Lesson 2.4.2
2.4.2 Brain plasticity Quiz: OCR Psychology, Unit 2
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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What term describes the brain's ability to reorganise and form new neural connections following damage?
- Cortical mapping
- Synaptic bridging
- Brain plasticity
- Neural pruning
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Which study investigated whether structural changes in the brain could be acquired in London taxi drivers?
- Sperry et al.
- Casey et al.
- Maguire et al.
- Blakemore and Cooper
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What type of brain imaging technique was primarily utilised by Maguire et al. to measure hippocampal volume?
- CT scans
- PET scans
- MRI scans
- EEG recordings
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Which brain region showed significantly increased grey matter volume in experienced London taxi drivers?
- Anterior amygdala
- Prefrontal cortex
- Motor cortex
- Posterior hippocampus
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Which study investigated the impact of early visual experience using kittens reared in striped environments?
- Sperry
- Gould
- Blakemore and Cooper
- Hancock et al.
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What specific developmental restriction did Blakemore and Cooper impose on their kitten sample's visual exposure?
- Flashing lights
- Striped environments
- Total darkness
- Monocular patching
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What conclusion did Blakemore and Cooper draw regarding early visual development and the brain?
- Visual cortex adapts
- Vision is innate
- Retinas degenerate fully
- Damage is permanent
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How does Blakemore and Cooper's study on kittens primarily demonstrate the concept of brain plasticity?
- Sensory habituation
- Hormonal secretion
- Neuronal adaptation
- Genetic determinism
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If a stroke patient regains speech function by shifting processing to the right hemisphere, what is this called?
- Axonal demyelination
- Functional recovery
- Synaptic pruning
- Hemispheric locking
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What biological process involves the growth of new nerve endings to connect with undamaged neurons?
- Vascular constriction
- Glial depletion
- Myelin thickening
- Axonal sprouting
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Which process sees unused neural connections deleted over time to increase brain efficiency?
- Synaptic pruning
- Cortical thickening
- Neurogenesis
- Axonal elongation
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What term describes the formation of entirely new neurons in the adult brain?
- Neurogenesis
- Gliogenesis
- Myelination
- Synaptogenesis
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Which biological core study involves split-brain patients with severed corpus callosums?
- Baron-Cohen
- Sperry
- Maguire
- Casey
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Why is Maguire et al.'s study considered an example of human structural brain plasticity?
- Navigational experience alters
- Genetics dictate intelligence
- Trauma creates lesions
- Age causes shrinkage
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What methodological strength is shared by both Maguire et al. and Sperry?
- Purely qualitative data
- Unstructured observation
- High standardisation
- High ecological validity
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What limitation applies to generalising findings from Maguire et al.'s London taxi driver sample?
- Animal generalisability
- Cultural ethnocentrism
- Gender bias
- Developmental immaturity
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Which brain area did Blakemore and Cooper specifically monitor in their investigation of visual plasticity?
- Visual cortex
- Frontal lobe
- Auditory cortex
- Somatosensory cortex
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What key psychological theme does brain plasticity directly link to within the biological area?
- Regions of brain
- Social identity
- Cognitive biases
- Moral development
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What neurological process involves existing neurons forming new pathways to bypass damaged brain areas?
- Neurogenesis
- Neural regeneration
- Synaptic pruning
- Cortical mapping
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Which specific animal was used by Blakemore and Cooper in their 1970 investigation of early visual plasticity?
- Puppies
- Kittens
- Rats
- Mice
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