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Brain And Behavior An Introduction To Biological
4th Edition -Test Bank




Chapter 3

Multiple Choice

1. Lissencephalic individuals usually have:
1. Greater than normal intelligence
2. Greater than normal amount of brain tissue
3. Epilepsy and severe cognitive deficits (*)
4. More myelinated cortical neurons

2. The case study of Karen, the lissencephalic individual who was well above average
functionally, illustrates our current lack of understanding about:
1. Brain development
2. The relationship between brain structure and function
3. Brain plasticity
4. All of the above (*)

3. A typical lissencephalic individual would have major behavioral deficits, but the opening
vignette of Karen illustrates that:
1. Brain and mind are distinct and separate
2. Effects of apparently identical brain impairment can vary greatly (*)
3. Her diagnosis is incorrect
4. Behavior can be predicted if we can “look inside” the brain

4. The central nervous system (CNS) consists of:
1. The cranial nerves that enter and leave the underside of the brain
2. The brain and the spinal cord (*)
3. The spinal cord and the brain stem
4. All neurons in the body

5. A nerve is a:
1. Single neuron
2. Tract of neurons in the CNS
3. Group of cell bodies
4. Bundle of axons in the periphery (*)

6. A nucleus is a:
1. Cluster of cell bodies in the CNS (*)
2. Bundle of dendrites anywhere in the nervous system

, 3. Bundle of axons in the PNS
4. Group of ganglia in the PNS

7. If your doctor told you that you are suffering from a dysfunction in a _ , you would know the
relevant structure was in the central nervous system.
1. nerve
2. tract (*)
3. ganglion
4. All of the above

8. A group of cell bodies in the CNS is a _ but is termed a _ if in the peripheral nervous
system.
1. nerve, tract
2. tract, nerve
3. ganglion, nucleus
4. nucleus, ganglion (*)

9. A bundle of axons in the CNS is called a _ , but is called a _ if it is in the peripheral
nervous system.
1. tract, nerve (*)
2. nerve, tract
3. ganglion, nucleus
4. nucleus, ganglion

10. In the development of the brain, the:
1. Forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain develop from the upper part of a tube-like structure in
the fetus (*)
2. Forebrain remains quite small until birth, then rapidly overgrows the rest of the brain
3. Forebrain is not convoluted until after birth
4. Spinal cord does not begin to develop until after birth

11. The functioning of the two hemispheres is:
1. Totally symmetrical
2. Somewhat asymmetrical (*)
3. Mostly independent
4. Totally dependent

12. While a mature gorilla may appear to display practically every anatomical feature in common
with humans, we all have one proportionately larger feature in our brains. This is the:
1. Brain
2. Cerebellum
3. Cerebral hemispheres (*)
4. Midbrain

13. A gyrus is:
1. A ridge in the cortex (*)
2. A small space between the ridges of the cortex
3. A large space between the ridges of the cortex
4. One hemisphere of the cortex

14. The lissencephalic individual in the chapter’s opening vignette had a brain that lacked:
1. Gyri
2. Sulci

, 3. Convolutions
4. All of the above (*)

15. “Gray matter” refers to:
1. Unmyelinated cell bodies (*)
2. Myelinated cell bodies
3. Unmyelinated axons
4. Synapses

16. The organization of the human cortex is typically composed of _ layers and columns
containing _ neurons.
1. 6, more than 500
2. 5, 80–100
3. 5, more than 500
4. 6, 80–100 (*)

17. Amato, an anthropologist, found three skulls of the same species at one site. He is most likely
to conclude that the:
1. Largest skull came from the largest individual (*)
2. Largest skull came from the most intelligent individual
3. Largest skull came from a male
4. Smallest skull came from a female

18. According to the anatomist Bischoff, women were considered intellectually inferior solely
because:
1. Of their uterus
2. They typically have smaller brains than men (*)
3. Of the effects of feminine hormones on the brain
4. Men dominated every developed society

19. Among humans, the relationship between brain size and intelligence is:
1. A strong positive correlation
2. A weak negative correlation
3. Small with high variability (*)
4. Stronger for females than for males

20. In the human brain:
1. The frontal lobe controls sensory integration
2. The precentral gyrus controls voluntary movement (*)
3. The basal ganglia are located in the non-dominant hemisphere
4. Obsessive-compulsive behaviors are controlled by the same area responsible for
language production

21. Homunculus refers to:
1. “One sided,” referring to the dominance of one hemisphere over the other
2. “Works as one,” referring to how the individual parts of the brain work together
3. “Little man,” referring to how the parts of the body map onto the motor cortex of the brain
(*)
4. “Folded on itself,” referring to the multiple convolutions in the brain

22. Joni suffered a stroke in Broca’s area. The result is most likely an inability to:
1. Balance on a bicycle
2. See a coffee cup and pick it up

, 3. Stand upright
4. Speak in a coherent manner (*)

23. The prefrontal cortex:
1. Is the single largest area in the human brain
2. Is twice as large as in chimpanzees
3. Is involved in planning and decision making
4. All of the above (*)

24. Dysfunction in the prefrontal cortex may cause:
1. Depression
2. Loss of impulse control
3. Problems making decisions
4. All of the above (*)

25. A lobotomy is a surgical procedure:
1. In which one hemisphere of the brain is removed
2. In which the prefrontal area of the brain is disconnected from the rest of the brain (*)
3. That is usually performed early in life to preclude the development of socially unacceptable
behavior
4. That was rarely performed in the United States

26. Which of the following is not true about psychosurgery?
1. It is used to remove tumors and blood clots (*)
2. It is used to treat cognitive and emotional disorders
3. Prefrontal lobotomies are an example of psychosurgery
4. It was largely replaced by psychiatric drugs as a form of treatment

27. Phineas Gage:
1. Was injured by a tamping iron that penetrated his frontal lobes (*)
2. Survived the injury for only a few weeks
3. Suffered impairment of speech, learning, and memory
4. All of the above

28. The parietal lobes are located:
1. Superior to the lateral fissure and between the central sulcus and the occipital lobe (*)
2. Below the lateral fissure and behind the occipital lobe
3. In front of the lateral sulcus
4. Immediately below Broca’s area

29. All of the following senses project to the primary somatosensory cortex except:
1. Pain
2. Olfaction (*)
3. Temperature
4. Body position sense

30. Amy sometimes seems to ignore you, but only when you stand to her left. This is most likely a
problem:
1. In the left occipital lobe
2. In the left frontal lobe
3. In the right parietal lobe (*)
4. Best solved by cutting the corpus callosum

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