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WorksheetsCognitive Psychology : wk 1-3
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 8hrs 10mins
What is Capgras Syndrome?
A syndrome discovered by Capgra
A condition where patients cannot recognise people they know
A condition where patients recognise people they know, but think they are an imposter
An allergic reaction to shellfish
What does an MRI tell us?
About the structure of the brain
Which parts of the brain are activated
About how the brain functions
About the role of the corpus collossum
What is Cognitive Psychology?
Psychology of the cognitive
A scientific study of the acquisition, retention and use of knowledge
A scientific study of the cerebral cortex
A study of the philosophy of psychology
What are the lobes of the brain?
Amygdala, hippocampus, pons, temporal
Temporal, occipital, parietal, amygdala
Frontal, parietal, amugdala, hippocampus
Frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, cerebellum
What are parts of the limbic system?
Thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, hippocampus
Thalamus, amygdala, hippocampus, cerebellum
Thalamus, hippocampus, cerebellum, medulla
Thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, cerebellum
Who argued that learning involved "the acquisition of knowledge"?
Erikson
Tolman
Skinner
Gestalt
The brain is estimated to contain _____ nerve cells.
90 billion
86 billion
82 billion
78 billion
The brain also contains ______ cells.
Gadigal
Glide
Glial
Gala
Broca's aphasia results in
Difficulty producing language
Difficulty comprehending language
Difficulty producing and comprehending language
Difficulty with articulation
Wernicke's aphasia results in
Difficulty producing language
Difficulty comprehending language
Difficulty producing and comprehending language
Difficulty with articulation
What are the three main structures of the brain?
Lobes, cerebellum, spinal cord
Medulla, pons, cerebellum
Hindbrain, midbrain, forebrain
Hindbrain, forebrain, medulla oblongata
The hindbrain contains
Lobes, cerebellum, medulla
Medulla, pons, cerebellum
Medulla, pons, occipital lobe
Medulla, cerebellum, lobes
The largest area of the hindbrain is
Medulla
Pons
Cerebellum
Thalamus
The hindbrain includes structures important for:
key life functions
breathing
procreating
spatial awareness
The midbrain plays an important part in coordinating
Movement
Balance
Breathing
Circulation
The midbrain is located:
At the back of the brain
At the top-middle part of the brain
Below the cerebral cortex at the topmost part of the brainstem
Above the cerebral cortex
The forebrain consists of:
The hindbrain, midbrain and cortex
The cerebral cortex
The brain lobes
The cortex and temporal, frontal, parietal & occipital lobes
Subcortical brain structures include:
The longitudinal fissure, lateral fissure, thalamus
The lateral fissures, thamalus, hypothalamus
Thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system
Thalamus, limbic system, amygdala
The thalamus:
acts as a relay station for nearly all sensory information going to the brain.
plays a crucial role in controlling behaviours that serve a biological need.
includes the amagdala and hippocampus
plays an important role in circulating blood around the brain
The hypothalamus:
acts as a relay station for nearly all the sensory information going to the cortex
plays a crucial role in controlling behaviours that serve a biological need
includes the amygdala and hippocampus
plays an important role in circulating blood around the brain
The limbic system:
acts as a relay station for nearly all the sensory information going to the cortex.
plays a crucial role in controlling behaviours that serve a biological need.
includes the amygdala and hippocampus.
plays an important role in circulating blood around the brain.
Commissures are ____ and include the ______.
thick bundles of nerves that carry information between the two hemispheres / corpus callosum
thick bundles of neurons that carry information between the two hemispheres / corpus callosum
thick bundles of fibres that carry information between the two hemispheres - corpus callosum
thick bundles of cells that carry information between the two hemispheres / corpus callosum
_______ is the study of the brain's structures and how they relate to brain function.
Neuropsychiatry
Clinical neuropsychiarty
Neuropsychology
Clinical Neuropsychology
_______ is the study to understand the function of intact, undamages brains by careful scruitiny of cases involving brain damage.
