Explain the significance of the sham-lesion procedure
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: In the sham-lesion procedure, stereotaxic surgery is used to place an electrode or
cannula into brain without passing damaging current or making a microinjection. Comparison of the lesion group with that of the sham-lesion group allows for the determination of the lesion effect apart from that of the anesthesia/surgical procedure.
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A book entitled ____ focuses on the genetic, neurological, and physiological factors related to mood disorders.
A. Failing to Self-Actualize: The Mood Disorders B. Mood Disorders: The Biological Factors C. Cognitive Theories of Mood Disorders D. Unconscious Conflicts in Mood Disorders
Carter is currently 28 years old. He was bitten quite badly by a dog when he was 8 years old. Today, even though his parents still sometimes mention this incident, Carter has no memory of ever being bitten. According to Freud, Carter may be:
a. showing signs of proactive interference b. using repression to push the memory out of his conscious awareness c. experiencing retrograde amnesia d. suffering from Korsakoff's Syndrome
The segregation of a whole display into objects and background is known as ______.
a. size constancy b. retinal imagery c. bottom-up processing d. figure-ground organization
In which type of learning do the consequences of a behavior influence whether an organism will perform the same behavior in the future?
a. classical conditioning c. operant conditioning b. target learning d. latent learning