Brent is taking part in an experiment in a cognitive neuroscience lab on campus. Silently, he reads rapid sequences of words flashed on a computer screen. The electrical activity of his brain is simultaneously recorded through skull electrodes. The brain-scanning technique used in this study is ______.
a. diffusion tension imaging (DTI)
b. electroencephalography (EEG)
c. positron emission tomography (PET)
d. functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Ans: B
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a. negative stereotypes can have a self-fulfilling quality. b. most stereotypes have some degree of truth to them. c. all older people have frequent memory lapses. d. stereotypes are never positive.
Your school produces a quick film about the dangers of alcohol poisoning. The video includes members of your student government telling stories about their experiences with friends getting sick or dying from consuming too much alcohol. Your school is using __________ to get you to change your attitude of acceptance around alcohol consumption.
A. cognitive dissonance B. attribution C. persuasion D. bribery
Marie serves as a faculty advisor to freshmen at her college. Many of them find the first semester of college overwhelming and stressful. She can best assist them by:
A. helping them see their classes as challenges that require direct action B. sympathizing with them, because college is stressful for everyone C. telling them to grow up; they're not in high school any longer D. threatening them with dismissal if they don't do well in their classes
Young infants generally prefer to look at
a. men rather than at women. b. big objects rather than small objects. c. complex patterns instead of plain stimuli. d. stationary objects rather than moving objects.