Exam 1: The Science of Cognition

Billy and Mac were in a car accident.Oddly,Billy suffered damaged to Broca's area,while Mac suffered damage to Wernicke's area.As a result:

Which individual identified 52 separate regions of the cerebral cortex according to differences in cell types found in each region?

Only in the last 150 years has human cognition been a subject of scientific inquiry.

Artificial intelligence researchers have created a program that matches human intelligence.

Developments in which field did NOT influence the emergence of cognitive psychology?

Differentiate between cognitive psychology and cognitive science.

_____ form the fixed pathways by which neurons transmit action potentials.

All neurons look alike and behave in the same manner.

An axon's _____ of firing determine(s)how it will affect nearby cells to which it synapses.

The right hemisphere is associated with _____ processing. I.analytic II.linguistic III.perceptual IV.spatial

How did American introspection differ from German introspection?

_____ relies on the fact that there is more oxygenated hemoglobin in regions of greater neural activity.

Differentiate between empiricism and nativism.

There is a great deal of growth of new neurons and new synapses in the adult brain.

Information-processing analysis breaks a cognitive task down into a set of steps.

According to _____,children come into the world with a great deal of innate knowledge.

_____ refers to reporting the contents of one's own consciousness under controlled conditions.

The cerebral cortex is the MOST recently evolved portion of the brain.

In the nervous system,synapses that cause depolarization,causing the potential differences between the internal and external portions of the membrane to become smaller,are referred to as _____,while synapses that cause hyperpolarization,causing the potential differences to become larger,are referred to as _____.

Describe the functions of the four lobes of the brain.