, 1. Following damage to his frontal lobes, subject L. D. had lasting impairments in:
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A) visual perception.
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B) attention.
C) motor-skill acquisition. fi
D) balance.
2. Neuropsychology uses information from many disciplines. Which discipline is
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NOT one of those? fi fi fi
A) ethology
B) pharmacology
C) biophysics
D) mycology
3. Communication between cerebral hemispheres occurs via the:
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A) somatic nerves. fi
B) lateral fissure.
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C) arcuate fasciculus.
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D) corpus callosum.
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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:
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A) subcortical nuclei. fi
B) commissures.
C) cortical lobes. fi
D) sensory nerves fi
6. The brain and spinal cord together make up the
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A) autonomic
B) peripheral
C) central
D) somatic
7. Which of the following supported a cardiac hypothesis of behavior?
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A) Plato
B) Galen
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, C) Aristotle
D) Hippocrates
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A) monism
B) dualism
C) the cardiac hypothesis
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D) nonmaterialism
9. If a person believes that brain function is only the source of some behaviors, it is ac
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curate to refer to that person as a: fi fi fi fi fi fi fi
A) mentalist.
B) behaviorist.
C) materialist.
D) dualist.
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brain‖ problem, followers of Wallace and Darwin would MOST likely consid
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er themselves to be . fi fi fi
A) mentalists
B) materialists
C) dualists
D) agnostics
11. Two individuals developed similar theories of evolution at about the same time. C
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harles Darwin was one; the other was . fi fi fi fi fi fi fi
A) William Osler fi
B) Pierre Flourens fi
C) Pierre Marie fi
D) Alfred Wallace fi
12. Materialism is the philosophical position that all behavior can be explained by t
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he:
A) workings of the physical nervous system and body alone.
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B) interaction of the physical brain and nonphysical soul. fi fi fi fi fi fi fi
C) motivated pursuit of material well-being. fi fi fi fi
D) flow of cerebrospinal fluid between ventricles and muscles.
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13. Darwin's principle that all animals' nervous systems evolved from that of a c
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ommon ancestor predicted that: fi fi fi
A) all living things can in theory be traced back to the same ancient unknown ancestor.
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