Neuropsychiatry
Clinical neuropsychiatry
Neuropsychology
Clinical neuropsychology
_____ provides structural images of the brain with fabulously detailed pictures.
MRI
fMRI
CT scans
PET scans
_____ provides functional imaging of the brain by measuring the oxygen content in blood flowing through blood regions.
MRI
fMRI
CT scans
PET scans
_____ were the primary tool for structural imaging.
MRI
fMRI
CT scans
PET scans
____ was used to study the brains activity.
MRI
fMRI
CT scans
PET scans
____ and ____ are relatively stable, changing only if a patient's brain structure changes.
fMRI / CT scan
MRI / CT scan
fMRI / PET scan
MRI / PET scan
____ and ____ are highly variable because the results depend on what task the patient is performing.
fMRI / CT scan
MRI / CT scan
fMRI / PET Scan
MRI / PET scan
EEG measures ____ including ____:
Blood flow through the brain / alpha, delta, gamma rhythms
Oxygen flow through the brain / alpha, delta, gamma rhythms
Electrical activity in the brain / alpha, delta. gamma rhythms
Magnetic activity in the brain / alpha, delta, gamma rhythms
Regions of the cerebral cortex are traditionally divided into which three categories?
Sensory, motor, language
Motor, association, language
Sensory, association, language
Sensory, motor, association
Primary motor detection areas are
arrival points in the brain for information from eyes, ears and other sense organs.
departure points in the brain for nerve cells that initiate muscle movement.
Primary sensory projection areas are
arrival points in the brain for information from eyes, ears and other sense organs.
departure points in the brain for nerve cells that initiate muscle movement.
Some lesions in the frontal lobe produce___
Apraxias
Agnosias
Anosmias
Asthmas
Apraxias are:
Disturbances in the processing of voluntary action
Disturbances in the initiation or organisation of voluntary action
Disturbances in the function of voluntary action
Disruptions in the ability to identify familiar objects
Other lesions (generally in the occipital lobe) lead to:
Apraxiam
Agnosias
Anosmias
Asthmas
Agnosias are:
Disturbances in the initiation or organisation of voluntary actions
Disturbances in voluntary actions
Disruptions in the ability to initiate voluntary actions
Disruptions in the ability to identify familiar objects
Neglects syndrome results in:
individuals seeming to ignore half the visual world
individuals seeming to ignore half the auditory worlds
individuals seeming to ignore knows people
individuals seeming to not recognise familiar people
What are the major parts of a neuron
cell body, glia, axon
cell body, glia, dentrites
dentrites, glia, axon
cell body, dentrites, axon
Chemicals released by neurons to stimulate adjecant neurons are called:
Neurotransmitters
Synaptic membranes
Neuromembranes
Synaptic transmitters
What is cognition?
What you know.
What you remember.
What you think.
All of the above.
Why is memory important for everyday life?
Hint: think about the way memory can fill in the gaps of context (eg - pass the salt).
Which of these historical developments provided foundation for the cognitive revolution?
Introspection
Behaviourism
Transcendental method
All of the above
Which method of observation begins with the observable facts, then works backwards (ie, what must be the causes that lead to these effects)?
Transcendental
Introspection
Behaviourism
Gestalt
What are some of the problems with introspection?
1. It cannot inform about unconscious mental events
2. They are often untestable
3. It relies on the interpretation of the client.
4. 1 & 2
Describe at least three types of evidence that cognitive psychologists rely on.
1. quality of someone's performance
2. measures of response speed
3. methos that allow probing of underlying biology
How did computer science contribute to cognitive science?
1. It provides a useful analogy (eg. data, buffers, gates, processors, information-processing).
2. It provides a complete picture of the brain.
3. Provided framework that still feeds into psychology/neuroscience.
1 & 3
What was the Gestalt movement's contribution to modern psychology?
Emphasised that role of the perceiver in organising experiences.
Argued that behaviourist analysis was insufficient as an explaation for language learning and use.
Emphasised the importance of reliance on the 'trees' rather than the 'forest' when understanding thought.
Demonstrated that learning involved the acquisition of new knowledge.
