PSY 230- chapter 16 Questions and Answers
Both of Broca's patients had a left-hemisphere lesion that involved an area in the _____ cortex.
A.
temporal
B.
occipital
C.
frontal
D.
parietal
C
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PSY 230- chapter 16 Questions and
Answers
Both of Broca's patients had a left-hemisphere lesion that involved an area in the _____
cortex.
A.
temporal
B.
occipital
C.
frontal
D.
parietal - answer C
The sodium amytal test involves the injection of a small amount of sodium amytal into
the carotid artery on one side of the neck. This injection:
A.
puts the patient to sleep.
B.
always impairs language production.
C.
anesthetizes the hemisphere on the opposite side for a few minutes.
D.
anesthetizes the hemisphere on that side for a few minutes. - answer D
During one trial of a patient's dichotic listening test, "5," "9," and "6" are presented to the
right ear, and "2," "4," and "7" are presented to the left ear. The patient reports hearing
"5," "9," "6," and "2." The patient's response suggests that the neural regulation of their
language abilities is:
A.
lateralized to the left hemisphere.
B.
lateralized to the right hemisphere.
C.
nondominant.
D.
left recessive. - answer A
The left hemisphere is dominant for language-related abilities in ______ dextrals and in
_____ sinestrals.
A.
the majority of; a minority of
B.
, almost all; almost all
C.
the majority of; few if any
D.
almost all; the majority of - answer A
The popular notion that male brains are more strongly lateralized than female brains is
supported by:
A.
the effects of unilateral strokes in men and the the the results of functional brain-
imaging studies, but not the effects of unilateral strokes in men and women.
B.
neither the effects of unilateral strokes in men and women, nor the results of functional
brain-imaging studies.
C.
both the effects of unilateral strokes in men and women, and the results of functional
brain-imaging studies.
D.
the effects of unilateral strokes in men and women, but not the results of functional
brain-imaging studies. - answer B
Because there are two routes by which visual information can cross from one eye to the
contralateral hemisphere, Myers and Sperry transected both the ____________ and the
_______________ of each cat in their key experimental group.
A.
optic nerve; optic chiasm
B.
corpus callosum; lateral habenulum
C.
optic chiasm; corpus callosum
D.
optic chiasm; fornix - answer C
Like split-brain laboratory animals, human split-brain patients seem to have
__________________. But unlike the hemispheres of split-brain laboratory animals, the
hemispheres of split-brain patients are ______________ in their ability to perform
certain tasks.
A.
two independent brains; unequal
B.
one brain; unequal
C.
only one optic tectum; disturbed
D.
two independent brains; equal - answer A
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