QUESTION 1 If an autopsy were performed to determine whether a person died of Al

QUESTION 1

If an autopsy were performed to determine whether a person died of Alzheimer’s disease or, instead, of a disease with similar external symptoms this would be an application of the

method.

• A. psycho surgery
• B. extirpation
• C. Clinical
• D.electrical

QUESTION 2

Broca’s area was discovered using the extirpation method.

True

False

QUESTION 3

A field naturalist observes swamp frogs eating flies. In her lab she feeds jungle frogs flies and observes that the frogs readily eat the flies. She wonders if most frogs like to flies. She repeats this experiment with several other varieties of frogs. She observes that they all eat the flies. She suggests a theory that all frogs may like to eat flies. This is an example of..

• A inductive logic
• B deductive logic
• QUESTION 4
• Which of the following are methods used to research cortical localization?
• A. Clinical Case Studies
• B. Extripation

C. Electrical Stimulation
D.All of the above are such methods

QUESTION 5

Johannes Muller believed there was a mental element which coordinated the physiological action of the organs, and that this element could not be measured or studied. This belief makes Muller

A.rationalist

B.extirpationist

• C. pharmacist
• D. empiricist
• E. vitalist

  QUESTION 6

• The Law (Doctrine) of Specific Nerve Energies indicates neurons do basically the same thing, but it depends on their
• A. pathway to the area of the brain being stimulated.
• B. intensity of stimulation

C. perception if it rises to the level of being noticed

D. none of the above are correct.

QUESTION 7

Weber used the term two-point threshold to describe.

• A. The point at which stimulation becomes sensation.
• B. The point at which a person can differentiate between two tones
• C. The point at which an increase in stimulation is noticed as an increase in sensation

D. The point at which a person can differentiate between two shades of color

E. The point at which a person can sense two distinct points of contact on their skin.

QUESTION 8

According to Fechner, the effects of stimulus intensities are not ………but are………. To the amount of sensation already experienced.

A. equal; related

B. noticeable; relevant

C. related; equal

D. absolute; relative

E. relative; absolute

QUESTION 9

The formula, S = Klog R is key to the field of

C A. Psychobabbel

B. Psychology

C. Psychophysics

D. Pseudopsychology

QUESTION 10

In the late 1800’s, the “new” psychology had roots in …………. and …………

A. history; medicine

B. biology; physics

C. art: science

D. philosophy; physiology

Question 11

You will use the choices from the response column more than once.

1. Widely used Extripation

2. Located the speech production center of the brain

3.Did presentations of electrical stimulation of the heads of criminals

4. Did an autopsy on the patient’s brain to see what caused the speech problem

5.Studied vision and came up with the tri-chromatic color theory of vision

6.First to measure the rate of conduction of a nerve fiber

7. Just Noticeable Difference

8Absolute Threshold

9 Stared at the sun and went through depressioN

10 Started Psychophysics

1. von Helmholtz
2. von Helmholtz
3. Aldini
4. Broca
5. 5. Fechner
1. Fechner
2. Fechner
3. Flourens
4. Broca
5. Weber