A. The two cerebral hemispheres are specialized to handle different types of cognitive tasks
B. People have a separate stream of consciousness in each hemisphere
C. Each hemisphere has it own cognitive style
D. some people are right-brained, while others are left-brained
Related Mcqs:
- A scientist wants to find out if there is empirical evidence for a relationship between caffeine and aggressive behaviour, She would:
A. Interview people to get their opinions
B. Correlate news paper accounts and the types of beverages consumed
C. test the idea by conducting an experiment
D. research what other experts had thought - Which of the following assertions about modularity in the brain is accurate?
A. Different aspects of a visual stimulus appear to be analysed by different modules in the brain
B. It is impossible to use an evolutionary explanation for modularity in the brain
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. Neither (a) nor (b) - Recent work in behavioural genetics has examined the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to human behavior. But which of the four assertions below is NOT true?
A. Research as shown monozygotic twins to have much more similar personality traits than dizygotic twins
B. Both adoption studies and twin studies are consistent with a genetic influence on personality
C. Adoption studies have shown that environment plays no part in the development of personality
D. Children who are genetically more active and impulsive can cause their parents to be more responsive to their needs than other children - Experiments demonstrate that infants register strongest preference for which of the following visual stimuli?
A. plain, solid colors
B. bright colors
C. likenesses of human faces
D. likenesses of animals and pets - Which of the following coefficients of correlation indicates the strongest relationship between two sets of variables?
A. -0.98
B. 0.90
C. 0.00
D. 1.20 - The ultimate aim is to produce precise unambiguous statements often for the sake of extending empirical:
A. Study
B. Knowledge
C. Evaluation
D. Education - The strongest support for the theory that personality is heavily influenced by genetics is provided by strong personality similarity between:
A. identical twins reared together
B. identical twins reared apart
C. fraternal twins reared together
D. non-twins reared together - Which TWO of the following statements are true of blocking?
1: The phenomenon of blocking provides an interesting and much-studied instance of failure to learn, in spite of contiguous presentations of the CS and the US
2: In a blocking experiment, animals receive training with what is termed a compound CS (Phase 2)
3: The experimental group has first received a phase of training in which the US alone is conditioned (Phase 1)
4: The experimental groups shows no (or very little evidence of learning about the CS that is presented in Phase 1A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 3 & 4
D. 1 & 3 - Phobias can be very debilitating and distressing phenomena. Which, if any, of the following statements are correct in relation to Watson and Rayner’s (1920) research into them?
1:Watson and Rayner speculated that the complexity of emotional responsiveness in adults might be explained by the conditioning of children’s simple emotional reactions when they are exposed to new stimuli
2:Watson and Rayner found evidence for emotional from a test trial in which the rat was accompanied by the noise
3:The fear reaction in Albert could be produced by a loud noise
4:None of the aboveA. 1 & 2
B. 1 & 3
C. 2 & 3
D. 4 - An issue that is broader that the strength of the evidence concerns its validity when applied to the real world. Bearing that in mind, which of the following would be relevant to ask?
A. Do the findings from psychological studies parallel what happens to real crime witnesses?
B. Should research findings be made available to the court to influence real trials?
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. Neither (a) nor (b)
