Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology 7th Edition by Bryan Kolb - Test Bank

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, 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. zz


D) balance.


2. Neuropsychology uses information from many disciplines. Which discipline is
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NOT one of those?
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A) ethology
B) pharmacology
C) biophysics
D) mycology


3. Communication between cerebral hemispheres occurs via the:
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A) somatic nerves. zz


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. zz


B) commissures.
C) cortical lobes. zz


D) sensory nerves zz




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


8. Descartes was an articulate proponent of zz zz zz zz zz .
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, i
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t isaccurate to refer to that person as a:
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A) mentalist.
B) behaviorist.
C) materialist.
D) dualist.


10. With respect to the “mind–brain” problem, followers of Wallace and Darwin
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would MOST likely consider themselves to be
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A) mentalists
B) materialists
C) dualists
D) agnostics


11. Two individuals developed similar theories of evolution at about the same
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time.Charles Darwin was one; the other was .
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A) William Osler zz


B) Pierre Flourens zz


C) Pierre Marie zz


D) Alfred Wallace zz




12. Materialism is the philosophical position that all behavior can be explained
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bythe:
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A) workings of the physical nervous system and body alone.
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B) interaction of the physical brain and nonphysical soul.
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C) motivated pursuit of material well-being. zz zz zz zz


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
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acommon ancestor predicted that:
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A) all living things can in theory be traced back to the same ancient unknown ancestor.
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, B) over time, nervous systems have come to have increasingly more in common a
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t theneural level.
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C) functionally different structures in different species share common ancestral
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genesand mechanisms.
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D) brain–
behavior relationships have remained largely unchanged during the course ofevo
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lution.


14. Although the phrenologists were misguided in many respects, Gall actually
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didreport, more or less accurately, the first case of following left front
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al damage. zz


A) cortical blindness zz


B) hysterical paralysis zz


C) loss of the ability to speak
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D) personality change zz




15. Early support for lateralization and localization of function came
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frompostmortem studies of:
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A) humans who had recovered function following stroke.
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B) decorticate dogs trained on memory tasks. zz zz zz zz zz


C) regional differences in cell density. zz zz zz zz


D) humans with language disorders. zz zz zz




16. Although all of the individuals listed made contributions to our knowledge of t
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helateralization of language functions in the brain, is generally credited zz zz zz zz zz zz z z z z z z zz zz zz


with the MOST important findings.zz zz zz zz


A) Dax
B) Bouillaud
C) Marie
D) Broca


17. The hypothesis that the ability to speak depends on the left frontal lobe i
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s anexample of:
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A) antilocalizationism.
B) lateralization of function. zz zz


C) mentalism.
D) phrenology.


18. The cortical area MOST closely associated with speech comprehension is the
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lobe.
A) temporal

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