Psychology Unit 2

Where on the body is the cochlea?

• Eye

• Ear

• Brain

• Nervous System

What part of the eye does transduction occur?

• Retina

• Rods and Cones

• Pupil

• Cornea

What area of the brain is responsible for being able to speak but not understanding speech?

• Broca's Area

• Wernicke's Area

• Hippocampus

• Amygdala

What happens during paradoxical sleep otherwise known as REM?

• The brain is still active but the body can't move

• Both brain and body shows increased activity

• It is a restorative sleep

• Both brain and body shows decrease in activity

What crosses the synapse?

• Neurotransmitters

• Myelin

• Dendrites

• Electrical Impulses

Looking at a sign, some of the bulbs are burnt out but you are still able to read the whole word 'Closed' even though you can see all the letters. Which Gestalt law does this show?

• Proximity

• Good Figure

• Closure

• Simplicity

What is it called when you stare at an image and you see an after-image in a different color? (example, staring at purple dots leads to see green dots when you blink)

• Rod and Cone Firing Theory

• Opponent-Process Theory

• Chromatic Theory

• After-Image Theory

Which kind of patients would have the corpus callosum surgically cut?

• Split-Brain Patients

• Divide-Hemispheres Patients

• Left-Brain Patients

• Right-Brain Patients

What subject would a 'right-brain' individual be really good at?

• Math

• Art

• Creative Writing

• Music

What is are EEGs?

• Recordings of brain waves

• Radioactive emissions

• X-Ray photographs

• Functional Imaging