MCQ practice Exam

Question 1

What signal is based on the behaviour of protons in a strong magnetic field?

Answer 1

MRI

Question 2

MEG has better spatial resolution than EEG partly because…

Answer 2

Electrical, but not magnetic fields are smeared by the skull

Question 3

You want to learn how to play a G chord on the guitar. You study your tutors fingering position on her guitar and then replicate it. A perfect G! What does this demonstrate?

Answer 3

Imitation

Question 4

Tactical deception is an example of what?

Answer 4

Scientists taking the intentional stance

Question 5

An individual reports that they used to find the smell of mint pleasant, however now when they smell mint they find it very unpleasant. What type of olfactory dysfunction is this an example of?

Answer 5

Qualitative olfactory in the form of parosmia

Question 6

What region is part of the secondary olfactory cortex?

Answer 6

Thalamus

Question 7

The region in the eye that allows light to enter the retina is called?

Answer 7

Pupil

Question 8

What is the fovea?

Answer 8

The region of the retina where cones are most concentrated

Question 9

According to Gibsons theory of direct perception, how do we perceive our environment?

Answer 9

By directly extracting rich information present in the sensory stimuli

Question 10

What is the best description of bottom-up processing in perception?

Answer 10

Processing that starts with raw sensory input leading to perception

Question 11

What is the perception of biological motion related to?

Answer 11

The perception and interpretation and human and animal movements

Question 12

Base rate neglect could be described as

Answer 12

Overweighting of new information compared to old information

Question 13

What does prospect theory predict?

Answer 13

Most people will flip a coin and risk losing £10 if it gives them a chance of avoiding a loss of £9

Question 14

What is the role of the hippocampus in memory according to the active systems model of memory consolidation?

Answer 14

The hippocampus temporarily stores new memories and facilitates their gradual integration into neocortical networks during sleep

Question 15

Which sleep stages have been linked to memory consolidation?

Answer 15

Every stage of sleep is thought to contribute to memory consolidation

Question 16

What is often accompanied by a reduction in neural response in the front parietal network?

Answer 16

Repetition

Question 17

What factors behind expertise are found by hambrick and illness?

Answer 17

Working memory capacity, genetic factors, extensive practice

Question 18

What is an example of a gene-environment correlation?

Answer 18

A child with a genetic predisposition for high intelligence seeks out intellectually stimulating activities

Question 19

What is a key assumption of twin studies in behavioural genetics?

Answer 19

Monozygotic and dizygotic twins share the same environment to a similar degree

Question 20

Which neurotransmitter produces pleasure response

Answer 20

Dopamine

Question 21

An exogenous substance that acts like a neurotransmitter is an

Answer 21

Agonist

Question 22

The Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is part of this network that is involved in attentional control tasks?

Answer 22

Frontoparietal network

Question 23

In EEG studies; what does alpha refer to?

Answer 23

Rhythmic brain activity with a frequency around 8-12 Hz

Question 24

According to normative models, how are multiple sources of information integrated?

Answer 24

With precision weighted averaging, giving more weight to the source of information with more certainty

Question 25

In Bayesian interference, what does the likelihood distribution refer to?

Answer 25

New data or experiences

Question 26

What Brian region is thought to be involved in goal based action?

Answer 26

Dorsolateral prefrontal association cortex

Question 27

Anatomically the primary somatosensory cortex can be found in?

Answer 27

Post-central gyrus

Question 28

What was Congo the chimp famous for?

Answer 28

Creating over 50 paintings

Question 29

The activity in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex has been linked with which part of foraging theory?

Answer 29

The background option

Question 30

What are optimisation problems?

Answer 30

When subjects must maximise a reward in relation to a constraint

Question 31

If someone has a left hemisphere stroke, what is the likely outcome to their artwork?

Answer 31

Fewer symbols, more expressive and freer

Question 32

What is one hypothesis for why humans started to create art work?

Answer 32

Mirror neurons and observing animal markings in caves

Question 33

What metaphor did William James famously use to describe consciousness?

Answer 33

A stream or river that flows continuously

Question 34

According to Thomas metzinger’s self model theory, what best describes the self?

Answer 34

A transparent self model that creates an illusion of being someone

Question 35

ILD cues are better for localising…

Answer 35

High frequency sounds

Question 36

The precedence effect refers to…

Answer 36

When two identical versions of a sound are heard with a brief delay between then, a single sound is heard

Question 37

What did schachter and singers two factor theory of emotion demonstrate through their adrenaline experiment?

Answer 37

Emotional experience depends on both physiological arousal and the interpretation of environmental cues

Question 38

What did the research by nummenmaa et al (2013) reveal about how we experience emotion in the body?

Answer 38

Each emotion is associated with a distinct and consistent pattern of bodily sensations

Question 39

What is an example of evidence for the role of top down processing in perception?

Answer 39

When someone accurately identifies a word in a spoken sentence even though a portion of the word was undetectable because of static

Question 40

When you listen to someone speaking a foreign language, the words seem to speed by in an unbroken string of sound. To a speaker of that language, the words seem separated. What gestalt principle does this illustrate?

Answer 40

Familiarity