Which of the Following Are Not Direct Tests of the Brain,but

question 442

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are not direct tests of the brain,but are outward symptoms that help psychologists diagnose problems ranging from childhood learning disorders to full-blown psychosis?

• A) confabulations
• B) neurological soft signs
• C) neural inductions
• D) brain embolisms

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Definitions:

Generalization

The process of applying the outcome of a particular case to a broader range of situations or groups.

Categorization

The process by which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood.

Spreading Activation

A model of how information is retrieved in the brain, suggesting that spreading activation from one concept in a network triggers the retrieval of related concepts.

Discriminative Stimulus

A stimulus in the presence of which a particular response is reinforced, helping to differentiate it from other stimuli where the response would not be reinforced.