Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measures brain activity by what means?
a. It compares the amount of radiation emitted by cells in various brain areas
b. It compares the electrical activity to the magnetic activity within each brain area.
c. It compares the electrical activity of a brain area to the volume of the area.
d. It compares the amount of oxygen attached to hemoglobin in various brain areas.
d
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The __________ controls basic biological urges, such as eating, drinking, and sexual activity
Cerebellum maybe?
Which statement is true about the relationship between language and perception?
a. ?Language differences directly influence differences in perceptions across cultures. b. ?Differences in languages and perceptions may be influenced by a culture's need for certain objects. c. ?Perceptual differences directly influence differences in language across cultures. d. ?The differences in languages across cultures are minor, and therefore the differences in perceptions are trivial.
While scanning the shelves in a library, you notice a book written in the 1920s. If you opened it up to look for the chapter on motivation, you would be most likely to find that psychologists
a. had not yet discovered the concept of motivation. b. believed that most animal behavior is instinctually motivated, but that human behavior is not. c. had compiled a list of 10,000 human instincts. d. were focusing on the role of expectations in motivating behavior.
What property of light determines its color?
A. Wavelength B. Amplitude C. Baseline D. Refraction