Suppose that you want to see whether the human brain responds differently when a person reads a pleasant word, rather than an unpleasant word
Which of the following neuroscience techniques would provide the most useful information about processing these two kinds of words?
a. the event-related potential (ERP) technique
b. the connectionist approach
c. the brain-lesion technique
d. a positron emission tomography (PET) scan
Ans: a
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a. women are likely to go on welfare so that they can receive generous welfare benefits. b. the welfare program encourages women to seek a college education. c. current welfare legislation forces women to take low-paying jobs rather than receive training for higher-paying jobs. d. current welfare legislation provides adequate child-care benefits so that women with children can work outside the home.
When groups make use of transactive memory, they tend to ____
a. be more effective b. be less effective c. develop a stronger group bond d. develop a weaker group bond
Which of the following psychosexual terms is most closely related to the processes of cognition?
a. Unconscious processing b. Impulse expression c. Ego functions d. Projection
Dogs exposed to aversive stimuli from which they could not escape were found to
A. learn through observation how to be helpless. B. avoid the stimulus on every trial. C. stop moving when placed in a shuttle-box situation. D. suffer from neurological damage.