Current analogies of brain function resemble current technologies. For example, describing the brain as a supercomputer. What is one problem with these mechanical accounts of mental life?
a) The human brain does not match the complexity of a supercomputer.
b) Their relative inability to account for variability in behaviour.
c) The human brain while asleep is not comparable to a computer that is shut off.
d) We are unable to draw comparisons because of computers limited sensory
modalities.
e) None of the above are acceptable criticisms.
Question 2
Which of the following correctly defines psychology?
a) The study of the attempt to describe, explain, predict and in some cases, change behaviour
b) A collection of theories to explain mental behaviour.
c) The scientific approach of assessing personality.
d) The study of the relationship between behaviour and activity of the brain.
e) They study of people as individuals.
Cellular section from the brain of a person who died from Alzheimer's disease.
Endocrine glands in the brain.
Brain Anatomy and Functions
How to find an angle in radians for any given trigonometric function
How to vertically shift a quadratic function along the y-axis
Axial M R I of the brain