Your Friend Is Trying to Teach You How to Play

question 356

Multiple Choice

Your friend is trying to teach you how to play guitar. You've taken a few lessons with them already and they are now trying to show you how to play a new chord. You watch them play the chord a few times before picking up your own guitar and trying it yourself. You strum the strings with your right hand, meaning you use the fingers on your left hand to manipulate the strings on the guitar neck (which requires more control than what your strumming hand is doing) . Assuming that you continue practicing your guitar playing, what change in your brain could be predicted?

• A)a smaller left-hemisphere somatosensory cortex
• B)a larger left-hemisphere somatosensory cortex
• C)a larger right-hemisphere somatosensory cortex
• D)a smaller right-hemisphere somatosensory cortex
• E)none of these possible responses would be predicted.

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Definitions:

Rational Unconscious

A concept that suggests that the unconscious mind is capable of logical thought and can affect conscious decision making.

Preconscious

Part of Freud's theory of the mind, referring to the thoughts and feelings not presently in conscious awareness but that can be accessed easily.

Cognitive Factors

Refers to the mental processes involved in gaining knowledge and comprehension, including thinking, knowing, remembering, judging, and problem-solving.

Kelly

Referring to George Kelly, a psychologist known for his personal construct theory which posits that individuals interpret the world through their own constructs.