One Phenomenon in Social Neuroscience of Particular Relevance for the Development

question 6

Multiple Choice

One phenomenon in social neuroscience of particular relevance for the development of social learning is the discovery of mirror neurons which

• A) were first identified in the frontal lobes of monkeys.
• B) were first identified in the amygdala of monkeys.
• C) did not respond when a monkey either performed or watched someone else perform a goal-directed act.
• D) the neurons fired when a monkey watched a hand making grasping movements without something to grasp.

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Definitions:

Cronbach's Alpha

A measure of internal consistency that assesses how closely related a set of items are as a group, often used in survey research.

Internal Consistency

A measure of the reliability of a psychological test that assesses the extent to which different test items that propose to measure the same general construct produce similar results.

Cohen's Kappa

Cohen's Kappa is a statistical measure used to assess the reliability of inter-rater agreement for qualitative (categorical) items, correcting for the chance of agreement.

Item-total Correlation

The relationship between individual item scores and the overall score across all items in a test or questionnaire.