Chap 01 8e Kolb
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Communication between cerebral hemispheres occurs via the:
a. somatic nerves.
b. lateral fissure.
c. arcuate fasciculus.
d. corpus callosum.
ANSWER: d
2. With respect to the “mind–body” problem, followers of Wallace and Darwin would MOST likely consider
themselves to be:
a. mentalists.
b. materialists.
c. dualists.
d. agnostics.
ANSWER: b
3. Considering functional development, why would the spinal cord develop prior to the forebrain?
a. Cognitive abilities are not essential for survival.
b. Higher order functioning precedes conducting information to and from the brain.
c. Sensory information processing precedes the development of higher order functioning.
d. Executive functioning tasks are secondary to regulatory functioning of the brainstem.
ANSWER: c
4. Two individuals developed similar theories of evolution at about the same time. Charles Darwin was one; the
other was:
a. William Osler.
b. Pierre Flourens.
c. Pierre Marie.
d. Alfred Wallace.
ANSWER: d
5. Individuals with deficits in executive functioning would likely have difficulty with:
a. critical thinking and multistep tasks.
b. critical thinking and single-step tasks.
c. basic reasoning and motor skills.
d. basic reasoning and balance.
ANSWER: a
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6. The scientist who discovers how a unitary perception is made from multiple streams of sensory information
will have solved the:
a. mind–body problem.
b. binding problem.
c. problem of other minds.
d. laterality conundrum.
ANSWER: b
7. Darwin's principle that all animals' nervous systems evolved from that of a common ancestor predicted that:
a. all living things can in theory be traced back to the same ancient unknown ancestor.
b. over time, nervous systems have come to have increasingly more in common at the neural level.
c. functionally different structures in different species share common ancestral genes and mechanisms.
d. brain–behavior relationships have remained largely unchanged during the course of evolution.
ANSWER: d
8. Studies in electrical stimulation of the brain support the idea of:
a. functional and lateral localization.
b. neuroplasticity.
c. phrenology.
d. hierarchical organization.
ANSWER: a
9. Which individual prompted such phrases as “put your heart into it” and “wore his heart on his sleeve” in
regards to the relationship between the heart and behavior?
a. Plato
b. Galen
c. Aristotle
d. Hippocrates
ANSWER: c
10. Which brain structures create boundaries within the lobes of the brain?
a. gyri and sulci
b. sulci and fissures
c. lobes
d. forebrain and spinal cord
ANSWER: a
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11. How can current technology, such as deep brain stimulation, CT scans, and MRIs, aid in understanding
consciousness?
a. aids in a better understanding of the connection between behavior and consciousness
b. aids in a better understanding of the lack of consciousness
c. helps restore consciousness in impaired patients
d. helps determine differences between persistent vegetative state (PVS) and minimally conscious state
(MCS)
ANSWER: a
12. Neurosurgery and neuropsychology studies allow for a better understanding of:
a. consciousness.
b. brain lesions.
c. both “typical” and “atypical” behavior.
d. learning.
ANSWER: c
13. The cortical area MOST closely associated with speech comprehension is the _____ lobe.
a. temporal
b. frontal
c. occipital
d. parietal
ANSWER: a
14. How does examination of patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) further neurological knowledge?
a. aids researchers in connecting damage to localization and lateralization of function
b. provides an understanding of neuroplasticity
c. provides an understanding of the mind–body connection
d. aids researchers in understanding the material versus the nonmaterial mind
ANSWER: a
15. How do individuals experience memory and vision?
a. as a single pathway of conscious behavior
b. as multiple pathways of conscious behavior
c. as a single pathway of both conscious and unconscious behavior
d. as multiple pathways of both conscious and unconscious behavior
ANSWER: d
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16. Sherrington's studies of the reflex arc in dogs led him to conclude that:
a. there are gaps between individual communicating neurons.
b. communicating neurons are directly connected with one another.
c. all neural communication is electrical in nature.
d. reflexes are coordinated by the pineal body, even in dogs.
ANSWER: a
17. Neuroplasticity is seen in patients with TBI, and it is also related to:
a. taste.
b. learning.
c. vision.
d. smell.
ANSWER: b
18. How would neural communication differ if each neuron had only one dendrite?
a. slower communication between neurons
b. increased transfer of information within the neuron
c. increased communication between neurons
d. no notable difference in transfer of information within the neuron
ANSWER: a
19. The brain and spinal cord together make up the _____ nervous system.
a. autonomic
b. peripheral
c. central
d. somatic
ANSWER: c
20. D.F. had damage to what brain structure?
a. parietal lobe
b. ventral stream
c. frontal lobe
d. dorsal stream
ANSWER: b
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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Communication between cerebral hemispheres occurs via the:
a. somatic nerves.
b. lateral fissure.
c. arcuate fasciculus.
d. corpus callosum.
