A Laboratory Cat Could Be Made to Twitch Its Whiskers

question 367

Multiple Choice

A laboratory cat could be made to twitch its whiskers by direct stimulation of the ________ lobes of its cerebral cortex.

• A)temporal
• B)occipital
• C)frontal
• Dparietal

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Definitions:

False

Not true or correct; erroneous or misleading.

Modus Tollens

A logical argument form that concludes the inverse of an antecedent from the denial of the consequent, typically structured as "If P, then Q. Not Q, therefore not P."

Affirming The Consequent

A logical fallacy where a conclusion is incorrectly drawn from the premise that if P then Q, and Q is true, therefore P must be true.

Ad Hominem

A fallacy in argumentation where the focus is on attacking the character or motive of the person making the argument, rather than addressing the argument itself.