Biological Approach Psychology Studies

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Question 1 of 5

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The year in which Maguire et al conducted his study on London taxi drivers was .

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Question 2 of 5

Which one is correct about Maguire's 2000 study on neuroplasticity?

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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.

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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.

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Question 4 of 5

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Patient HM was famously studied by et al (1968) in a longitudinal case study that lasted over years, from 1955 until HM's dead.

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Question 5 of 5

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HM's ( medial temporal lobe, hippocampus, amygdala ) was removed in an experimental surgery because of he suffered from epileptic attacks.

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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.

Biological Approach Psychology Studies

Question 1 of 5

Fill the blank space to complete the text.

The year in which Maguire et al conducted his study on London taxi drivers was .

Explanation

Question 2 of 5

Which one is correct about Maguire's 2000 study on neuroplasticity?

Select one or more of the following:

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Question 3 of 5

Mark ALL the characteristics that are true for Maguire et al (2000) research on neuroplasticity of the hippocampus.

Select one or more of the following:

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Question 4 of 5

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

Patient HM was famously studied by et al (1968) in a longitudinal case study that lasted over years, from 1955 until HM's dead.

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Question 5 of 5

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HM's medial temporal lobe hippocampus amygdala( medial temporal lobe, hippocampus, amygdala ) was removed in an experimental surgery because of he suffered from epileptic attacks.

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HM's ( medial temporal lobe, hippocampus, amygdala ) was removed in an experimental surgery because of he suffered from epileptic attacks.