QUESTION 3
In his 1890 text, William James stated that brain biology must be a part of psychology.
True
False
QUESTION 4
According to James, “no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.” This means that the biology of the entire body (heart rate, respiration, etc.) is related with the mental life.
True
False
QUESTION 5
For James, instinct:
is semi-automatic | ||
is automatic | ||
is voluntary | ||
none of the above |
QUESTION 6
In his introductory chapter, The Scope of Psychology, James describes work by Goltz that illustrated purposeful behavior in frogs vanishing when the cerebral cortex is destroyed, thus illustrating that purpose exists in the mind.
True
False
QUESTION 7
According to the authors of Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience, fMRI research is misrepresented by science journalism and overzealous neuorscientists.
True
False
QUESTION 8
The history of psychology reveals a series of fads that dominate the attention of the researchers & the public.
True
False
QUESTION 9
Departments of neuroscience, as well as degrees in neuroscience, independent of psychology departments, are becoming common at many universities.
True
False
QUESTION 10
According to the authors of Brainwashed, one of the reasons that people are so drawn to fMRI research is because of its visual nature.
True
False
QUESTION 11
According to he authors of Brainwashed, the media has a good understanding of what brain images mean.
True
False
QUESTION 12
In 2008, neuroscientists from UCLA successfully predicted that the presidential candidates would be Barack Obama & John McCain.
True
False
QUESTION 13
Science journalists often overstate the reality of scientific research findings.
True
False
QUESTION 14
University press offices often overstate research findings to gain publicity for their institutions.
True
False
QUESTION 15
The news headline, “Love found in the brain” is a scientifically responsible statement.
True
False
QUESTION 16
The more active a brain area is when presented with a stimuli, the more powerful that stimulus is.
True
False
QUESTION 17
According to the authors of Brainwashed, he fad of neuroscience has been called:
neuromania | ||
neurohubris | ||
neurohype | ||
all of these |
QUESTION 18
The authors of the reading, Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience are English professors, not scientists.
True
False
QUESTION 19
William James called psychology that explained hate or love as merely reactions of brain areas or brain chemicals “nothing but” psychology.
True
False
QUESTION 20
Mapping the human brain is possible through neuroimaging.
True
False
QUESTION 21
There are universal, single, areas of the brain in which tasks are processed identically is all humans.
True
False
QUESTION 22
Dead salmon have shown activated fMRI brain activity.
True
False
QUESTION 23
Computer imaging (fMRI, MRI) is a:
research method | ||
research technology | ||
research experiment | ||
research theory |
QUESTION 24
The amygdala is known to be active in:
fear | ||
sexual arousal | ||
happiness | ||
all of the above |
QUESTION 25
Most colorful brain image scans that we see in the media are:
a statistical composite of many brains | ||
one person’s brain | ||
“snapshot” images of a brain | ||
completely useless |
QUESTION 26
The visual cortex in blind people can be active when perceiving touch, such as in the use of braille.
True
False
QUESTION 27
The authors of Brainwashed argue that whenever one sees a headline, “Brain Scans Show…” they should entertain some health skepticism.
True
False
QUESTION 28
Neurorealism refers to:
the science fiction prediction of a virtual reality. | ||
neural reducitonism. | ||
the fact the neurons make reality real. | ||
the tendency to regard brain imaging as more “real” than other measure of research. |
QUESTION 29
According to the authors of Brainwashed, much of the neuroscience research is overstated neurohype that should be taken with caution.
True
False
QUESTION 30
In Kline’s chapter, Electrons or human beings? He calls the computer model of the brian as CPU:
von Neuman thinking | ||
AI | ||
IP | ||
Information Processing Model |
QUESTION 31
Step by step decision processing of computers is called:
parallel processing | ||
serial processing | ||
multivariate processing | ||
information processing |
QUESTION 32
According to Waltz & Pollack (in Electrons or human beings?), serial processing adequately represents human mental processing.
True
False
QUESTION 33
Ambiguity of meaning in interpretation of a sentence is easily handled through serial processing models.
True
False
QUESTION 34
Humans are believed to think in a way called parallel processing.
True
False
QUESTION 35
According to Kline, much of cognitive science looks more like electronics than psychology.
True
False
QUESTION 36
According to Kline, what is important to psychologists is what is being seen, not how it is being seen (mind versus physiology).
True
False
QUESTION 37
According to Dr. Giobbi’s lecture, neuroscience is interdisciplinary.
True
False
QUESTION 38
Neuroscience researchers often discuss perspectives of their topic from outside of science. This includes:
economics | ||
literature | ||
art | ||
all of the above |
QUESTION 39
Neuroscience (unlike psychology) is not plagued by:
A history of infighting on what the discipline is & how it should be done. | ||
A rigid, singular point of view. | ||
A preoccupation with being viewed as one of the sciences. | ||
all of these |
QUESTION 40
It is not uncommon to find art & philosophy discussed in neuroscience texts.
True
False
QUESTION 41
“Prof. Xavie agrees that evolutionary theory is flawed, therefor it is.” This is an example of:
appeal to authority | ||
bandwagon | ||
gambler’s fallacy | ||
ambiguity |
QUESTION 42
John has flipped heads four times in a row, therefor it is more likely that he will flip tails soon. This thinking illustrates the:
appeal to authority | ||
bandwagon | ||
gambler’s fallacy | ||
appeal to authority |
QUESTION 43
“All of the psychology textbooks say that experiments show cause & effect, therefore it must be true.” This is an example of:
appeal to authority | ||
bandwagon | ||
gambler’s fallacy | ||
ambiguity |
QUESTION 44
Recently there has been a trend in which psychology undergraduate students are choosing to attend graduate programs in neuroscience departments.
True
False
QUESTION 45
Neuroscience is the same as psychology.
True
False