PSYC 403 - SEPT 22 (FROM GALL TO PENFIELD) TEST
BANK Practice Questions with correct answers and
Rationale 2026 Chamberlain College of Nursing
EXAM QUESTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
1) Heart - Historically understood as Associated with the soul/mind, since it is
responsive to situations, emotions, stops
after death
- many didn't think of brain
2) Jewish tradition - Breath View it as sign of life, not focused on
heart as much
- God made Adam by breathing life into
him
- not practical, but also metaphysical
3) Brain - How it was interpreted at Aware it had importance, eg brain injury
that time treated as serious since long time ago
(trepanning), but just didn't go as far as
placing the soul there
4) Galen (129 CE) - Ideology Convinced that each organ had a specific
function
5) Galen (129 CE) - Discovery Brain, not the heart controlled the body,
distinguished sensory from motor nerves,
urine made in kidneys, respiration
controlled by nerves/muscles
- through dissection of animals, bc
cadaver were prohibited
6) Galen (129 CE) - Misconceptions Thought liver continuously produced
made blood, and solidified humoral theory
7) Galen (129 CE) - Consequence of Believed his theory were the most
his ego important, his texts were standards for
doctors, whom repeated mistakes even
though they could see contrary evidence
- ppl against it were ignored or ridiculed
BANK Practice Questions with correct answers and
Rationale 2026 Chamberlain College of Nursing
EXAM QUESTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
1) Heart - Historically understood as Associated with the soul/mind, since it is
responsive to situations, emotions, stops
after death
- many didn't think of brain
2) Jewish tradition - Breath View it as sign of life, not focused on
heart as much
- God made Adam by breathing life into
him
- not practical, but also metaphysical
3) Brain - How it was interpreted at Aware it had importance, eg brain injury
that time treated as serious since long time ago
(trepanning), but just didn't go as far as
placing the soul there
4) Galen (129 CE) - Ideology Convinced that each organ had a specific
function
5) Galen (129 CE) - Discovery Brain, not the heart controlled the body,
distinguished sensory from motor nerves,
urine made in kidneys, respiration
controlled by nerves/muscles
- through dissection of animals, bc
cadaver were prohibited
6) Galen (129 CE) - Misconceptions Thought liver continuously produced
made blood, and solidified humoral theory
7) Galen (129 CE) - Consequence of Believed his theory were the most
his ego important, his texts were standards for
doctors, whom repeated mistakes even
though they could see contrary evidence
- ppl against it were ignored or ridiculed
