MOOC project - Psychology

What is a method of studying the mind?

• Functional brain imaging

• Craniotomy

• Neuroendoscopy

Cognitive processes are:

• Cooking, reading, sleeping

• Running, walking, jumping

• Memory, attention, language

What is the definition of Cartesian dualism?

• Behaviour stems from binary output of neurons

• Behaviour is a result of one’s free will

• Behaviour stems purely from our ancestors’ actions

What is an example of dualistic thinking?

• Distinction between body, soul and mind

• Distinction between mental and physical health

• Distinction between mind and heart

Which fields of study are trying to solve the mind-brain reductionism problem?

• Psychiatry and moral philosophy

• Psychology and philosophy of mind

• Medicine and logic

What does the word "neurodiverse" define?

• Differences

• Food

• Life

One of the symptoms of ADHD is...

• Attention deficit

• Eating a lot

• Diabetes

First test in the experiment was...

• Breathing

• Drawing

• Sleeping

What was the result of the TMS experiment on Mike?

• His left hemisphere has turned off the higher thinking processes located there

• It resulted in switching on circuits in the right hemisphere enabling to see details

• Both answers are correct

From the video, Prof. Allan Snyder suspects that...

• When we are born we see the world as a big picture

• Through learning we are able to see more details

• Neither of the answers are correct