Human Neuropsychology Exam 1
The majority of the cranial nerves serve what part of the body? - correct answer Face
What language is most often used in the naming of anatomy? - correct answer Latin
What is the purpose of neuropsychological assessment - correct answer Diagnosis, Patient
care/planning, Treatment, Research, Forensics
What are the major areas of cognition as described by lezak? - correct answer Receptive functions,
Memory& learning, Thinking, Expressive functions
Which personality theory predicts stability across situations? - correct answer Dispositional
The most recently developed area of the brain where complex cognition is thought to occur? - correct
answer Neocortex
Once the threshold of excitation has been reached what ions begin to enter the cell - correct answer
Sodium
The thickest outermost layer of the meninges is known as the - correct answer Duramater
When communication results of neuropsychological assessment what 3 groups do you need to consider?
- correct answer Referring/ consulting physicians, Caregivers/family, Patients
Neuropsychology comes from the combination of which 2 fields? - correct answer Neuroscience and
psychology
What are the 4 main divisions of memory? - correct answer Encoding, Recall, Retention, Recognition
What kind of tests use ambiguous stimuli elicit responses of individuals' "internal" cognitive and
emotional processes? - correct answer Projective tests
, Human Neuropsychology Exam 1
What are the four lobes of the brain? - correct answer Temporal, Parietal, Frontal, Occipital
Action potentials may be either ___ or ___ with regard to the resulting behavior - correct answer
Excitatory or inhibitory
What do the ventricles do? - correct answer Openings in the brain that provide a pathway for
cerebrospinal fluid
What is an assessment? - correct answer An evaluation to answer a specific referral question, solve a
problem, or make a decision
The "structure and function" approach to neuropsychology is most closely related to what medical field?
- correct answer Neurology
What are the 5 main areas of interest in the language domain? - correct answer Vocabulary,
Comprehension, Fluency, Grammar, Syntax
A personality test developed using empirical keying with some utility in neuropsychology? - correct
answer Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (MMPI)
The area of the brain that control language expression and directs the muscle movements involved in
speech? - correct answer Broca's area
Neurons that communicate with other neurons in the brain? - correct answer Interneurons
Which cranial nerve regulates the functions of organs in thoracic and abdominal cavities? - correct
answer Vagus nerve
Impairment on a normed neuropsychological measure is defined as - correct answer <5th percentile
based on normative value
The majority of the cranial nerves serve what part of the body? - correct answer Face
What language is most often used in the naming of anatomy? - correct answer Latin
What is the purpose of neuropsychological assessment - correct answer Diagnosis, Patient
care/planning, Treatment, Research, Forensics
What are the major areas of cognition as described by lezak? - correct answer Receptive functions,
Memory& learning, Thinking, Expressive functions
Which personality theory predicts stability across situations? - correct answer Dispositional
The most recently developed area of the brain where complex cognition is thought to occur? - correct
answer Neocortex
Once the threshold of excitation has been reached what ions begin to enter the cell - correct answer
Sodium
The thickest outermost layer of the meninges is known as the - correct answer Duramater
When communication results of neuropsychological assessment what 3 groups do you need to consider?
- correct answer Referring/ consulting physicians, Caregivers/family, Patients
Neuropsychology comes from the combination of which 2 fields? - correct answer Neuroscience and
psychology
What are the 4 main divisions of memory? - correct answer Encoding, Recall, Retention, Recognition
What kind of tests use ambiguous stimuli elicit responses of individuals' "internal" cognitive and
emotional processes? - correct answer Projective tests
, Human Neuropsychology Exam 1
What are the four lobes of the brain? - correct answer Temporal, Parietal, Frontal, Occipital
Action potentials may be either ___ or ___ with regard to the resulting behavior - correct answer
Excitatory or inhibitory
What do the ventricles do? - correct answer Openings in the brain that provide a pathway for
cerebrospinal fluid
What is an assessment? - correct answer An evaluation to answer a specific referral question, solve a
problem, or make a decision
The "structure and function" approach to neuropsychology is most closely related to what medical field?
- correct answer Neurology
What are the 5 main areas of interest in the language domain? - correct answer Vocabulary,
Comprehension, Fluency, Grammar, Syntax
A personality test developed using empirical keying with some utility in neuropsychology? - correct
answer Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (MMPI)
The area of the brain that control language expression and directs the muscle movements involved in
speech? - correct answer Broca's area
Neurons that communicate with other neurons in the brain? - correct answer Interneurons
Which cranial nerve regulates the functions of organs in thoracic and abdominal cavities? - correct
answer Vagus nerve
Impairment on a normed neuropsychological measure is defined as - correct answer <5th percentile
based on normative value
