A Person with Damage to the Right Hemisphere Motor Cortex

question 149

Multiple Choice

 A person with damage to the right hemisphere motor cortex will experience weakness or paralysis

• A) on the left side of the body.
• B) on the right side of the body.
• C) on both the right and left sides of the body.
• D) in the torso and arms but not the legs.

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Definitions:

Behaviorism

A psychological perspective focusing on observable behaviors and the ways they're learned, rather than on internal mental processes.

John B. Watson

An American psychologist who is considered one of the founders of behaviorism; he emphasized the importance of observable behaviors over internal processes.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior.

Voluntary Responses

Actions that are performed deliberately and with awareness, typically as a result of conscious decision making.