Test Bank For Cognitive Neuroscience 4th Edition By Marie T.
Banich; Rebecca J. Compton 9781107158443 Chapter 1-17
Complete Guide .
Which structure is responsible for extended consciousness?
a. Thalamus
b. cerebral cortex
c. brainstem
d. cerebellum - ANSWER: B. cerebral cortex
Which of the following is not a form of unconscious processing?
a. autonomic responses
b. language processing
c. motor control
d. short-term memory - ANSWER: D. short term memory
Employing subliminal perception by quickly flashing an angry face before an image of someone could
a. improve the participant's attitude about the person
b. not change the participant's attitude about the person
c. worsen the participant's attitude about the person
d. remove the participant's attiude about the person - ANSWER: C. Worsen the participant's attitude
about the person
Qualia are
a. sentient experiences
b. out of body experiences
c. unconscious experiences
d. none of the above - ANSWER: a. sentient experiences
Sentience refers to the
a. out of body experience
b. subjective experience
c. subconscious experience
d. dualistic experience - ANSWER: b. subjective experiences
Philosophers have adopted two dichotomous perspectives of the mind/brain problem. They are:
a. sentience and qualia
b. dualism and materialism
c. descartes and watson
d. alpha and omega - ANSWER: B. Dualism and Materialism
Why is the inclusion of brain scan results in court cases problematic for explaining behavior?
a. the set of active brain regions can vary across multiple assessments
b. brain activity is not influenced by substances, such as drugs
c. Most people do not find brain images credible
d. the temporal resolution of imaging techniques is not sufficient - ANSWER: a. the set of active brain
regions can vary across multiple assessments
Which phrase best describes retributive justice?
a. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
b. You cannot have your cake and eat it too
c. An eye for an eye
d. We have nothing to fear but fear itself - ANSWER: C. An eye for an eye
, When assigning a hypothetical punishment, most people request information in a way that is
consistent with a _________ perspective.
a. retributive
b. restorative
c. utilitarian
d. consequentialist - ANSWER: a. retributive
Why might a person's recalled information change during an interview?
a. The person tells their story without interruption
b. Misinformation is included in a question
c. the person is a determinist
d. The situation is subject to multiple realizability - ANSWER: B. Misinformation is included in the
question
The term _______ refers to a limited-capacity store that not only retains information over the short
term (maintenance) but also permits the performance of mental operations with the contents of this
store (manipulation) - ANSWER: working memory
One property of the central executive mechanism proposed by Baddeley and Hitch is that - ANSWER:
it is not linked to a single modality
Implicit memory is to _______ as explicit memory is to __________ - ANSWER: priming; episodic
memory
Lesions of the lateral PFC disrupt _______ memory but not ______ memory - ANSWER: working; long-
term
Classical conditioning is an example of a specific type of _______ memory - ANSWER: nondeclarative
__________ does NOT affect behavior consciously - ANSWER: nondeclarative memory
After suffering a severe head injury, a patient demonstrates a dense anterograde amnesia. She -
ANSWER: cannot remember events that occurred after the injury
Which brain structure is located in the medial temporal lobe and is of particular importance in the
formation of new long-term memories? - ANSWER: the hippocampus
Your favorite cartoon character has been struck over the head and can no longer remember his name
or where he lives. This is an example of - ANSWER: retrograde amnesia
The main deficit in Balint's syndrom is that patients can focus attention on only - ANSWER: one object
at a time
Focal injuries of the prefrontal cortex generally produce all of the following cognitive changes or
symptoms except:
a. deficits in planning complex behaviors
b. fluent aphasia
c. perseveration in responding
d. disruption of working memory - ANSWER: b. fluent aphasia
Which of the following is true about the PFC?
a. The PFC seems to play a role in working memory but not in long term storage of information
b. The PFC seems to play a role in long-term storage of information but not in working memory
c. The PFC is important for both working memory and long-term storage of information
d. The PFC is not essential for either working memory or long-term storage of information - ANSWER:
A. the PFC seems to play a role in working memory but not in long term storage of information
Banich; Rebecca J. Compton 9781107158443 Chapter 1-17
Complete Guide .
