Taking clay and sand to create bricks, which are then used to build modular wall panels, which are then assembled to construct tall buildings, is similar to which of the following neural concepts?
A. Specificity coding
B. Localization of function
C. Hierarchical processing
D. Distributed representation
Answer: C
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The Gardners' chimpanzee, Washoe, learned to communicate in what way?
a. By imitating human sounds b. By barking sounds at various rhythms c. By sign language d. By eye movements
The theory of hypnosis, which states that the hypnotized individual is disconnected from reality, is called:
A. altered state theory B. sociocognitive theory C. hypnotic analgesia theory D. stimulus control theory
Pavlov described the pattern of excitation and inhibition that characterized the brain at any given moment with the term _____.
a. spontaneous stimulation b. spontaneous response c. cortical mosaic d. antecedent stimulation
Our tendency to believe that our own behavior reflects external causes and that other people's behavior reflects internal causes is known as ________
A) the actor-observer effect B) explicit theory formation C) the fundamental attribution error D) implicit theory formation E) the correspondence bias