COG PSYCHE Quiz 7

An individual is brought to you who has deficits in self-monitoring, attention-switching, and sequencing behaviors to achieve a goal.  You suspect that he has ________________.

frontal-lobe syndrome

A psychological test in which color words are printed in compatible print colors on some trials and incompatible print colors on other trials.

Stroop task

Cards are sorted by the number of items on the card, the color of the items, or the number of the items in the ______________ task.

Wisconsin Card Sort

Results from the Wisconsin Card Sort task with frontal patients suggests that the PFC is important for _______________.

attention switching

Executive attention is required whenever ________________.

multiple processes are competing

Which psychologist would be most likely to argue that problem solving is a cognitive act that required insight into the nature of the problem rather than trial-error learning?

Kohler

The _______________ is the area of the brain associated with monitoring.

anterior cingulate

Executive processes primarily influence which aspect of cognition?

decision making

A process that is initiated without our intention is considered to be ___________.

automatic

Suppressing a partially prepared response is known as _______________.

response inhibition