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Brain and Behavior Chapter 5: Reasearch Methods of Biopsychology Part 4
This deck covers key concepts and questions from Chapter 5 of Brain and Behavior, focusing on research methods in biopsychology. It includes neuropsychological assessments, memory tests, and cognitive neuroscience techniques.
The behavioural paradigm normally includes a method for A) producing the behavioural phenomenon under investigation B) measuring the behavioural phenomenon under investigation C) recording brain activity
Both A and B
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The behavioural paradigm normally includes a method for A) producing the behavioural phenomenon under investigation B) measuring the behavioural phenomenon under investigation C) recording brain activity
Both A and B
The main difference between neurologists and neuropsychologists is that
Neuropsychologists tend to focus on the assessment of complex behavioural problems
Neuropsychological assessment is useful because it can A) assist diagnosis B) influence treatment C) be the basis for effective counseling
All of the above
Before the 1950s, neuropsychological testing usually employed the
Single-test approach
The primary purpose of the single-test and standardized-test-battery approaches to neuropsychological testing was to
Identify brain-damaged patients
The modern customized-test-battery approach to neuropsychological testing typically begins with a
Battery of tests
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
The behavioural paradigm normally includes a method for A) producing the behavioural phenomenon under investigation B) measuring the behavioural phenomenon under investigation C) recording brain activity | Both A and B |
The main difference between neurologists and neuropsychologists is that | Neuropsychologists tend to focus on the assessment of complex behavioural problems |
Neuropsychological assessment is useful because it can A) assist diagnosis B) influence treatment C) be the basis for effective counseling | All of the above |
Before the 1950s, neuropsychological testing usually employed the | Single-test approach |
The primary purpose of the single-test and standardized-test-battery approaches to neuropsychological testing was to | Identify brain-damaged patients |
The modern customized-test-battery approach to neuropsychological testing typically begins with a | Battery of tests |
Tests used in the modern customized-test-battery approach to neuropsychological testing A) are often specifically designed to measure aspects of psychological function that have been spotlighted by modern theories and data B) often focus on the cognitive strategies explored by the patient, rather than on just how well the patient does C) often require skilled practitioners for their prescription, administration, and interpretation | All of the above |
Many current neuropsychological assessments begin with the | WAIS |
The digit-span test is a common test of | Short-term memory |
On the digit-span test, most people score about A) 65% B) 85% C) 50% D) 100% | None of the above |
Which of the following is a test of language ability that employs objects of two shapes, two sizes, and five different colours? | Token test |
Which of the following WAIS subtests is part of the Performance Scale? A) Picture Completion B) Digit Symbol C) Block Design D) Object Assembly | All of the above |
Which of the following subtests of the WAIS involves cartoon drawings? A) Object Assembly B) Picture Arrangement C) Colouring D) Similarities E) Digit Span | Picture Arrangement |
The sodium amytal test and dichotic listening test are tests of | Language lateralization |
In the sodium amytal test, injections are sequentially made into the left and right | Carotid arteries |
In the sodium amytal test, an injection into the carotid artery contralateral to the dominant hemisphere for speech renders the patient completely mute for A) 50 seconds B) 2 minutes C) 4 minutes D) 30 minutes | None of the above |
In the conventional dichotic listening test of language lateralization, on each trial | Three pairs of digits are presented |
Memories that are demonstrated by improved performance in the absence of any conscious awareness of the memories are called | Implicit memories |
Repetition priming tests are tests of | Implicit memory |
Brain damage may produce selective language deficits associated with the sounds, grammar, or meaning of language. In other words, they may disrupt | Phonology, syntax, or semantics, respectively |
Dyslexia is a difficulty in | Reading |
A common neuropsychological test of frontal-lobe damage is the | Wisconsin Card Sorting Test |
Most cognitive neurospecific research is based on the assumption that A) complex cognitive processes result from the combination of simple constituent cognitive processes B) each constituent cognitive process is mediated by activity in a particular area of the brain C) almost all constituent cognitive processes tend to be localized sub cortical stuctures | Both A and B |
If a PET image is recorded while a patient is reading, many areas of activity on the PET image will have nothing to do with the cognitive activity of reading per se. That is why cognitive neuroscientists often use | The paired-image subtraction technique |
A network of brain structures that tends to be active when a person sits quietly and lets their mind wander has been termed the | Default mode network |