Prelab 14 quiz

Question 1

When a participant is asked to complete a mentally straining task, it is likely their skin conductance and
heart rate will:

Answer 1

Increase

Question 2

A GSR amplifier conducts measurements by:

Answer 2

Applying constant voltage to the skin through electrodes

Question 3

A physiologically adaptive set of bodily changes in the presence of a threat is:

Answer 3

A stress response

Question 4

What is the dependent variable?

Answer 4

what you measure

Question 5

What is the basic assumption in psychophysiology?

Answer 5

All human behavior is caused by psychological states

Question 6

Experiments in psychophysiology include:

Answer 6

Non­invasive procedures measuring physiological events

Question 7

Galvanic skin response tests are also known as:

Answer 7

Lie detector tests

Question 8

You can use facial EMG to measure:

Answer 8

Emotional response to a stimuli through changes in electrical activity of facial muscles

Question 9

Visual evoked potential (VEP) is used to measure:

Answer 9

The function of the visual pathway from the retina to the occipital cortex

Question 10

EEG is used to measure:

Answer 10

The summation of all the postsynaptic potentials of neurons in the cerebral cortex