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124. Imagine that you are motivated to learn how to play the guitar by listening to others,
which in turn results in changes in your brain. This scenario best illustrates which of the
following levels of analysis?
a) brain and person
b) person and group
c) brain, person, and group
d) brain, person
ANS: C, pp. 63–64, C, (2)
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125. Evidence indicating the localization of function in the brain was first seen as a result
of ________.
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126. If someone has suffered a stroke, then one can infer that the affected region of brain
tissue has ___________.
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127. Electroencephalograph is to electroencephalogram as ________.
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128. Small electrodes are pasted onto Miranda’s scalp, and they are connected by wire to
a machine that translates the electrical energy from her brain into wavy lines on a moving
piece of paper. From this description, it is evident that Miranda’s brain is being studied
through the use of___________.
a) a CT scan
b) functional magnetic resonance imaging
c) a microelectrode
d) an electroencephalograph
ANS: D, p. 65, A, (2)
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129. Which of the following is a record produced by a machine designed to record the
patterns of electrical activity on the surface of the brain?
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130. A microelectrode would be placed into a human’s brain ________.
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