ANSWER: d
2. With respect to the “mind–body” problem, followers of Wallace and Darwin would MOST likely consider
themselves to be:
a. mentalists.
b. materialists.
c. dualists.
d. agnostics.
ANSWER: b
3. Considering functional development, why would the spinal cord develop prior to the forebrain?
a. Cognitive abilities are not essential for survival.
b. Higher order functioning precedes conducting information to and from the brain.
c. Sensory information processing precedes the development of higher order functioning.
d. Executive functioning tasks are secondary to regulatory functioning of the brainstem.
ANSWER: c
4. Two individuals developed similar theories of evolution at about the same time. Charles Darwin was one; the
other was:
a. William Osler.
b. Pierre Flourens.
c. Pierre Marie.
d. Alfred Wallace.
ANSWER: d
5. Individuals with deficits in executive functioning would likely have difficulty with:
a. critical thinking and multistep tasks.
b. critical thinking and single-step tasks.
c. basic reasoning and motor skills.
d. basic reasoning and balance.
ANSWER: a
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6. The scientist who discovers how a unitary perception is made from multiple streams of sensory information
will have solved the:
a. mind–body problem.
b. binding problem.
c. problem of other minds.
d. laterality conundrum.
ANSWER: b
7. Darwin's principle that all animals' nervous systems evolved from that of a common ancestor predicted that:
a. all living things can in theory be traced back to the same ancient unknown ancestor.
b. over time, nervous systems have come to have increasingly more in common at the neural level.
c. functionally different structures in different species share common ancestral genes and mechanisms.
d. brain–behavior relationships have remained largely unchanged during the course of evolution.
ANSWER: d
8. Studies in electrical stimulation of the brain support the idea of:
a. functional and lateral localization.
b. neuroplasticity.
c. phrenology.
d. hierarchical organization.
ANSWER: a
9. Which individual prompted such phrases as “put your heart into it” and “wore his heart on his sleeve” in
regards to the relationship between the heart and behavior?
a. Plato
b. Galen
c. Aristotle
d. Hippocrates
ANSWER: c
10. Which brain structures create boundaries within the lobes of the brain?
a. gyri and sulci
b. sulci and fissures
c. lobes
d. forebrain and spinal cord
ANSWER: a
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11. How can current technology, such as deep brain stimulation, CT scans, and MRIs, aid in understanding
consciousness?
a. aids in a better understanding of the connection between behavior and consciousness
b. aids in a better understanding of the lack of consciousness
c. helps restore consciousness in impaired patients
d. helps determine differences between persistent vegetative state (PVS) and minimally conscious state
(MCS)
ANSWER: a
12. Neurosurgery and neuropsychology studies allow for a better understanding of:
a. consciousness.
b. brain lesions.
c. both “typical” and “atypical” behavior.
d. learning.
ANSWER: c
13. The cortical area MOST closely associated with speech comprehension is the _____ lobe.
a. temporal
b. frontal
c. occipital
d. parietal
ANSWER: a
14. How does examination of patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) further neurological knowledge?
a. aids researchers in connecting damage to localization and lateralization of function
b. provides an understanding of neuroplasticity
c. provides an understanding of the mind–body connection
d. aids researchers in understanding the material versus the nonmaterial mind
ANSWER: a
15. How do individuals experience memory and vision?
a. as a single pathway of conscious behavior
b. as multiple pathways of conscious behavior
c. as a single pathway of both conscious and unconscious behavior
d. as multiple pathways of both conscious and unconscious behavior
ANSWER: d
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16. Sherrington's studies of the reflex arc in dogs led him to conclude that:
a. there are gaps between individual communicating neurons.
b. communicating neurons are directly connected with one another.
c. all neural communication is electrical in nature.
d. reflexes are coordinated by the pineal body, even in dogs.
ANSWER: a
17. Neuroplasticity is seen in patients with TBI, and it is also related to:
a. taste.
b. learning.
c. vision.
d. smell.
ANSWER: b
18. How would neural communication differ if each neuron had only one dendrite?
a. slower communication between neurons
b. increased transfer of information within the neuron
c. increased communication between neurons
d. no notable difference in transfer of information within the neuron
ANSWER: a
19. The brain and spinal cord together make up the _____ nervous system.
a. autonomic
b. peripheral
c. central
d. somatic
ANSWER: c
20. D.F. had damage to what brain structure?
a. parietal lobe
b. ventral stream
c. frontal lobe
d. dorsal stream
ANSWER: b
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