, 1. Following damage to his frontal lobes, subject L. D. had lasting impairments in:
v v v v v v v v v v v v
A) visual perception.
v
B) attention.
C) motor-skill acquisition. v
D) balance.
2. Neuropsychology uses information from many disciplines. Which discipline is
v v v v v v v v
NOT one of those?
v v v v
A) ethology
B) pharmacology
C) biophysics
D) mycology
3. Communication between cerebral hemispheres occurs via the:
v v v v v v
A) somatic nerves. v
B) lateral fissure.
v
C) arcuate fasciculus.
v
D) corpus callosum.
v
4. The folds or bumps characteristic of the cerebral cortex are called:
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A) gyri.
B) sulci.
C) lobes.
D) nuclei.
5. The corpus callosum is the largest of the brain's:
v v v v v v v v
A) subcortical nuclei. v
B) commissures.
C) cortical lobes.
v
D) sensory nerves v
6. The brain and spinal cord together make up the
v v v v v v v v v nervous system. v
A) autonomic
B) peripheral
C) central
D) somatic
7. Which of the following supported a cardiac hypothesis of behavior?
v v v v v v v v v
A) Plato
B) Galen
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,C) Aristotle
D) Hippocrates
8. Descartes was an articulate proponent of v v v v v .
A) monism
B) dualism
C) the cardiac hypothesis
v v
D) nonmaterialism
9. If a person believes that brain function is only the source of some behaviors, it is
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
vaccurate to refer to that person as a: v v v v v v v
A) mentalist.
B) behaviorist.
C) materialist.
D) dualist.
10. With respect to the “mind–brain” problem, followers of Wallace and Darwin
v v v v v v v v v v
would MOST likely consider themselves to be
v v . v v v v v
A) mentalists
B) materialists
C) dualists
D) agnostics
11. Two individuals developed similar theories of evolution at about the same time.
v v v v v v v v v v v
Charles Darwin was one; the other was
v . v v v v v v v
A) William Osler v
B) Pierre Flourens v
C) Pierre Marie v
D) Alfred Wallace v
12. Materialism is the philosophical position that all behavior can be explained by
v v v v v v v v v v v
the:
v
A) workings of the physical nervous system and body alone.
v v v v v v v v
B) interaction of the physical brain and nonphysical soul. v v v v v v v
C) motivated pursuit of material well-being. v v v v
D) flow of cerebrospinal fluid between ventricles and muscles.
v v v v v v v
13. Darwin's principle that all animals' nervous systems evolved from that of a
v v v v v v v v v v v
common ancestor predicted that:
v v v v
A) all living things can in theory be traced back to the same ancient unknown ancestor.
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
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, B) over time, nervous systems have come to have increasingly more in common at the
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
neural level.
v v
C) functionally different structures in different species share common ancestral genes
v v v v v v v v v
and mechanisms.
v v
D) brain–behavior relationships have remained largely unchanged during the course of
v v v v v v v v v
evolution.
v
14. Although the phrenologists were misguided in many respects, Gall actually did
v v v v v v v v v v
report, more or less accurately, the first case of
v v following left frontal
v v v v v v v v v v
damage.
v
A) cortical blindness v
B) hysterical paralysis v
C) loss of the ability to speak
v v v v v
D) personality change v
15. Early support for lateralization and localization of function came from
v v v v v v v v v
postmortem studies of:
v v v
A) humans who had recovered function following stroke.
v v v v v v
B) decorticate dogs trained on memory tasks. v v v v v
C) regional differences in cell density.
v v v v
D) humans with language disorders.
v v v
16. Although all of the individuals listed made contributions to our knowledge of the
v v v v v v v v v v v v
lateralization of language functions in the brain,
v is generally credited
v v v v v v v v v v v v
with the MOST important findings.
v v v v v
A) Dax
B) Bouillaud
C) Marie
D) Broca
17. The hypothesis that the ability to speak depends on the left frontal lobe is an
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
example of:
v v
A) antilocalizationism.
B) lateralization of function. v v
C) mentalism.
D) phrenology.
18. The cortical area MOST closely associated with speech comprehension is the
v v v v v v v v v v
lobe.
A) temporal
B) frontal
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