Cognitive Neuroscience Measures Neural Activity

question 14

Multiple Choice

Cognitive neuroscience measures neural activity:

• A) only at the level of individual neurons.
• B) only in neural circuits.
• C) both at the level of individual neurons and groups of neurons and neural circuits.
• D) through simple behavioral responses.

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Definitions:

GABA

Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain that helps regulate neuronal excitability and plays a key role in reducing anxiety and promoting relaxation.

Two-Factor Theory

The most influential theory of fear and phobias during the 1960s and 1970s. The model proposed that fears are acquired by classical conditioning, but maintained by operant conditioning.

Little Albert

The subject of a famous psychology experiment by John B. Watson which demonstrated that emotional responses could be conditioned in humans.

Little Hans

A case study by Sigmund Freud involving the analysis of a young boy's fear of horses, which Freud interpreted in terms of the Oedipus complex.