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Flashcards by Josh Rigby, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Josh Rigby
over 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| The problem with lesion studies are that: A. Patients are rare B. Damage is often not very circumscribed C. Plasticity D. All the above | Answer: D. All the above |
| Independent Variable (IV) | Answer: Presumed to cause changes in another variable often variable MANIPULATED by the researcher |
| Dependent Variable | Answer: The presumed effect or outcome of the study Variable that is MEASURED by the researcher and influenced by the IV |
| What is causation? | Answer: A condition in which one event IV (cause) generates another event DV (the effect) |
| There are three (3) main criteria for identifying a causal relation | Answer: Cause (IV) must be related to the effect (DV) (relationship condition) Changes in IV must precede changes in DV (temporal order condition) No other plausible explanation must exist for the effect |
| PET | Positron Emission Tomogrpahy |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| A positive of TMS allows us to make causal inferences, but name a con | Answer: TMS can only stimulate accessible brain areas which are close to the surface |
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