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Chosen Qs for Final
Nunez
1. People often describe time using words from what other domain?
a. linear space
b. metaphor space
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
2. Which one of these is a deictic word?
a. this
b. that
c. here
d. all of the above
3. The smallest unit of grammar in a language that carries meaning is called a:
a. morpheme
b. lexeme
c. grapheme
d. meme
4. The Aymaras point ______ when referencing the past, and most other humans
point ______.
a. ahead; behind
b. behind; ahead
c. behind; behind
d. ahead; ahead
5. “20 minutes ahead of 1pm” is a good example of how
a. the Aymara people talk about time differently than English speakers
b. language alone cannot be used to just how reference points are used in
time expression
c. time-RP can be an ambiguous way to speak about time
d. b and c
6. T/F "The class times are too close together," is an example of an Ego-RP mapping.
A:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
a
d
a
a
d
f (b)
Pineda
1. Mu rhythms are suppressed when:
a. sitting absolutely still
b. observing someone performing an action
c. performing an action
d. b and c
2. Researches can use ______ to temporarily de-active parts of the brain.
a. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
b. Electro-Encephalograph (EEG)
c. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
d. a scalpel
3. Difficulty interpreting actions and intentions of others is a hallmark of:
a. Parkinson’s disease
b. the Aymaras
c. Autistic children
d. all of the above
4. A mirror neuron fires when a monkey picks up a peanut. When the monkey sees
someone pick up a peanut:
a. the same mirror neuron would likely fire
b. the same mirror neuron would likely not fire
c. the mu rhythm would likely desynchronize
d. both a and c
5. Which of the following is not a likely functional role of mirror neurons:
a. empathy
b. imitation learning
c. the mu rhythm
d. theory of mind
6.
T/F Mirror neurons activate representations of concepts and goals that are
logically related to an observed action.
A:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
d
a
c
d
c
t (a)
Yu lecture
1. What is NOT a part of the saccade generation system?
a. parietal cortex
b. prefrontal cortex
c. amygdala
d. superior colliculus
2. Damage to which area of the brain might result in poor performance in the random
dots task?
a. FEF
b. LIP
c. MT
d. All of the above
3. Neurons in the MT area are sensitive to:
a. motion direction
b. integrated information
c. the speed-accuracy tradeoff
d. both b and c
4. T/F The random dot coherent motion paradigm is used to help autistic children learn
what social cues mean.
5. What factor plays a key role in decision-making?
a. accuracy
b. speed
c. sensory noise
d. all of the above
6. The optimal decision policy is defined by
a. minimizing a pre-specified cost function
b. minimizing response inaccuracy
c. minimizing response delay
d. maximizing reward rate
7. T/F: Neural activities in the LIP reflect monkey's percept of stimulus direction.
A:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
c
d
a
f (b)
d
a
t (a)
Levy lecture
1. When do people start processing a sentence?
a. after they have heard/read it
b. before they have heard /read it
c. it varies from person to person
d. while they are reading/listening
2. The word “that” (as in “that you feed”) denotes what phrase type?
a. noun phrase
b. verb phrase
c. relative clause
d. determinant
3. "The girl saw the boy with the telescope" is an example of:
a. incomplete input
b. ambiguity
c. avoiding direct phrasing
d. noun phrase
4. Realistic models of language processing need to possess ALL BUT
WHICH of the
following properties?
a. follow rules of formal grammar
b. be robust against arbitrary/noisy inputs
c. infer meaning on the basis of incomplete inputs
d. capture structure present in natural languages
5. Self-paced reading paradigm allows scientists to study:
a. how peripheral vision is used to enable parallel processing of words
b. when subjects backtrack when they encounter an ambiguous word
c. how long they look at each word
d. the role motivation plays in education
6. T/F: Human language has the property that it can be infinitely nested.
7. The word "that" means nothing when:
a. there is no uncertainty that a relative clause will follow
b. it is a part of a noun phrase
c. it is followed by an irregular verb
d. in the sentence: the rat the cat the dog chased bit ate that
A:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
d
c
b
a
c
t (a)
a