Mid Term Sample

What bias is it when we seek out information that is consistent with our preexisting beliefs?

• Anchoring Bias

• Confirmation Bias

• Availability Heuristic

• Affect Heuristic

What research method examines impaired brain function due to damage (traumatic injuries, strokes, tumors)?

• Correlational Methods

• Stimulation Methods

• Lesion Methods

• Connectional Methods

The part of the nervous system responsible for “Rest or regenerate” responses – e.g., relaxation of muscles

• Central Nervous System

• Limbic System

• Sympathetic Nervous System

• Parasympathetic Nervous System

What is the area of the brain that handles sensory input from the skin, muscles, and joints?

• Occipital Lobe

• Somatosensory Cortex

• Prefrontal Cortex

• Parietal Lobe

Damage to this brain area leads to a lack of understanding of personal space

• Hippocampus

• Prefrontal cortex

• Pons

• Amygdala

These glial cells are responsible for myelination (producing myelin sheaths to cover an axon)

• Microglia

• Oligodendrocytes

• Astrocytes

• Efferent Neurons

Neuroplasticity occurs most easily during sensitive periods

• True

• False

The process of adapting to repeated exposure of the same stimulus is called

• Sensitization

• Habituation

• Classical Conditioning

• Confabulation

This neurotransmitter plays an important role in memory formation through long term potentiation

• Serotonin

• Acetylcholine

• Glutamate

• Norepinephrine

The type of explicit memory that stores factual information like the capital of India

• Episodic Memory

• Implicit Memory

• Working Memory

• Semantic Memory