One of the Reasons Karl Lashley Was Unable to Find

question 119

Multiple Choice

One of the reasons Karl Lashley was unable to find evidence for the engram was that:

• A) he used too simple a task for assessing memory.
• B) he limited his lesions to the cerebral cortex.
• C) he was unable to lesion rat brains due to ethical constraints.
• D) the memories of rats are too different from the memories of humans.

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Definitions:

Correlational Study

A research method that examines the relationship between two or more variables to determine whether and how they change together.

Standard Deviation

An indicator of how much the values in a set differ or spread out.

Normal Distribution

The normal distribution, often called the Gaussian distribution, is a bell-shaped curve that describes the spread of a characteristic throughout a population where most occurrences take place around the average value.

Positively Correlated

A relationship between two variables where both variables move in tandem, meaning that when one variable increases, the other does as well.