The Science of the Mind

Directions:
Select the BEST response alternative for each of the questions below.

1. There is a relationship between the degree of an object's resemblance to a human being and our emotional response to it. Specifically, humanoid objects which imperfectly resemble actual human beings provoke strangely familiar feelings of eeriness and revulsion in observers. This notion is referred to as the:

A) zombie factor.

B) uncanny valley.

C) creepy crevice.

D) strange change effect.

2. Your brain makes up about 2 percent of your body weight, yet it requires about ________ percent of the total energy produced by your body.

A) 4

B) 10

C) 20

D) 50

3. H.M. was in his early 20s when he underwent brain surgery designed to:

A) reduce pressure on his spinal cord which affected his vision.

B) improve his memory via a controversial surgical technique.

C) improve his ability to focus attention by reducing migraines.

D) help control and reduce his severe epileptic seizures.

4. As a consequence of the brain surgery, H.M. was:

A) no longer able to form new memories.

B) cured of the reason he needed the surgery in the first place.

C) able to remember events in his life prior to the surgery.

D) All of the above.

5. Historically speaking, the field currently referred to as "cognitive psychology" is around ________ years old.

A) 50

B) 100

C) 200

D) 500

6. The so-called "cognitive revolution" that took place in psychology centered on the idea that the science of psychology:

A) cannot study the mental world directly.

B) must study the mental world if we’re going to understand behavior.

C) Both (A) and (B).

D) None of the above.

7. Wundt and Titchener believed that psychology needed to focus on the study of conscious mental events. This was done through a technique called:

A) stream of consciousness.

B) introspection.

C) veiled examination.

D) the transcendental method.

8. A problem with the above method was that:

A) some thoughts are unconscious, and therefore beyond examination.

B) the method was not testable.

C) many psychologists at the time wanted techniques that were objective.

D) All of the above.

9. The focus of Behaviorism was (and somewhat still is):

A) on the thoughts and feelings of organisms that could be inferred from observable behaviors.

B) to limit observations to only what could be directly observed and measured.

C) for beliefs, wishes, goals, preferences, hopes, and expectations to be measured only through physiological means.

D) All of the above.

10. Eventually Behaviorism was viewed as incomplete because:

A) the focus on mental behavior was simply too interesting a puzzle for psychologists to ignore.

B) it tended to ignore the physiological limitations of behavior.

C) the ways people act and feel are guided by how they interpret the situation, not by the objective situation itself.

D) they used animals rather than humans as subjects and psychology should focus more on human behavior than animal behavior.

11. Immanuel Kant proposed a method in which you begin with observable facts and then work backward from these observations, called:

A) stream of consciousness.

B) introspection.

C) unveiled examination.

D) the transcendental method.

12. In a study of rats learning a maze, it was found that rats who had an opportunity to explore the maze prior to there being any food placed inside it almost immediately performed identically to the rats who needed many days of training with food in the maze. To explain these results, the researchers concluded that rats must:

A) create a cognitive (mental) map of the maze as they explore it.

B) somehow leave behind trace amounts of pheremones to help guide them to target locations in the maze.

C) communicate interesting locations to one another in a manner similar to how honey bees communicate real world locations to the hive.

D) have an instinctive drive to locate food in mazes.

End of Quiz!

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The correct answers are marked by a "C" in the box before each question. The incorrect questions are marked by an "X".

1.	There is a relationship between the degree of an object's resemblance to a human being and our emotional response to it. Specifically, humanoid objects which imperfectly resemble actual human beings provoke strangely familiar feelings of eeriness and revulsion in observers. This notion is referred to as the:
	A)	zombie factor.
	B)	uncanny valley.
	C)	creepy crevice.
	D)	strange change effect.
2.	Your brain makes up about 2 percent of your body weight, yet it requires about ________ percent of the total energy produced by your body.
	A)	4
	B)	10
	C)	20
	D)	50
3.	H.M. was in his early 20s when he underwent brain surgery designed to:
	A)	reduce pressure on his spinal cord which affected his vision.
	B)	improve his memory via a controversial surgical technique.
	C)	improve his ability to focus attention by reducing migraines.
	D)	help control and reduce his severe epileptic seizures.
4.	As a consequence of the brain surgery, H.M. was:
	A)	no longer able to form new memories.
	B)	cured of the reason he needed the surgery in the first place.
	C)	able to remember events in his life prior to the surgery.
	D)	All of the above.
5.	Historically speaking, the field currently referred to as "cognitive psychology" is around ________ years old.
	A)	50
	B)	100
	C)	200
	D)	500
6.	The so-called "cognitive revolution" that took place in psychology centered on the idea that the science of psychology:
	A)	cannot study the mental world directly.
	B)	must study the mental world if we’re going to understand behavior.
	C)	Both (A) and (B).
	D)	None of the above.
7.	Wundt and Titchener believed that psychology needed to focus on the study of conscious mental events. This was done through a technique called:
	A)	stream of consciousness.
	B)	introspection.
	C)	veiled examination.
	D)	the transcendental method.
8.	A problem with the above method was that:
	A)	some thoughts are unconscious, and therefore beyond examination.
	B)	the method was not testable.
	C)	many psychologists at the time wanted techniques that were objective.
	D)	All of the above.
9.	The focus of Behaviorism was (and somewhat still is):
	A)	on the thoughts and feelings of organisms that could be inferred from observable behaviors.
	B)	to limit observations to only what could be directly observed and measured.
	C)	for beliefs, wishes, goals, preferences, hopes, and expectations to be measured only through physiological means.
	D)	All of the above.
10.	Eventually Behaviorism was viewed as incomplete because:
	A)	the focus on mental behavior was simply too interesting a puzzle for psychologists to ignore.
	B)	it tended to ignore the physiological limitations of behavior.
	C)	the ways people act and feel are guided by how they interpret the situation, not by the objective situation itself.
	D)	they used animals rather than humans as subjects and psychology should focus more on human behavior than animal behavior.
11.	Immanuel Kant proposed a method in which you begin with observable facts and then work backward from these observations, called:
	A)	stream of consciousness.
	B)	introspection.
	C)	unveiled examination.
	D)	the transcendental method.
12.	In a study of rats learning a maze, it was found that rats who had an opportunity to explore the maze prior to there being any food placed inside it almost immediately performed identically to the rats who needed many days of training with food in the maze. To explain these results, the researchers concluded that rats must:
	A)	create a cognitive (mental) map of the maze as they explore it.
	B)	somehow leave behind trace amounts of pheremones to help guide them to target locations in the maze.
	C)	communicate interesting locations to one another in a manner similar to how honey bees communicate real world locations to the hive.
	D)	have an instinctive drive to locate food in mazes.