Deck 13: Social Cognition

Question 1

The skill to detect eyes and determine the direction of gaze

A) is present in humans but not in non-human primates
B) involves triadic three-way) interactions
C) is a skill that develop slowly throughout life
D) is a fundamental means of communicating mental states in humans

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The fusiform face area is found in the

A) inferior temporal lobe
B) superior temporal lobe
C) anterior parietal lobe
D) posterior parietal lobe

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Shared attention networks in the brain are mainly found in the

A) medial temporal lobe
B) thalamus
C) parietal lobe
D) frontal lobe

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Shared attention is a activity.

A) Singular one-way)
B) Dyadic two-way)
C) Triadic three-way)
D) Qwuadratic four-way)

Question 5

Shared attention mechanisms are important for human development because

A) they reflect the understanding that attention is contextually-based
B) they must develop prior to intentionality detection
C) they reflect the knowledge that both persons are not only looking at the same object or person, but that they each know the other person is also looking at the item or person
D) all of the above

Question 6

The ability to understand each other as conscious beings with internal mental states is known as

A) cooperative synchrony
B) mirroring
C) social cognition
D) theory of mind/brain

Question 7

As you arrive in the parking lot of a supermarket, you see a woman walk towards the market and select a cart. You are mildly surprised when, instead of entering the market, she pushes the cart into the parking lot towards her car. This is an example of your

A) incorrectly attributing an intention 'entering the market with the cart') to the woman's action
B) Intentionality Detector as described by Baron-Cohen) at work
C) ability to perceive others' minds
D) all of the above

Question 8

Which of the following is the correct sequence for the components of Baron-Cohen's theory of mind model?

A) Intentionality Detector ID), Eye-direction Director EDD), Shared Attention Mechanism SAM), Theory of Mind Module TOMM)
B) Theory of Mind Module TOMM), Shared Attention Mechanism SAM), Eye-direction Director EDD), Intentionality Detector ID)
C) Shared Attention Mechanism SAM), Intentionality Detector ID), Eye-direction Director EDD), Theory of Mind Module TOMM)
D) Eye-direction Director EDD), Shared Attention Mechanism SAM), Theory of Mind Module TOMM), Intentionality Detector ID),

Question 9

Mutual gaze and shared attention differ in that

A) mutual gaze involves dyadic interactions while shared attention involves triadic interactions
B) mutual gaze involves triadic interactions while shared attention involves diadic interactions
C) mutual gaze involves the frontal lobe while shared attention involves the parietal lobe
D) mutual gaze is found in non-human primates while shared attention is found in all mammals

Question 10

You are studying for final exams, with books and lectures notes surrounding you at your desk. Your 2-year old niece comes over to ask you to play with her. Her 5-year old brother interferes and says: "No, she cannot play now, she has to study." Your nephew has a well-developed

A) Intentionality detector
B) Theory of Mind Module
C) Eye-Direction Detector
D) Mirror neuron system

Question 11

The _______ of the fear system, proposed by LeDoux, allows rapid, automatic and unconscious reactions in response to fragments of stimuli that may be dangerous.

A) parietal road
B) frontal road
C) low road
D) high road

Question 12

Baron-Cohen's Theory of Mind Module TOMM) is

A) present in humans and non-human primates but not in other mammals
B) a complex knowledge base containing rules of social cognition
C) present at birth in humans
D) still present in children with developmental delays