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What is social cognition?
What is social cognition?
- A basic set of mental processes relating to understanding and interpreting other people’s behaviour
- A simple set of mental processes relating to understanding, interpreting, remembering and predicting other people’s behaviour
- A complex set of mental processes relating to understanding, interpreting, remembering and predicting other people’s behaviour (correct)
- A straightforward set of mental processes relating to understanding, interpreting, and predicting other people’s behaviour
What is neonatal mimicry?
What is neonatal mimicry?
- The replication of a model’s actions with understanding of the goal they serve
- The replication of a model’s actions in the absence of any insight into why the actions are effective (correct)
- The replication of a model’s actions with partial insight into why the actions are effective
- The replication of a model’s actions with full insight into why the actions are effective
What are mirror neurons?
What are mirror neurons?
- Neurons that only activate when you see someone perform an action
- Neurons that activate randomly when observing actions
- Specific neurons that activate when you see someone perform an action and when you perform that action yourself (correct)
- Neurons that only activate when you perform an action yourself
What is the capacity of mimicry?
What is the capacity of mimicry?
What do mirror neurons initially observed in macaques do?
What do mirror neurons initially observed in macaques do?