Cognitive Processes

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2 Cognitive Processes (Week 1 - Cognitive Processes) Quiz on Cognitive Processes, created by Eloise C on 30/05/2017.
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Question 1

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Stimulus > [blank_start]attention[blank_end] > [blank_start]perception[blank_end] > [blank_start]thought processes[blank_end] > [blank_start]decision[blank_end] > response or action.
Answer
  • attention
  • perception
  • thought processes
  • decision

Question 2

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Bottom-Up processing is catalysed by an external stimulus, causing internal cognitive processes to occur, producing the desired response.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 3

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Bottom-Up processing is influenced by the individuals expectations and knowledge.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

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Discrete serial processing is most similar to:
Answer
  • Talking while driving
  • Turning on the ignition and then stepping on the accelerator
  • Turning on the indicating and keeping it on while changing lanes

Question 5

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Turning on the indicator and keeping it on while changing lanes is:
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  • Parallel processing
  • Discrete serial processing
  • Cascaded processing

Question 6

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Event-Related Potentials:
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  • Invasive
  • Measure electrical activity
  • Recorded during repeat events
  • High spatial resolution
  • High temporal resolution
  • Undistorted electrical activity

Question 7

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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
Answer
  • Measures haemodynamic activity
  • Non-invasive
  • Direct measure of brain activity
  • High spatial resolution
  • High temporal resolution
  • Active brain regions have a lower ratio of oxygenated to deoxygenated haemoglobin

Question 8

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Magneto-Encephalography (MEG)
Answer
  • Measures the magnetic fields produced by the brain's electrical activity
  • High temporal resolution and moderate spatial resolution
  • High spatial resolution and moderate temporal resolution
  • Prone to artefacts that affect scalp EEG

Question 9

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[blank_start]Ecological Validity[blank_end]: the applicability of the findings of lab studies to everyday settings. [blank_start]Implacable Experimenter[blank_end]: the experimenter's behaviour is uninfluenced by the participant's behaviour. [blank_start]Paradigm Specificity[blank_end]: when the findings with a given experimental task are not obtained when when apparently very similar tasks are used.
Answer
  • Ecological Validity
  • Implacable Experimenter
  • Paradigm Specificity

Question 10

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Which of the following theoretical assumptions is sometimes incorrect:
Answer
  • Modularity
  • Anatomical Modularity
  • Uniformity of functional architecture across people
  • Subtractivity

Question 11

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[blank_start]Sulcus[blank_end]: a groove or furrow on the surface of the brain [blank_start]Gyri[blank_end]: prominent elevated areas or ridges on the brain's surface [blank_start]Dorsal[blank_end]: top [blank_start]Ventral[blank_end]: bottom [blank_start]Anterior[blank_end]: front [blank_start]Posterior[blank_end]: back [blank_start]Lateral[blank_end]: side [blank_start]Medial[blank_end]: middle.
Answer
  • Sulcus
  • Gyri
  • Dorsal
  • Ventral
  • Anterior
  • Posterior
  • Lateral
  • Medial

Question 12

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Which of the following techniques for studying the brain is considered an invasive technique?
Answer
  • Single-unit recording
  • ERP
  • fMRI
  • MEG

Question 13

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PET Scan: [blank_start]good[blank_end] spatial resolution, [blank_start]poor[blank_end] temporal resolution.
Answer
  • good
  • poor
  • poor
  • good
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