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, TEST BANK FOR COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE THE BIOLOGY OF THE MIND
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FIFTH EDITION BY MICHAEL GAZZANIGA, RICHARD B IVRY, GEORGE R
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MANGUN y



Chapter 1: A Brief History of Cognitive Neuroscience
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES y



1.1 Explain the origins of the field of cognitive neuroscience.
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1.2 Describe the roots of the debate over localization of function.
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1.3 Explain the ways in which brain structure was studied.
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1.4 Understand the philosophical origins of cognitive psychology. y y y y y y



1.5 Discuss behaviorism and its principal tenets. y y y y y



1.6 Explain how and why cognitive psychology came to the forefront of the psychological fields.
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1.7 Identify the different methods that are used to measure brain function and structure.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE y




1. What term was coined by Thomas Willis as a consequence of the case of Anne Green?
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a. psychopathology
b. cognition
c. neurology
d. psychosis
ANS: C y DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 A Historical Perspective y y y y


OBJ: 1.1
y y MSC: Remembering y




2. Aside from saving Anne Green’s life, Thomas Willis and Christopher Wren also
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a. created very accurate drawings of the brain. y y y y y y


b. came up with the names of a number of brain structures.
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c. took the first steps that led to cognitive neuroscience.
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d. All of the answer options are correct.
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ANS: D y DIF: Medium REF: 1.1 A Historical Perspective y y y y


OBJ: 1.1
y y MSC: Understanding y




3. Each of the following are reasons why Willis is considered one of the early figures in cognitive
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neuroscience EXCEPT:
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a. He named many brain parts.
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b. He gave frequent lectures on specific brain regions.
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c. He was among the first to link behavioral deficits to brain damage.
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d. He created very accurate brain images.
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ANS: B y DIF: Medium REF: 1.1 A Historical Perspective y y y y


OBJ: 1.1
y y MSC: Remembering y




4. While studying brain function, it is often useful to think of development in terms of
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which is the perspective of
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a. cognition; cognitive neuroscience c. blood flow; magnetic resonance imaging
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b. survival; evolution d. dysfunction; psychopathology
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ANS: B y DIF: Difficult REF: 1.1 A Historical Perspective y y y


OBJ: 1.1 y MSC: Analyzing y

, 5. Which stance would most likely hold an assumption that physical elements of the brain are responsible
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for the conscious mind?
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a. monism c. dualism
b. behaviorism d. relativism y



ANS: A y DIF: Medium REF: 1.1 A Historical Perspective
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OBJ: 1.1 y MSC: Analyzing

6. René Descartes posited that the mind was separate from the body. However, he implicated a single
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brain structure, the pineal gland, as having what function?
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a. regulating feelings and emotions c. moderating cognitive processes
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b. connecting the mind and the body d. adjusting behavior y y y y y y y




ANS: B y DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 A Historical Perspective y y y y


OBJ: 1.1
y y MSC: Remembering y




7. Considering the perspective recommended for approaching cognitive neuroscience, which of the
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following would best explain how a cognitive function may have developed?
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a. learning and reward c. neurological dysfunction
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b. integration with technology d. hunting and gathering y y y y y



ANS: D y DIF: Difficult REF: 1.1 A Historical Perspective y y y


OBJ: 1.1 y MSC: Analyzing y




8. A central issue of modern cognitive neuroscience is whether specific human cognitive abilities
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a. arise from networks of brain areas working together.
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b. are determined by the shape and size of the human skull or the brain beneath.
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c. are best studied using the scientific method.
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d. can be best identified using the Golgi silver method of staining or fMRI.
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ANS: A y DIF: Medium REF: 1.2 The Brain Story y y y y


OBJ: 1.2
y y MSC: Understanding y




9. The discipline of phrenology was founded by
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a. Broca and Wernicke. y y c. Ramón y Cajal and Sherrington. y y y y


b. Fritsch and Hitzig. y y d. Gall and Spurzheim.
y y y




ANS: D y DIF: Easy REF: 1.2 The Brain Story y y y y


OBJ: 1.2
y y MSC: Remembering y




10. Phrenologists believed that the contour of the skull could provide valuable information about an
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individual’s cognitive capacities and personality traits. This approach was based on the assumption that
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a. skull protrusions are caused by disproportionate development of the brain areas beneath
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them, which are responsible for different specific functions.
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b. certain traits such as aggressiveness lead to life experiences and injuries that alter the
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shape of the skull in specific ways.
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c. life experiences and injuries that alter the shape of the skull in specific ways lead to certain
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traits, such as aggressiveness.
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d. the development of the skull bones directly influences the configuration of the soft brain
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areas beneath them, which are responsible for different specific functions.
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ANS: A y DIF: Difficult REF: 1.2 The Brain Story y y y y


OBJ: 1.2
y y MSC: Evaluating y




11. Localizationist is to y y as holistic is to
y y y .
a. Wernicke; Gall y c. Flourens; Broca y

, b. Gall; Flourens y d. Broca; Wernicke
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ANS: B y DIF: Medium REF: 1.2 The Brain Story y y y y


OBJ: 1.2
y y MSC: Understanding y




12. Gall’s method for investigating phrenology was flawed because
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a. he used the wrong language to explain the characteristics he observed.
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b. he did not tell Napoleon Bonaparte that he possessed noble characteristics.
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c. he sought only to confirm, not disprove, the correlations he observed.
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d. he used his own skull as the base model.
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ANS: C y DIF: Easy REF: 1.2 The Brain Story y y y y


OBJ: 1.2
y y MSC: Remembering y




13. The view known as aggregate field theory, which stated that the whole brain participates in behavior,
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is most associated with
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a. Broca. c. Brodmann.
b. Hughlings Jackson. d. Flourens. y y




ANS: D y DIF: Easy REF: 1.2 The Brain Story y y y y


OBJ: 1.2
y y MSC: Remembering y




14. The key observation leading John Hughlings Jackson to propose a topographical organization in the
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cerebral cortex was that
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a. speech disturbances could be identified by left-hemisphere lesions.
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b. the two hemispheres of the brain served different functions.
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c. seizures begin in a localized region of the cortex.
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d. focal brain damage causes specific behavioral deficits.
y y y y y y




ANS: C y DIF: Difficult REF: 1.2 The Brain Story
y y y y


OBJ: 1.2
y y MSC: Analyzing y




15. In developing phrenology, Gall’s main failure was that
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a. he did not seek disconfirming evidence.
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b. he was not a scientist.
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c. his method was correlational.
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d. All of the answer options are correct.
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ANS: D y DIF: Difficult REF: 1.2 The Brain Story
y y y y


OBJ: 1.2
y y MSC: Analyzing y




16. Giovanni visits his local phrenologist. What is this person likely to tell him?
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a. You are a domineering person.
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b. Your father was a very domineering person.
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c. Your brother is a domineering person.
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d. Your mother was a very domineering person.
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ANS: A y DIF: Medium REF: 1.2 The Brain Story
y y y y


OBJ: 1.2
y y MSC: Applying y




17. The view developed by Marie Jean Pierre Flourens, based on the idea that processes like language and
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memory cannot be localized within circumscribed brain regions, was known as
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a. the neuron doctrine.
y c. rationalism. y


b. aggregate field theory. d. the law of effect.
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ANS: B
y y DIF: Easy REF: 1.2 The Brain Story
y y y y

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