Janet suffers from severe epileptic seizures that are untreatable with medicine. Her doctor decides to cut her corpus callosum. Following surgery, her neuropsychologist conducts some tests to assess the effects of the surgery. During a divided visual field study, Janet sees words flashed to both of her visual fields and is asked to read the words. When some of the images are flashed, Janet
experiences difficulty stating the word that was flashed. Explain which visual field presentation likely causes Janet the most difficulty when asked to state the word that was flashed and why.
What will be an ideal response?
Words presented to the left visual field most likely cause the most difficulty when asked to state the word viewed. This is because information from the left visual field goes to the right
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c. They are actually less accurate than flipping a coin. d. They often classify innocent people as liars.
The loss of an available partner in older age
a. is a factor in the decrease in sexual intercourse for both men and women. b. is a factor in the decrease in sexual intercourse for men but not for women. c. is a factor in the decrease in sexual intercourse for women but not for men. d. is not a factor in the decrease in sexual intercourse for men or women.
Which of the following is NOT one of the major causes of prejudice?
a. Cognitive distortions and expectations c. Threats to social identity b. Competition between groups d. Experiential bias
The "fundamental attribution error" refers to:
a. the fact that attributions are biased toward dispositional explanations b. the fact that attributions are biased toward situational explanations c. the fact that most attributions are wrong d. the fact that attribution theory is based on fundamental errors in reasoning