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krzymel

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A monkey attends to a moving stimulus left of fixation then to a stationary stimulus right of fixation. If one were recording MT neuronal activity, it would reveal that _____.
 
  A) the neuron preferentially responding to the left stimulus is inactive when attending to the right stimulus
  B) the neuron preferentially responding to the left stimulus is unaffected by attention to the right stimulus
  C) the receptive field associated with the neuron responding to the left stimulus shrinks when attention shifts to the right stimulus
  D) the receptive field associated with the neuron responding to the left stimulus shifts right when attention shifts to the right stimulus

Question 2

A researcher wants to test whether the attachment of a child to a primary caregiver will predict how trusting that child will be in future romantic relationships. She uses a self-report measure of the participant's relationships when they were young and a Likert scale measuring their trust behavior as adults. What kind of research design is this?
 
  a. Experimental
  b. Empirical
  c. Descriptive
  d. Correlational



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

d



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