PSYB55 Final Exam with Correct
Answers.
cognitive psychology - Answer is the study of mental processes (behavior)
cognitive neuroscience - Answer - is focused on the biology of the mind that is related the
workings of the mind to the functions of the brain (biology)
- a wealth of important real world applications (identifies neural signatures, biological marker to
specific diseases)
cautionary notes to neuroscience - Answer - young science
- a wealth of empirical results
- theories are challenged to keep up with the empirical evidence
- research and its interpretations are pone to bias
- critical approach to this research is essential
Methods of inquiry - Answer - structuralism
-behaviorism: science of behavior, reaction times
- cognitivism: cognitive revolution rejected the notion that only behavior should be subject to
study. (developed complex models of cognition)
A serial - Answer cup of coffee > but do i want the coffee > is it socially acceptable> choice
- this is much slower
- not as effective
B-parallel - Answer cup of coffee> ask all questions at the same time> decision> response.
- faster to decide
- used in decision making and language development.
usage and utilit - Answer - cognitive resources are limited (pay attention, expense to
something)
- functioning well (memory and emotions)
variablility - Answer - within subjects (depends on time and motivation
- between subjects (im better at memory then you are with face recognition)
, brain is organized - Answer histologically defined regions in 52 sections of grey matter
Evidence for localization of function - Answer 1. paul broca (left frontal, problem with speech
production)
- carl wernicke (left temporal, dealt with comphension, could speak but can't form sentences.)
2. john hughlings jackson: seizures start with the fingers and move to the body, movement of
body parts
3. Wilder penfield: epilepsy
- brain mapping using electrocortical stimulation on the brain surface.
4. Phinease Gage: destruction of orbital cortex (impact on emotion and personality)
5. Patient H.M: stopped seizures can not make new memories
6. Resection of the corpus callosum
- connects the 2 hemispheres
unfortunate application of localization - Answer gottlieb burkhardt
egas moniz
walter freeman
alexander luria: - Answer whole person view of brain injury.
glial cells - Answer - non neural cells. no role in neural transmission
- unilateral
Astroyte - Answer - CNS
- provides the blood brain barrier only hormones and oxygen can pass
- provides initial scaffolding and neural repair
Oligodendrocytes - Answer Type of glial cell in the CNS that wrap axons in a myelin sheath.
- sends impulses
microglial cells - Answer extremely small glial cells that remove cellular debris from injured
or dead cells
- CNS
Schawnn cells - Answer - PNS
- mylination of fatty tissues, send messages, neural impulse
Answers.
cognitive psychology - Answer is the study of mental processes (behavior)
cognitive neuroscience - Answer - is focused on the biology of the mind that is related the
workings of the mind to the functions of the brain (biology)
- a wealth of important real world applications (identifies neural signatures, biological marker to
specific diseases)
cautionary notes to neuroscience - Answer - young science
- a wealth of empirical results
- theories are challenged to keep up with the empirical evidence
- research and its interpretations are pone to bias
- critical approach to this research is essential
Methods of inquiry - Answer - structuralism
-behaviorism: science of behavior, reaction times
- cognitivism: cognitive revolution rejected the notion that only behavior should be subject to
study. (developed complex models of cognition)
A serial - Answer cup of coffee > but do i want the coffee > is it socially acceptable> choice
- this is much slower
- not as effective
B-parallel - Answer cup of coffee> ask all questions at the same time> decision> response.
- faster to decide
- used in decision making and language development.
usage and utilit - Answer - cognitive resources are limited (pay attention, expense to
something)
- functioning well (memory and emotions)
variablility - Answer - within subjects (depends on time and motivation
- between subjects (im better at memory then you are with face recognition)
, brain is organized - Answer histologically defined regions in 52 sections of grey matter
Evidence for localization of function - Answer 1. paul broca (left frontal, problem with speech
production)
- carl wernicke (left temporal, dealt with comphension, could speak but can't form sentences.)
2. john hughlings jackson: seizures start with the fingers and move to the body, movement of
body parts
3. Wilder penfield: epilepsy
- brain mapping using electrocortical stimulation on the brain surface.
4. Phinease Gage: destruction of orbital cortex (impact on emotion and personality)
5. Patient H.M: stopped seizures can not make new memories
6. Resection of the corpus callosum
- connects the 2 hemispheres
unfortunate application of localization - Answer gottlieb burkhardt
egas moniz
walter freeman
alexander luria: - Answer whole person view of brain injury.
glial cells - Answer - non neural cells. no role in neural transmission
- unilateral
Astroyte - Answer - CNS
- provides the blood brain barrier only hormones and oxygen can pass
- provides initial scaffolding and neural repair
Oligodendrocytes - Answer Type of glial cell in the CNS that wrap axons in a myelin sheath.
- sends impulses
microglial cells - Answer extremely small glial cells that remove cellular debris from injured
or dead cells
- CNS
Schawnn cells - Answer - PNS
- mylination of fatty tissues, send messages, neural impulse
