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Question 1: 50-100 words
Describe how visual information gets from the left visual field to the primary visual cortex
(v1) using the Geniculo-Striate Pathway. Describe the pathway(s) the information takes. You
do not need to describe how the information is processed.

Question 2: 50-100 words
You have been introduced to different research methods used in physiological psychology.
For each of the scenarios below, which would be the most appropriate method to use and
why?
S1: Looking for a specialised area that is responsible for encoding ends of lines.
S2: Looking for damaged area after a head injury
S3: Studying the process of planning motor movements.
S4: Study memory before and after disrupting the hippocampus
S5: Wanting to study the synchronisation of different brain regions

Question 3: 100 words
Give an example of each of the following types of learning:
• Perceptual
• stimuli-response learning
• motor learning,
• relational learning
as they might occur when teaching a child how to play soccer.

Question 4: 100 words
Sound travels faster in the water than in the air. First, explain how humans localise sound.
Second, explain if low-frequency sounds are easier or harder to locate underwater and why.

Question 5: 100-150 words
How could you use double dissociation methodology to show that the processing of
emotionally “hot” stimuli is processed differently than emotionally “cold” stimuli in non-
impaired individuals? Explain what advantages a double dissociation method would provide
over single dissociation in this situation.