Biological Approach Psychology Studies

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This test asks to established simple and basic characteristics of psychological studies related with the influence of the brain and genes on behavior.
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Question 1

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The year in which Maguire et al conducted his study on London taxi drivers was [blank_start]2000[blank_end].
Answer
  • 2000

Question 2

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Which one is correct about Maguire's 2000 study on neuroplasticity?
Answer
  • He had a sample of 50 right-handed male taxi drivers and 50 right-handed male and female non-taxi drivers, all of the same age. Taxi drivers had been driving for at least 2 years.
  • He had a sample of 16 right-handed male taxi drivers, who had been driving for at least 1.5 years. As control group, he had 50 right-handed male non-taxi drivers.

Question 3

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Mark ALL the characteristics that are true for Maguire et al (2000) research on neuroplasticity of the hippocampus.
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  • No variables were manipulated.
  • He used fMRI.
  • It was a correlational study and a quasi-experiment.
  • It used Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
  • It was a correlational study and a lab experiment.

Question 4

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Patient HM was famously studied by [blank_start]Milner[blank_end] et al (1968) in a longitudinal case study that lasted over [blank_start]50[blank_end] years, from 1955 until HM's dead.
Answer
  • Milner
  • 50

Question 5

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HM's [blank_start]medial temporal lobe[blank_end] was removed in an experimental surgery because of he suffered from epileptic attacks.
Answer
  • medial temporal lobe
  • hippocampus
  • amygdala
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