Cognitive Psychology Week 1

The first technique used in Experimental Psychology was Introspection, which means __________________________________

• Psychology is analysed by a purely philosophical basis

• Participants' behaviour is observed under different conditions

• Participants' Brains were analysed by machines such as MRI under controlled conditions

• Participants were trained to analyse their thoughts and feelings

Define the Law of Effect

• All behaviours impact the individual and their environment

• Individuals will repeat a behaviour if it leads to a good outcome

• Alturistic Behaviours evolve only if it allows genes to be passed onto the next generation

• Individuals learn how their actions impact others primarily through experience

What term refers to the unknown processes that control the response to a stimulus?

• Black Box

• Dark Matter

• Black Matter

• Grey Matter

The poverty of stimulus argues that _____________________

• Language is learned entirely through empirical means

• Non Human animals can learn human language only if they are exposed to it from birth

• Non Human Aniamls cannot learn language because they have insufficient attention

• Some elements of language are innate

Which of these features of language is most likely to be innate?

• Syntax

• Orthology

• Orthophonology

• Semantics

Which of these describes how an EEG machine works?

• Measuring Oxygen Usage in the Brain

• Measuring Energy Consumption in the Brain

• Measuring Electric Signals in the Brain

• Measuring Blood Flow in the Brain

Which two technology detect changes in blood flow across the brain?

• EEG and MRI

• MRI and PET

• PET and EEG

• None of the Above

Which of these would not be used to study how brain damage alters the mind?

• Acquired Brain Trauma

• Strokes

• Purposefully Destroyed Animal Brains

• Different Species with different proportions of brain size

Even Severely Brain Damaged Patients usually maintain most brain functions. We refer to this as ______________________

• Brain Function Alteration

• Neuroplastic Repair

• Graceful Degredation

• Discrete Function Loss

What can patients with agnosia not do?

• Recognise Pitch

• Recognise Objects

• Understand Language

• Recognise Faces