Lashley's Conclusions from His Engram Research Were Based on Certain

question 78

Multiple Choice

Lashley's conclusions from his engram research were based on certain unnecessary assumptions, which later psychologists have discarded. One of those assumptions was that the:

• A) cerebral cortex is the best or only place to search for an engram.
• B) left hemisphere of the brain is simply the mirror image of the right hemisphere. .
• C) physiological mechanisms of learning in rats are similar to those in humans.
• D) hippocampus is more important for storage than it is for retrieval.

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Definitions:

Certain Events

Specific occurrences or happenings that are distinct and can be identified.

Probability

Is a measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.

Certainty

A state of being sure or confident about something without any doubt.

Uncertainty

The state of being unsure or not having all the information, which makes outcomes unpredictable.