Test Bank for An Introduction to Brain and Behavior, 6e
Macmillan
(All Answer at the End of each Chapter)
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Chapter 1 & 2
1. The functions of the temporal lobes lie mainly in:
a. decision making.
b. hearing, language, and music.
c. sensory processing and directing movements toward objects.
d. vision.
2. Animals with both a brain and a spinal cord are called:
a. mammals.
b. eukaryotic.
c. primates.
d. chordates.
3. is the complex learned behaviors passed on from one generation to another.
a. Neoteny
b. Evolution
c. Culture
d. Intelligence
4. Mentalism is:
a. the study of the mind.
b. mental imagery.
c. the notion that the mind is responsible for behavior.
d. another word for mindfulness.
5. Which sequences is correct?
a. phylum, order, class, family, genus, species
b. phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
c. phylum, class, family, order, genus, species
d. phylum, family, class, order, genus, species
6. Dunbar proposed that group sizes of tend to be correlated with increased brain size in primates.
a. about 50
b. about 100
c. about 150
d. more than 200
7. The notion that all behavior can be explained by the workings of the brain is commonly referred to as:
a. psychology.
b. experimentalism.
, c. materialism.
d. dualism.
8. The notion that the mind resides in the pineal body comes from:
a. Charles Darwin.
b. René Descartes.
c. Aristotle.
d. Socrates.
9. Research has indicated that the pineal body is responsible for rather than controlling human behavior.
a. vision
b. problem solving
c. movement
d. biological rhythms
10. Sexual behavior is a primary function of the:
a. thalamus.
b. hypothalamus.
c. gyrus fornicutus.
d. red nucleus.
11. There are pairs of cranial nerves.
a. 12
b. 24
c. 16
d. 8
12. The parietal lobe primarily controls:
a. vision.
b. hearing, language, and music.
c. decision making.
d. sensory processing and directing movements toward objects.
13. Coronal section is to horizontal section as:
a. frontal view is to dorsal view.
b. medial view is to frontal view.
c. frontal view is to medial view.
d. dorsal view is to medial view.
14. Parkinson disease and Tourette syndrome are neurological diseases associated with the:
a. cerebellum.
b. frontal lobes.
c. basal ganglia.
d. thalamus.
15. What does "plasticity" refer to?
, a. a body's potential for change
b. a body's reaction to plastic
c. a body's muscular flexibility
d. a body's behavioral adaptability
16. Humans, monkeys, Neanderthals, and chimpanzees all belong to the same:
a. species.
b. genus.
c. family.
d. order.
17. Why is the SARGP2 gene significant in human evolution?
a. It contributes to the large number of densely packed neurons in the human brain and has mutated
twice in the course of human evolution.
b. It controls brain size and has mutated each time a new Homo species has appeared in human
evolution.
c. It is the only gene shared between archaic humans, apes, and modern humans.
d. It is active when the cerebrum is developing and has mutated three times over the course of human
evolution.
18. Six layers of gray matter on top of a layer of white matter would describe the:
a. limbic cortex.
b. basal ganglia.
c. neocortex.
d. cingulate cortex.
19. In the human brain the mesencephalon contains the:
a. neocortex.
b. cerebellum.
c. tectum and tegmentum.
d. medulla.
20. Which sequence of events describes the evolution of brain cells and muscles?
a. Brain cells evolved long before the evolution of muscles.
b. Brain cells evolved first, and then muscles evolved shortly after.
c. Muscles evolved first, and then brain cells evolved shortly after.
d. Brain cells and muscles evolved together.
21. Motor output from the spinal cord travels via the:
a. dorsal spinal cord.
b. ventral spinal cord.
c. medial spinal cord.
d. lateral spinal cord.
22. During a recent car accident, Allison suffered a brain injury that left her blind even though her eyes are
working fine. She is most likely to have suffered damage to her:
, a. occipital lobe.
b. frontal lobe.
c. temporal lobe.
d. parietal lobe.
23. What process is responsible for allowing some chickens to run around even after their heads have been cut
off?
a. integrating spinal functions
b. integrating cranial functions
c. parietal lobe functions
d. malfunction of the cranial nerve
24. Animals with smaller brains and simpler nervous systems have mostly behaviors, whereas animals
with larger brains and more complex nervous systems have mostly behaviors.
a. learned; inherited
b. inherited; learned
c. innate; inherited
d. learned; innate
25. Which of our human ancestors had the largest brain size?
a. Australopithecus
b. Neanderthals
c. Homo habilis
d. Homo erectus
26. Although the elephant brain contains many more neurons than the human brain, most of these additional
neurons are located in the elephant's:
a. cerebellum.
b. cerebrum.
c. spinal cord.
d. brain stem.
27. The caudate nucleus and the putamen are part of the:
a. basal ganglia.
b. limbic system.
c. olfactory system.
d. hindbrain.
