13.Within the cerebral cortex, the _______ area is found in the occipital lobe.

Question

A. visual
B. association
C. somatosensory
D. main auditory

14.Dr. Lombard's research is focused on the capacity of the human mind to store and retrieve information.
Her colleague, Dr. Fry, is a clinician who strives to help his clients be "the best that they can be." As a fly
on the wall listening to the two psychologists' friendly disputes during coffee breaks, which of these
assertions would you most likely expect from Dr. Fry?
A. People can't be held responsible for their life choices.
B. Mental confusion is best compared to a deficiency in short-term memory.
C. A person's basic assumptions about themselves are inevitably false.
D. If biology is destiny the concept of free will can be only an illusion.

15In the ear, the basilar membrane and hair cells are found in the
A. oval window.
B. auditory nerve.
C. anvil and stirrup.
D. cochlea.

16.According to a Gestalt principle called _______, when we're looking at a crowd of people, we tend to
perceive people grouped close together as belonging to a common or related group.
A. expectancy
B. closure
C. simplicity
D. proximity

17.Under Weber's law, we'll notice a stimulus difference such that it will be a constant proportion of the
intensity of the initial stimulus. Thus, for weight, we'll notice a one-ounce difference in a weight of 50
ounces. Weber's law applies most directly to the concept of
A. difference threshold.
B. sensory adaptation.
C. perceived stimulus.
D. absolute threshold.

18.Among his oil-field buddies, Conrad was known as a cheerfully profane hard drinker who was seldom
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averse to a barroom scrap. But, after he suffered a head injury in a car accident he returned to work as a
docile, timid man who could no longer deal with the violent activity of a drill rig platform. His physicians
determined that damage to his __________ was the likely cause of his changed behavior.
A. hippocampus
B. thalamus
C. amygdala
D. cerebellum

19.You could locate receptor sites involved in transmitting a nerve impulse by finding the
A. synapse.
B. neural regulators.
C. myelin.
D. endorphins.

20. Among the advanced technologies used to study the brain's structure and functions, which one provides
detailed three-dimensional images of the brain's structures and activities?
A. Functional magnetic resonance imaging
B. Positron emission tomography
C. Transcranial magnetic stimulation
D. Electroencephalogram

13.A
14.D
15.C
16.B
17.D
18.B
19.D
20.C

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Answer 1

It makes it easier for us to respond, if the answer is indicated in the question, e.g., ***.

13. correct

14. Assuming that people have self-limiting assertions, I would pick C.

15. Disagree

16. Disagree

17. disagree

18. disagree

19. disagree

20. DK

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