Cognitive Psychology

Recordings from single neurons are conducted using which of these pieces of equipment?

Microelectrode

Cognition

Attention, perception, memory, and decision making are all different types of mental processes in which the mind engages. These are known as different types of :

Which of the following neural components is NOT found at the receiving end of neurons?

Axon

make a decision about the stimulus

By comparing reaction times across different tasks, Donders was able to conclude how long the mind needs to perform a certain cognitive task. Donders interpreted the difference in reaction time between the simple and choice conditions of his experiment as indicating how long it took to

Early studies of brain tissue that used staining techniques and microscopes from the 19th century described the "nerve net." These early understandings were in error in the sense that the nerve net was believed to be

Continuous

decision making

Donders' main reason for doing his choice reaction time experiment was to study

An oscilloscope can display "spikes" that correspond to nerve impulses in response to a certain stimulus intensity. If the stimulus intensity is decreased, you are likely to observe spikes that are:

Less frequent and of the same size

Cognitive Psychology

The branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of the mind is called:

A synapse is:

The space between neurons

Donders' reaction time experiment was performed using stimuli in which of the following sensory modalities?

Vision

Action potentials occur in the

axon

Neural circuits are groups of interconnected neurons that:

can result in a neuron that responds best to a specific stimulus

The key structural components of neurons are

cell body, dendrites, and axon

In Donders' experiment on decision making, when participants were asked to press one button if the light on the left was illuminated and another button if the light on the right was illuminated, they were engaged in a

choice reaction time task.

The study of the physiological basis of cognition is known as:

cognitive neuroscience

The Neuron Doctrine is

in disagreement with nerve net theory

The main point of the Donders' reaction time experiments was to:

measure the amount of time it takes to make a decision.

Reaction time refers to the time between the ________ of a stimulus and a person's response to it.

presentation

In Donders' experiment on decision making, when participants were asked to press a button upon presentation of a light, they were engaged in a

simple reaction time task