Capella PSYC4310 Week 6 Quiz Latest 2023 January

PSYC4310 Biological Psychology

Week 6 Quiz  

Question 1

The human eye is an organ specialized for the detection of ______.                                           

a. ultraviolet wavelengths

b. infrared wavelengths

c. visible wavelengths

d. gamma wavelengths

Question 2

Humans can “see” only about ______ of the entire electromagnetic spectrum.                                    

a. 1/10th

b. 1/100th

c. 1/50th

d. 1/70th

Question 3

The fact that specialized visual functions occur in specific locations illustrates ______.                       

a. disparity processing

b. process segregation processing

c. hierarchical processing

d. modular processing

Question 4

When it comes to face processing, what type of information produces activity in the left fusiform gyrus?                                 

a. faces of animals

b. discrimination between familiar and unfamiliar faces

c. human faces

d. face-like images

Question 5

The function of a receptor is to ______.                                 

a. convert neural impulses into energy

b. interpret stimuli from the environment

c. screen out irrelevant information from the environment

d. convert energy into a neural impulse

Question 6

Language in most people is considered to be primarily a function of the ______.                                 

a. right hemisphere

b. prefrontal cortex

c. left hemisphere

d. parietal cortex

Question 7

When using critical appraisal to review sources for a literature review, remember that one objective of the literature review is to ____________.                                          

a. identify areas of disagreement or controversy among researchers

b. summarize each article with abstract-like thoroughness

c. show off all the articles you found

d. include each article you’ve located

Question 8

Aphasia is a primary disturbance in comprehension or production of language that is caused by brain damage.                                     

True

False

Question 9

Stephen had a stroke, but he was rushed to the hospital in time to reverse most of the effects of the stroke. However, he did notice that he could no longer recognize his wife or family members by face. If his doctor performed an MRI scan of his brain, what brain area would most likely have been affected by the stroke?                                      

a. primary visual cortex

b. V5/MT

c. fusiform face area

d. posterior parietal cortex

Question 10

To find articles closely related to one you already have, _____________                                   

a. Look for the article above or below it in the search results

b. use Wikipedia

c. read the abstracts of each of your search results carefully to find articles that most closely align to what you have

d. use a database that offers a link that says “related articles” or “find similar”