Chapter 2 end of quiz

Question 1

The concept of levels of analysis recommends that the study of psychological phenomena should be ________.

Answer 1

Multidimensional

Question 2

Nerve nets were initially likened to work like ___.

Answer 2

highway

Question 3

Which of the following components of neural function is distinguished by being an absence of material?
a. axon
b. golgi
c. synapse
d. dendrite

Answer 3

a. axon
b. golgi
c. synapse X
d. dendrite

Question 4

Consistent with the principle of neural representation, which of the following factors would be LEAST consequential in understanding our experience of seeing another person?
a. electrical signals in one’s optic nerve
b. electrical signals in one’s brain
c. the image on one’s retina
d. the light reflected from the other person

Answer 4

a. electrical signals in one’s optic nerve
b. electrical signals in one’s brain
c. the image on one’s retina
d. the light reflected from the other person X

Question 5

The fact that certain neurons might respond only to your mother’s face but not your father’s face highlights the importance of ___.
a. specificity coding
b. population coding
c. hierarchical processing
d. feature detectors

Answer 5

a. specificity coding X
b. population coding
c. hierarchical processing
d. feature detectors

Question 6

Population coding is to sparse coding as ___ is to ___.
a. pattern; disorganized
b. disorganized; pattern
c. large; small
d. small; large

Answer 6

a. pattern; disorganized
b. disorganized; pattern
c. large; small X
d. small; large

Question 7

If you’re having problems with your vision, then it’s likely that there could be a problem with your ___ lobe.
a. frontal
b. occipital
c. parietal
d. temporal

Answer 7

a. frontal
b. occipital X
c. parietal
d. temporal

Question 8

How does Broca’s area differ from Wernicke’s area?
a. Broca’s area is in the occipital lobe, whereas Wernicke’s area is in the occipital lobe.
b. Broca’s area is involved with producing language, whereas Wernicke’s area helps to comprehend language.
c. Broca’s area is involved in memory, whereas Wernicke’s area is not.
d. Broca’s area tends to be damaged in stroke victims, whereas Wernicke’s area is damaged in schizophrenic individuals.

Answer 8

a. Broca’s area is in the occipital lobe, whereas Wernicke’s area is in the occipital lobe.
b. Broca’s area is involved with producing language, whereas Wernicke’s area helps to comprehend language. X
c. Broca’s area is involved in memory, whereas Wernicke’s area is not.
d. Broca’s area tends to be damaged in stroke victims, whereas Wernicke’s area is damaged in schizophrenic individuals.

Question 9

Suppose you’re carefully deliberating as to whether to accept a certain job offer. In doing so, you are especially using your ___ lobe.
a. temporal
b. occipital
c. parietal
d. frontal

Answer 9

a. temporal
b. occipital
c. parietal
d. frontal X

Question 10

The brain is constantly changing in response to various experiences due to its ________.
a. malleability
b. plasticity
c. coding
d. networks

Answer 10

a. malleability
b. plasticity X
c. coding
d. networks

Question 11

Greta suffers from prosopagnosia. As such, we would expect her to ___.
a. show limited intelligence
b. have poor speech production
c. not be able to see clearly
d. have an inability to recognize faces

Answer 11

a. show limited intelligence
b. have poor speech production
c. not be able to see clearly
d. have an inability to recognize faces X

Question 12

Jorge rounds a bend on his hike and sees a beautiful waterfall—which fires a large number of neurons in his brain. Jorge’s response to this stimulus is an example of _____ coding.
a. population
b. memory
c. sparse
d. specificity

Answer 12

a. population X
b. memory
c. sparse
d. specificity

Question 13

On a car assembly line, one team puts the windshields into the frames, a different team attaches the exhaust system, and another team attaches the doors. From a neural perspective, this illustrates the concept of ________.
a. double dissociation
b. distributed representation
c. localization of function
d. structural connectivity

Answer 13

a. double dissociation
b. distributed representation
c. localization of function X
d. structural connectivity

Question 14

The extrastriate body area would be expected to become activated by seeing all of the following EXCEPT ___.
a. faces
b. legs
c. hands
d. torsos

Answer 14

a. faces X
b. legs
c. hands
d. torsos

Question 15

If a researcher detects how water diffuses along the length of nerve fibers, then he or she is likely engaged in the technique called ___.
a. functional magnetic resonance imaging
b. magnetic resonance imaging
c. distributed representation
d. track-weighted imaging

Answer 15

a. functional magnetic resonance imaging
b. magnetic resonance imaging
c. distributed representation
d. track-weighted imaging X

