Deck 1: Mind and Brain

Question 1

Neuroimaging studies collect 'slices' of the brain in 3 main dimensions

A) coronal, horizontal, and sagittal
B) longitudinal, lateral, and fissural
C) coronal, medial, and ventral
D) dorsal, ventral, and orbital

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The study of consciousness

A) began in the late 20^th Century
B) has long been a topic of interest for biologists and psychologists
C) was strongly opposed by William James
D) none of the above

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Major ongoing debates in the study of mind and brain include

A) the nature of consciousness
B) capacity limits of the brain
C) nature genes) versus nurture environment)
D) all of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The four lobes of the brain are

A) polemic, orbital, occipital, and frontal
B) frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital
C) parietal, medial, frontal, and lateral
D) dorsal, ventral, superior, and inferior

Question 5

The average rate at which a typical cortical neuron fires is

A) 1 time per second
B) 10 times per second
C) 100 times per second
D) 1000 times per second

Question 6

A key difference between observations and inferred concepts is that

A) observations involve direct evidence, while inferred concepts refer to the explanations we provide for the evidence
B) observations refer to conceptual aspects of our environment that are observed, while inferred concepts refer to the physical characteristics of these observations
C) inferred concepts refer to physical aspects of our environment that are observed, while observations refer to the explanations we provide for these observations
D) inferred concepts refer to the predictions we make about physical aspects of our environment that are observed, while raw observations refer to the frequency with which we observe them

Question 7

One of Charles Darwin's contributions to the study of human cognition was that he

A) proposed that humans were distinctly different than any other species
B) observed some shared emotional expressions in humans and other species, leading to the study of emotions across multiple mammalian species
C) proved that humans and mammals shared the same emotions
D) suggested that mammalian brain development was different from human brain development

Question 8

Major anatomical landmarks in the brain include the

A) corpus callosum, longitudinal fissure, and central sulcus
B) latitudinal fissure, cerebral subcortex, and corpus memorius
C) prelateral lobe, temporal fissure, and central gyrus
D) all of the above

Question 9

Cognitive concepts are based on consistent

A) behavioral observations
B) philosophical theories
C) psychological hypotheses
D) mental processes

Question 10

Ramon y Cajal utilized to learn information about nerve cells through a light microscope.

A) envisioning dye
B) cellular highlighting
C) Golgi stains
D) Cajal coloring

Question 11

Cognitive neuroscience is the study of

A) the mind and brain
B) the brain and emotions
C) the mind and development
D) the brain and behaviors

Question 12

Which of the following is an appropriate example of increasing temporal magnitude?

A) the human brain, occipital lobe, primary visual cortex, a neuron
B) a neuron, primary visual cortex, occipital lobe, the human brain
C) watching a movie, counting to 10, human reaction to an expected event, response time of the auditory nerve
D) response time of the auditory nerve, human reaction to an expected event, counting to 10, watching a movie