disagree with Skinner?

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children are not rewarded for incorrect grammar or hateful speech

66
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when and what was the cognitive revolution?

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1950s; shift in psychology from the beahviourist’s focus of stimulus-responses to a focus on the operation of the mind

67
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describe the information-processing approch

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tracing sequences of mental operations involved in cognition

68
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explain the diagram of the information-processing approach

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input processor –> memory unit –> arithmetic unit –> computer output

69
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describe Colin Cherry’s experiment based on William James’ observation of attention

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asking participants to listen to 2 auditory messages simultaneously but focusing on only one

70
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describe Donald Broadbent’s flow diagram of the mind

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input
filter
detector
memory

71
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define artificial intelligence

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making a machine behave in ways that would be seen as intelligent

72
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who created the artificial machine that was envisioned by John McCarthy

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Herb Simon and Alan Newell

73
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name and describe Simon and Newell’s machine

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logic theorist ; used human-like processes to solve problems

74
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the magical number seven plus or minus two is associated with who?

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George Miller

75
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what as George Miller’s takeaway?

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there are limits to the human’s ability to process information and that the human mind’s limited capacity is about 7 items

76
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when was the first cognitive psychology book published? by who?

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1967, Neisser

77
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what does Neisser address late in his book

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higher mental processes

78
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what was Neisser interested about in the mind’s operation?

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how the mind operates but excluding the physiological mechanisms involved

79
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name the components in Atkinson and Shiffrin’s model of memory

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sensory memory
short-term memory
long-term memory

80
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describe sensory memory

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holds incoming info for a fraction of a second then passes info along

81
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describe short-term memory

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has limited capacity and holds information for seconds

82
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what can occur in short term memory?

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rehearsal, coding, decisions, and retrieval

83
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describe long-term memory

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high-capacity system that can hold information for a long period of time

84
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where can information travel from the long-term memory? what is this considered?

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back to short term memory ; remembering

85
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who proposed long-term memory can be divided into 3 components?

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Endel Tulving

86
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name/describe Tulving’s 3 components of long-term memory

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episodic - events
semantic- facts
procedural - physical actions

87
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define neuropsychology

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the study of behaviour of people with brain damage

88
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what does neuropsychology proivde?

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insights to the brain’s function

89
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define electrophysiology

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measuring electrical response of the nervous system

90
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what does electrophysiology provide?

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insight into the activity of single neurons

91
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what injects radioactive tracers into the blood stream?

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positron emission tomography

92
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what allows us to see activated brain activity during cognitive task and is better/safer than PET

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functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

93
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who illustrated how our knowledge about the environment can influence our perception?

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Stephen Palmer

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