11PSY Step Sp Review

Neuroimaging techniques used in psychological research can be classified in two categories called ______ neuroimaging

• Brain and Body

• Invasive and non-invasive

• Ethical and non-ethical

• Structural and Functional

Which neuroimaging techniques could be used to investigate whether a specific area at the front of the brain receives information from visual areas at the back of the brain during a problem-solving task

• fMRI and CT

• MRI and CT

• fMRI and PET

• PET and CT

Which neuroimaging technique is based on x-rays?

• fMRI

• CT

• PET

• MRI

Which neuroimaging technique will produce images of brain tissue that have the least clarity and detail?

• fMRI

• PET

• MRI

• CT

An advantage of a PET scan for brain research when compared with a CAT scan is that

• a PET scan provides information about brain activity, whereas a CAT scan provides only structural information

• a PET scan provides information about brain movement, whereas a CAT scan provides only structural information

• a PET scan provides magnetic brain images whereas a CAT scan provides computerised cross-sectional brain images

• a PET scan is non-invasive, whereas a CAT scan is invasive because radiation is used

Most of the early brain ablation or lesioning experiments would now be considered ____ if proposed for research with human participants

• outdated

• not useful

• unethical

• too difficult to perform

Which procedure was primarily used in early brain experiments to temporarily activate or suppress activity in a specific brain area in order to understand its function?

• split-brain surgery

• electrical stimulation

• brain ablation

• brain lesioning

In experimental research, _____ typically involves removal of part of the brain to study its function by observing subsequent changes in behaviour

• ablation

• split-brain surgery

• lesioning

• non-surgical lesioning

a limitation of the earliest research techniques used to study the human brain was the inability to

• access a brain for study

• observe a human brain

• observe brain structure

• observe brain function

the brain versus the heart debate was mainly about

• whether the brain or heart are one and the same thing

• whether the brain and the heart are interconnected and interrelated

• whether the brain or hear is primarily responsible for mental processes

• whether the brain and heart are distinct, separate entities