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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. nz
D) balance.
2. Neuropsychology uses information from many disciplines. Which discipline i
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s 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. nz
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. nz
B) commissures.
C) cortical lobes. nz
D) sensory nerves nz
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 nz nz nz nz nz .
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, it
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is accurate 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–
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brain‖ problem, followers of Wallace and Darwin would MOST likely cons
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ider 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 tim
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e. Charles Darwin was one; the other was .
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A) William Osler nz
B) Pierre Flourens nz
C) Pierre Marie nz
D) Alfred Wallace nz
12. Materialism is the philosophical position that all behavior can be explained b
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y the:
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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. nz nz nz nz
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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a common 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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.
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, B) over time, nervous systems have come to have increasingly more in common at t
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he neural level.
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C) functionally different structures in different species share common ancestral gene
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s and mechanisms.
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D) brain–
behavior relationships have remained largely unchanged during the course of evol
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ution.
14. Although the phrenologists were misguided in many respects, Gall actually di
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d report, more or less accurately, the first case of
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following left frontal da nz nz nz
mage.
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B) hysterical paralysis nz
C) loss of the ability to speak
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D) personality change nz
15. Early support for lateralization and localization of function came fro
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m postmortem studies of:
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A) humans who had recovered function following stroke.
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C) regional differences in cell density. nz nz nz nz
D) humans with language disorders. nz nz nz
16. Although all of the individuals listed made contributions to our knowledge of th
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e lateralization of language functions in the brain,
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with the MOST important findings.
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A) Dax
B) Bouillaud
C) Marie
D) Broca
17. The hypothesis that the ability to speak depends on the left frontal lobe is a
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n example of: nz nz
A) antilocalizationism.
B) lateralization of function. nz nz
C) mentalism.
D) phrenology.
18. The cortical area MOST closely associated with speech comprehension is the
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lobe.
A) temporal
B) frontal
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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. nz
D) balance.
2. Neuropsychology uses information from many disciplines. Which discipline i
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s 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. nz
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. nz
B) commissures.
C) cortical lobes. nz
D) sensory nerves nz
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 nz nz nz nz nz .
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, it
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is accurate 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–
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brain‖ problem, followers of Wallace and Darwin would MOST likely cons
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ider 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 tim
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e. Charles Darwin was one; the other was .
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A) William Osler nz
B) Pierre Flourens nz
C) Pierre Marie nz
D) Alfred Wallace nz
12. Materialism is the philosophical position that all behavior can be explained b
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y the:
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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. nz nz nz nz
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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a common 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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.
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, B) over time, nervous systems have come to have increasingly more in common at t
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he neural level.
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C) functionally different structures in different species share common ancestral gene
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s and mechanisms.
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D) brain–
behavior relationships have remained largely unchanged during the course of evol
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ution.
14. Although the phrenologists were misguided in many respects, Gall actually di
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d report, more or less accurately, the first case of
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following left frontal da nz nz nz
mage.
A) cortical blindness nz
B) hysterical paralysis nz
C) loss of the ability to speak
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D) personality change nz
15. Early support for lateralization and localization of function came fro
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m postmortem 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. nz nz nz nz nz
C) regional differences in cell density. nz nz nz nz
D) humans with language disorders. nz nz nz
16. Although all of the individuals listed made contributions to our knowledge of th
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e lateralization of language functions in the brain,
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with the MOST important findings.
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A) Dax
B) Bouillaud
C) Marie
D) Broca
17. The hypothesis that the ability to speak depends on the left frontal lobe is a
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n example of: nz nz
A) antilocalizationism.
B) lateralization of function. nz nz
C) mentalism.
D) phrenology.
18. The cortical area MOST closely associated with speech comprehension is the
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lobe.
A) temporal
B) frontal
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