Biological IB Paper 1

Name the brain imaging technique used by Franke et al to compare brain activity of soldiers with PTSD and those exposed to trauma but who did not have PTSD

• EEG

• fMRI

• MRI

• PET

Which research method did Franke et al. use?

• Observation

• Case Study

• Quasi Experiment

• Lab Experiment

Where the brain imaging technique can pinpoint the activity within the brain in real time, we would say that the technique has high...?

• spatial resolution

• ecological validity

• statistical significance

• temporal validity

Which brain imaging technique works by recording the energy released by haemoglobin?

• EEG

• fMRI

• MRI

• PET

Where the brain imaging technique can highlight particular regions of the brain where activity takes place, this technique is said to have good...?

• spatial resolution

• temporal resolution

• ecological validity

• mundane realism

In Malik's research on ghrelin and brain activity when looking at food, which region of the brain showed an increased response in the fMRI scan?

• Broca's area

• Wernicke's area

• Hippocampus

• OFC

which brain region is linked to planning, reasoning and decision-making?

• occipital lobe

• temporal lobe

• parietal lobe

• frontal lobe

Which of the following statements is true about HM

• He had his left hemisphere removed

• He had retrograde amnesia

• He could not lay down any new long term memories after his hippocampus was removed

• He had a damaged phonological loop

The idea that research about male participants and their brains can be applied and generalised to female brains is known as...?

• ethnocentrism

• culture bias

• beta bias

• alpha bias

When a neural pathway is not used in childhood this results in ....?

• homologous recruitment

• axonal sprouting

• neural networks

• synaptic pruning