Question 16

Which of the following acts like a radio antenna in a car?
a. synapse
b. cell body
c. dendrite
d. axon

Answer 16

a. synapse
b. cell body
c. dendrite X
d. axon

Question 17

A school cafeteria has 15 circular tables, with the students at each table talking and laughing with each other. This scene can be used as a model to illustrate ________.
a. feature detectors
b. double dissociation
c. neural circuits
d. population coding

Answer 17

a. feature detectors
b. double dissociation
c. neural circuits X
d. population coding

Question 18

Neurons in the skin that detect a spider crawling up your leg are called ________.
a. feature detectors
b. Golgi bodies
c. neurotransmitters
d. receptors

Answer 18

a. feature detectors
b. Golgi bodies
c. neurotransmitters
d. receptors X

Question 19

A neuron at rest has a ________.
a. positive charge of 70 millivolts
b. negative charge of 70 millivolts
c. positive charge of 40 millivolts
d. negative charge of 40 millivolts

Answer 19

a. positive charge of 70 millivolts
b. negative charge of 70 millivolts X
c. positive charge of 40 millivolts
d. negative charge of 40 millivolts

Question 20

In large cities, bike messengers often pick up documents such as architectural drawings and deliver them to clients. Bike messengers function similarly to ________.
a. dendrites
b. receptors
c. synapses
d. neurotransmitters

Answer 20

a. dendrites
b. receptors
c. synapses
d. neurotransmitters X

Question 21

Maya was thrilled to come home from work on her birthday and see a huge bouquet of flowers left on the table for her by her girlfriend. From a neurocognitive perspective, Maya’s experience of the flowers is a ________.
a. aphasia
b. feature
c. representation
d. neurotransmission

Answer 21

a. aphasia
b. feature
c. representation X
d. neurotransmission

Question 22

You are able to perceive that a sailboat on the horizon is moving due to the actions of ________.
a. feature detectors
b. levels of analysis
c. voxels
d. salience networks

Answer 22

a. feature detectors X
b. levels of analysis
c. voxels
d. salience networks

Question 23

Driving in the dense fog, Sandeep could only see rows of large, white rectangles up ahead. As he got closer, he could make out that the rectangles were lighted windows in his hotel. Which term best describes what Sandeep experienced?
a. Broca’s aphasia
b. hierarchical processing
c. specificity coding
d. prosopagnosia

Answer 23

a. Broca’s aphasia
b. hierarchical processing X
c. specificity coding
d. prosopagnosia

Question 24

Paul Broca’s research refuted which of the following principles of brain function?
a. distributed representation
b. neural circuits
c. cortical equipotentiality
d. localization of function

Answer 24

a. distributed representation
b. neural circuits
c. cortical equipotentiality X
d. localization of function

Question 25

Malcolm swears that the used car he bought is cursed. On hot, dry days, the windshield wipers work but the air conditioner doesn’t. On cold, rainy days, the air conditioner works but the windshield wipers don’t. Malcolm’s car serves as a metaphor for which of the following?
a. action potential
b. functional connectivity
c. double dissociation
d. distributed representation

Answer 25

a. action potential
b. functional connectivity
c. double dissociation X
d. distributed representation

Question 26

Which of the following is key to an fMRI scanner’s ability to track cognitive activity in the brain?
a. iron
b. oxygen
c. carbon dioxide
d. protein

Answer 26

a. iron
b. oxygen X
c. carbon dioxide
d. protein

Question 27

When you look at the face of a loved one, this experience can be described from a neural perspective as ________.
a. plastic
b. specific
c. multidimensional
d. episodic

Answer 27

a. plastic
b. specific
c. multidimensional X
d. episodic

Question 28

The occipital lobe of the brain processes the image of a snarling dog and sends this representation to another part of the brain that makes you react with fear, which signals another part of the brain to make you run away. This example shows ________ at work.
a. time-series responses
b. levels of analysis
c. specificity coding
d. neural networks

Answer 28

a. time-series responses
b. levels of analysis
c. specificity coding
d. neural networks X

Question 29

Human DNA is to the genome as the brain is to the ________.
a. cyclostome
b. connectome
c. rhizome
d. mesosome

Answer 29

a. cyclostome
b. connectome X
c. rhizome
d. mesosome

Question 30

Which functional network becomes active when the brain is at rest?
a. somato-motor
b. salience
c. dorsal attention
d. default mode

Answer 30

a. somato-motor
b. salience
c. dorsal attention
d. default mode X