Kosslyn's transcranial magnetic stimulation experiment on brain activation that occurs in response to imagery found that the brain activity in the visual cortex
a. is an epiphenomenon.
b. can be inferred using mental chronometry.
c. supports the idea that the mechanism responsible for imagery involves propositional representations.
d. plays a causal role in both perception and imagery.
d
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William James, the father of American psychology, once wrote: "Thinking is for doing." What did he mean by this?
a. The human brain probably developed its current cognitive abilities in large part to enable effective decision-making and to facilitate behavior. b. People typically engage in conscious thought only when engaged in a task (e.g., only when solving a puzzle, trying to construct an argument, or making a decision about something). c. Every behavior that a person engages in implies a particular thought or set of thoughts; researchers can therefore infer thoughts from behaviors. d. Because the primary role of thoughts is simply to plan behaviors, the proper focus of study for psychologists is behaviors themselves (and not thoughts).
Researchers following the computational approach believe that we first process three-dimensional parts of objects called ______ and then recognize the entire object.
A. stimuli B. geons C. prions D. Gestalts
A good strategy for conducting a between subjects factorial ANOVA is to begin by constructing a(n) _____
a. bar graph of the results c. graph of the effect size b. totals summary table d. ANOVA summary table
Groups provide individuals with a sense of meaning and __________
FIll in the blank with correct word.