28. What are the functions of the superior and inferior colliculi, respectively?
a. auditory and visual
b. visual and auditory
c. tactile and visual
d. visual and tactile
29. Modern Europeans may have acquired genes that helped them adapt to the cold and absorb more vitamin D
through interbreeding with:
Macmillan
(All Answer at the End of each Chapter)
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Chapter 1 & 2
1. The functions of the temporal lobes lie mainly in:
a. decision making.
b. hearing, language, and music.
c. sensory processing and directing movements toward objects.
d. vision.
2. Animals with both a brain and a spinal cord are called:
a. mammals.
b. eukaryotic.
c. primates.
d. chordates.
3. is the complex learned behaviors passed on from one generation to another.
a. Neoteny
b. Evolution
c. Culture
d. Intelligence
4. Mentalism is:
a. the study of the mind.
b. mental imagery.
c. the notion that the mind is responsible for behavior.
d. another word for mindfulness.
5. Which sequences is correct?
a. phylum, order, class, family, genus, species
b. phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
c. phylum, class, family, order, genus, species
d. phylum, family, class, order, genus, species
6. Dunbar proposed that group sizes of tend to be correlated with increased brain size in primates.
a. about 50
b. about 100
c. about 150
d. more than 200
7. The notion that all behavior can be explained by the workings of the brain is commonly referred to as:
a. psychology.
b. experimentalism.
, c. materialism.
d. dualism.
8. The notion that the mind resides in the pineal body comes from:
a. Charles Darwin.
b. René Descartes.
c. Aristotle.
d. Socrates.
9. Research has indicated that the pineal body is responsible for rather than controlling human behavior.
a. vision
b. problem solving
c. movement
d. biological rhythms
10. Sexual behavior is a primary function of the:
a. thalamus.
b. hypothalamus.
c. gyrus fornicutus.
d. red nucleus.
11. There are pairs of cranial nerves.
a. 12
b. 24
c. 16
d. 8
12. The parietal lobe primarily controls:
a. vision.
b. hearing, language, and music.
c. decision making.
d. sensory processing and directing movements toward objects.
13. Coronal section is to horizontal section as:
a. frontal view is to dorsal view.
b. medial view is to frontal view.
c. frontal view is to medial view.
d. dorsal view is to medial view.
14. Parkinson disease and Tourette syndrome are neurological diseases associated with the:
a. cerebellum.
b. frontal lobes.
c. basal ganglia.
d. thalamus.
15. What does "plasticity" refer to?
, a. a body's potential for change
b. a body's reaction to plastic
c. a body's muscular flexibility
d. a body's behavioral adaptability
16. Humans, monkeys, Neanderthals, and chimpanzees all belong to the same:
a. species.
b. genus.
c. family.
d. order.
17. Why is the SARGP2 gene significant in human evolution?
a. It contributes to the large number of densely packed neurons in the human brain and has mutated
twice in the course of human evolution.
b. It controls brain size and has mutated each time a new Homo species has appeared in human
evolution.
c. It is the only gene shared between archaic humans, apes, and modern humans.
d. It is active when the cerebrum is developing and has mutated three times over the course of human
evolution.
18. Six layers of gray matter on top of a layer of white matter would describe the:
a. limbic cortex.
b. basal ganglia.
c. neocortex.
d. cingulate cortex.
19. In the human brain the mesencephalon contains the:
a. neocortex.
b. cerebellum.
c. tectum and tegmentum.
d. medulla.
20. Which sequence of events describes the evolution of brain cells and muscles?
a. Brain cells evolved long before the evolution of muscles.
b. Brain cells evolved first, and then muscles evolved shortly after.
c. Muscles evolved first, and then brain cells evolved shortly after.
d. Brain cells and muscles evolved together.
21. Motor output from the spinal cord travels via the:
a. dorsal spinal cord.
b. ventral spinal cord.
c. medial spinal cord.
d. lateral spinal cord.
22. During a recent car accident, Allison suffered a brain injury that left her blind even though her eyes are
working fine. She is most likely to have suffered damage to her:
, a. occipital lobe.
b. frontal lobe.
c. temporal lobe.
d. parietal lobe.
23. What process is responsible for allowing some chickens to run around even after their heads have been cut
off?
a. integrating spinal functions
b. integrating cranial functions
c. parietal lobe functions
d. malfunction of the cranial nerve
24. Animals with smaller brains and simpler nervous systems have mostly behaviors, whereas animals
with larger brains and more complex nervous systems have mostly behaviors.
a. learned; inherited
b. inherited; learned
c. innate; inherited
d. learned; innate
25. Which of our human ancestors had the largest brain size?
a. Australopithecus
b. Neanderthals
c. Homo habilis
d. Homo erectus
26. Although the elephant brain contains many more neurons than the human brain, most of these additional
neurons are located in the elephant's:
a. cerebellum.
b. cerebrum.
c. spinal cord.
d. brain stem.
27. The caudate nucleus and the putamen are part of the:
a. basal ganglia.
b. limbic system.
c. olfactory system.
d. hindbrain.
28. What are the functions of the superior and inferior colliculi, respectively?
a. auditory and visual
b. visual and auditory
c. tactile and visual
d. visual and tactile
29. Modern Europeans may have acquired genes that helped them adapt to the cold and absorb more vitamin D
through interbreeding with:
