Psy 324 week 1 quiz - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PSY 324 Week 1 Quiz Question 1 1 out of 1 points Which of the following finding suggests equipotentiality? Selected Answer: Semantic memory impairment is more severe when a wider area of the brain is damaged compared to a more circumscribed brain lesion. Answers: All languages, including sign language, are subserved by the fronal-temporal language network. Individuals lose their autonoetic consciousness after undergoing frontal lobotomy. Semantic memory impairment is more severe when a wider are...

PSY 324 Week 6 Quiz Question 1 1 out of 1 points In recalling experiences, why does availability influence our judgments? Selected Answer: We confuse the frequency with which we can remember something with how frequently it actually occurs. Answers: It makes judgments more accurate when information is easily available. • Question 2 We confuse the frequency with which we can remember something with how frequently it actually occurs. We always recall things more easily when they occur frequentl...

PSY 324 Week 2 Quiz Question 1 1 out of 1 points The McGurk effect demonstrates that Selected Answer: Primary auditory processing can be influenced by visual input. Answers: Primary auditory processing can be influenced by visual input. Primary auditory processing is strictly modular. Primary visual processing can be influenced by auditory input. Primary visual processing is strictly modular. • Question 2 1 out of 1 points You are working on your class assignment and suddenly you realized that...

PSY 324 Week 3 Quiz Question 1 1 out of 1 points The prefrontal cortex develops late and starts to decline early. This may explain many of the cognitive changes in older adults. For example, declining efficiency in ____ may prevent information from being properly encoded into memory. Selected Answer: sustaining attention focus Answers: task switching inhibitory response sustaining attention focus dual-tasking • Question 2 1 out of 1 points Individuals suffering from attention deficit can have ...

PSY 324 Week 5 Quiz Question 1 1 out of 1 points In immigrant families, some young kids initially acquire the language of the adopted country through the very limited range of examples from their parents' speech in that language. However, the limitation in the parents' speech in the new language does not prevent their kids from learning the language fully. This phenomenon would . Selected Answer: Answers: support the innateness hypothesis of language support the innateness hypothesis of langua...

PSY 324 Week 7 Quiz Question 1 1 out of 1 points Which statement is the most accurate description about the current understanding of executive functions, according to the assigned reading this week? Selected Answer: It is still debatable whether executive functions constitute one unifying ability or several dissociable abilities. Answers: Executive functions do not show developmental changes. It is still debatable whether executive functions constitute one unifying ability or several dissociable...

PSY 324 Week 4 Quiz Question 1 1 out of 1 points In terms of pleasant information or events, our memory for the information or events is most consistent with which of the following statement according to the research literature? Selected Answer: The more pleasant the information/event is, the better we remember it. Answers: The degree of pleasantness of the information/event has no bearing on our memory of it. The less pleasant the information/event is, the better we remember it. The more pleasa...