What Is the Danger of Relying Too Much on Neuroimaging

question 92

Multiple Choice

What is the danger of relying too much on neuroimaging tests?

• A)We will give up using traditional psychological tests for assessing brain functions.
• B)We may focus too much on activity in areas that are not traditionally thought to be specialised for a particular function.
• C)We run the risk of assigning narrowly defined functions to brain regions, rather than remembering that most functions are distributed.
• D)We will pay too much attention to how different parts of the brain work together rather than focusing on individual parts and how they function.

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Definitions:

Discrimination

The act of treating people unequally based on characteristics such as race, age, or sex, resulting in prejudice.

Response Generalization

The process by which a behavior, once learned in response to a specific stimulus, extends to similar stimuli not directly associated with the initial learning.

Modeling

The process of learning behavior by observing and imitating others.

Fixed Ratio

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses, often used in behavior analysis.