Exam 1: Approaches to Human Cognition

Parallel processing is most likely to occur when:

What does the term "bottom-up" processing mean?

If one patient performs well on task A, but poorly on task B, and another performs poorly on task A, but well on task B, we say that we have a(n):

Which of the following techniques can only be applied to brain areas lying just beneath the skull but not to areas overlying muscle?

Which research field attempts to construct computer systems that produce intelligent outcomes, but without necessarily any regard for whether the processes involved bear a resemblance to those used by humans?

Which of the following techniques allows us to make the most confident CAUSAL statements?

Early versions of the information-processing approach assumed that all processing was:

The process whereby a neural network learns to associate an input pattern with an output pattern, by comparing actual responses against correct ones, is called:

Which of the following techniques measures the magnetic field produced by electrical brain activity?

The extent to which laboratory findings are applicable to everyday life is called:

A unit in a connectionist network will produce an output when:

Which cognitive task is designed to tap inhibitory processes and asks participants to name the colour in which colour names are presented?

Averaging together time-locked portions of recordings of the brain's electrical activity, to produce a single waveform, produces:

Which neurologist produced a cytoarchitectonic map of the brain, with many of these numbered regions corresponding to functionally distinct areas?

PET scans are used to detect changes in:

Which computational modelling theory was developed by Anderson (1993)?

Which statement best reflects social cognition?

A processor in the cognitive system that functions in an independent/separate fashion is termed a:

In order to address the problem that brain-damaged patients do not represent a homogeneous group, many cognitive neuropsychologists use:

Which term is used to describe structures that are located at the sides of the brain?