PSYCH 351C - Topic 1: TMS
1. Explain what mental chronometry is:
2. Explain Donder's reaction time experiment:
3. Explain the difference(s) between a simple RT task and a choice RT task: in a simple RT task a participant has to
press a button when a stimulus appears on screen
in a choice RT task a participant must press a button when the appropriate stimulus appears
4. Explain the subtraction method by Donders in his mental chronometry experiment:
5. Explain the assumption of serial stages:
6. Explain the assumption of pure insertion:
7. What did Donder's say about mental processes:
8. What is the savings methods created by Ebbinghaus and how would you calculate it?:
9. What did Ebbinghaus say about mental processes:
10.Explain computability in regards to the cognitive revolution:
11.What did George Miller have to say about the cognitive revolution:
12.Explain cognitivism:
13.What is cognitive psycology?:
14.Who were some famous individuals who studied the field of Phrenology:
15.Explain phrenology:
16.According to phrenology there were 27 traits localized in distinct organs. 19 were common to humans and
animals and 8 were uniquely human. What are some examples of ones common between man and animal and
were some examples of some that were uniquely human:
17.There was opposition to phrenology from anti-localizationist and anti-ma- terialists. What did the anti-
localizationist say?:
18.There was opposition to phrenology from anti-localizationist and anti-ma- terialists. What did the anti-
materialists say?:
19.Damage to the Broca's area will cause impairments to whereas
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damage to the Wernicke's area will cause impairments to :
20.The Broca's area is located in the whereas the Wernicke's area is located in the
:
21.What were the implications of the discovery of the Broca's and Wernicke's area:
22.Explain cognitive neuropsycology:
23.Explain the dramatic increase in the use of fMRI for studying the brain:
24.Who coined the term "Cognitive Neuroscience"?:
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1. Explain what mental chronometry is:
2. Explain Donder's reaction time experiment:
3. Explain the difference(s) between a simple RT task and a choice RT task: in a simple RT task a participant has to
press a button when a stimulus appears on screen
in a choice RT task a participant must press a button when the appropriate stimulus appears
4. Explain the subtraction method by Donders in his mental chronometry experiment:
5. Explain the assumption of serial stages:
6. Explain the assumption of pure insertion:
7. What did Donder's say about mental processes:
8. What is the savings methods created by Ebbinghaus and how would you calculate it?:
9. What did Ebbinghaus say about mental processes:
10.Explain computability in regards to the cognitive revolution:
11.What did George Miller have to say about the cognitive revolution:
12.Explain cognitivism:
13.What is cognitive psycology?:
14.Who were some famous individuals who studied the field of Phrenology:
15.Explain phrenology:
16.According to phrenology there were 27 traits localized in distinct organs. 19 were common to humans and
animals and 8 were uniquely human. What are some examples of ones common between man and animal and
were some examples of some that were uniquely human:
17.There was opposition to phrenology from anti-localizationist and anti-ma- terialists. What did the anti-
localizationist say?:
18.There was opposition to phrenology from anti-localizationist and anti-ma- terialists. What did the anti-
materialists say?:
19.Damage to the Broca's area will cause impairments to whereas
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, PSYCH 351C - Topic 1: TMS
damage to the Wernicke's area will cause impairments to :
20.The Broca's area is located in the whereas the Wernicke's area is located in the
:
21.What were the implications of the discovery of the Broca's and Wernicke's area:
22.Explain cognitive neuropsycology:
23.Explain the dramatic increase in the use of fMRI for studying the brain:
24.Who coined the term "Cognitive Neuroscience"?:
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