Which structure is responsible for extended consciousness?
a. Thalamus
b. cerebral cortex
c. brainstem
d. cerebellum - ANSWER: B. cerebral cortex
Which of the following is not a form of unconscious processing?
a. autonomic responses
b. language processing
c. motor control
d. short-term memory - ANSWER: D. short term memory
Employing subliminal perception by quickly flashing an angry face before an image of someone could
a. improve the participant's attitude about the person
b. not change the participant's attitude about the person
c. worsen the participant's attitude about the person
d. remove the participant's attiude about the person - ANSWER: C. Worsen the participant's attitude
about the person
Qualia are
a. sentient experiences
b. out of body experiences
c. unconscious experiences
d. none of the above - ANSWER: a. sentient experiences
Sentience refers to the
a. out of body experience
b. subjective experience
c. subconscious experience
d. dualistic experience - ANSWER: b. subjective experiences
Philosophers have adopted two dichotomous perspectives of the mind/brain problem. They are:
a. sentience and qualia
b. dualism and materialism
c. descartes and watson
d. alpha and omega - ANSWER: B. Dualism and Materialism
Why is the inclusion of brain scan results in court cases problematic for explaining behavior?
a. the set of active brain regions can vary across multiple assessments
b. brain activity is not influenced by substances, such as drugs
c. Most people do not find brain images credible
d. the temporal resolution of imaging techniques is not sufficient - ANSWER: a. the set of active brain
regions can vary across multiple assessments
Which phrase best describes retributive justice?
a. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
b. You cannot have your cake and eat it too
c. An eye for an eye
d. We have nothing to fear but fear itself - ANSWER: C. An eye for an eye
, When assigning a hypothetical punishment, most people request information in a way that is
consistent with a _________ perspective.
a. retributive
b. restorative
c. utilitarian
d. consequentialist - ANSWER: a. retributive
Why might a person's recalled information change during an interview?
a. The person tells their story without interruption
b. Misinformation is included in a question
c. the person is a determinist
d. The situation is subject to multiple realizability - ANSWER: B. Misinformation is included in the
question
The term _______ refers to a limited-capacity store that not only retains information over the short
term (maintenance) but also permits the performance of mental operations with the contents of this
store (manipulation) - ANSWER: working memory
One property of the central executive mechanism proposed by Baddeley and Hitch is that - ANSWER:
it is not linked to a single modality
Implicit memory is to _______ as explicit memory is to __________ - ANSWER: priming; episodic
memory
Lesions of the lateral PFC disrupt _______ memory but not ______ memory - ANSWER: working; long-
term
Classical conditioning is an example of a specific type of _______ memory - ANSWER: nondeclarative
__________ does NOT affect behavior consciously - ANSWER: nondeclarative memory
After suffering a severe head injury, a patient demonstrates a dense anterograde amnesia. She -
ANSWER: cannot remember events that occurred after the injury
Which brain structure is located in the medial temporal lobe and is of particular importance in the
formation of new long-term memories? - ANSWER: the hippocampus
Your favorite cartoon character has been struck over the head and can no longer remember his name
or where he lives. This is an example of - ANSWER: retrograde amnesia
The main deficit in Balint's syndrom is that patients can focus attention on only - ANSWER: one object
at a time
Focal injuries of the prefrontal cortex generally produce all of the following cognitive changes or
symptoms except:
a. deficits in planning complex behaviors
b. fluent aphasia
c. perseveration in responding
d. disruption of working memory - ANSWER: b. fluent aphasia
Which of the following is true about the PFC?
a. The PFC seems to play a role in working memory but not in long term storage of information
b. The PFC seems to play a role in long-term storage of information but not in working memory
c. The PFC is important for both working memory and long-term storage of information
d. The PFC is not essential for either working memory or long-term storage of information - ANSWER:
A. the PFC seems to play a role in working memory but not in long term storage of information
