Psychology 2135A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Positron Emission Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ct Scan

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: Marcie Penner- Wilger

Document Summary

1: list four course themes (examples, the black box: the challenge of cognitive psychology (ex. In class activity with the black box experiment) The allegory of the interstellar dingus: behaviour. The allegory of the interstellar dingus (story) Each a substance impregnable and opaque with sensors. Just like brain regions and humans: how breakdowns can illuminate the mind. Experimental manipulation: how time can illuminate the mind. Visual illusions: response times (counting experiment in class with addends) Looking at a screen with dots test (counting how many dots: cognitive complexity and necessity of bias. Systematic errors: heuristics - lead to systematic errors (bias) Given an experiment, answer the questions form the article report worksheet (e. g. , iv(s) and dv(s), applications, etc: refer to in-class article we were given about driving and mood. List the pros and cons of different imaging methods. Electroencephalography (eeg): pros: good temporal resolution; clinically useful for determining sleep patterns, diagnosing seizure activity, cons: poor spatial resolution.