A nerve cell that fires both when a person acts and when a person observes the same action performed by someone else, as if the observer himself or herself were acting:
A) glial cell
B) mirror neuron
C) modifier gene
D) none of the above
B) mirror neuron
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Baby Michael has just started to smile when his father or mother enters the room, but he does this for no one else. It is likely that Michael is:
A. one week old B. between four and six weeks old C. six months old D. nine months old
Mauricio is examining the engine of his motorcycle, trying to understand why he can't get maximum performance out of it. If he was a proponent of the concept of reductionism ,what would he do?
a) He would try adding different fuel additives to it to see if that would get better horsepower. b) He would break it down into its smaller pieces to examine what each one does. c) He would go out for a drive and listen carefully to the sound of the engine as it revs. d) He would switch out the entire engine for one that he knows is working properly.
Experience sampling studies are similar to case studies in that they both
a. typically involve repeated measurements. b. typically use external observers. c. typically require people to think back far in time. d. all of these answers are correct
Which of the following is the last process in Alan Baddeley's model of the working memory?
A. Attending to a stimulus B. Retrieving information from memory C. Rehearsing the stored process D. Storing information about a stimulus