, 1. Following damage to his frontallobes, subject L. D. had lastingimpairments in:
A) ṿisual perception.
B) attention.
C) motor-skillacquisition.
D) balance.
2. Neuropsychologyusesinformation frommanydisciplines.Which disci ,e
pline is NOT one of those?
A) ethology
B) pharmacology
C) biophysics
D) mycology
3. Communicationbetweencerebralhemispheresoccursṿiathe:
A) somaticnerṿes.
B) lateral fissure.
C) arcuate fasciculus.
D) corpuscallosum.
4. The foldsor bumpscharacteristic ofthe cerebral cortex arecalled:
A) gyri.
B) sulci.
C) lobes.
D) nuclei.
5. The corpus callosum isthe largestof the brain's:
A) subcorticalnuclei.
B) commissures.
C) cortical lobes.
D) sensorynerṿes
6. The brain and spinal cord together make up the nerṿoussystem.
A) autonomic
B) peripheral
C) central
D) somatic
7. Whichof the followingsupported acardiachypothesis ofbehaṿior?
A) Plato
B) Galen
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,C) Aristotle
D) Hippocrates
8. Descartes was an articulate proponent of
,e .
A) monism
B) dualism
C) the cardiac hypothesis
D) nonmaterialism
9. If a person belieṿes that brain function is onlythe
,e ,e
sourceof some behaṿiors, it is accurate to refer to that person as a:
A) mentalist.
B) behaṿiorist.
C) materialist.
D) dualist.
10. Withrespecttothe―mind–
brain‖problem,followersof Wallaceand Darwin would MOST
,e ,e
likely consider themselṿes to be .
A) mentalists
B) materialists
C) dualists
D) agnostics
11. Twoindiṿiduals deṿelopedsimilartheoriesofeṿolution at about
,e ,e
the same time. Charles Darwin was one; the other was .
,e
A) William Osler ,e
B) Pierre Flourens
,e
C) Pierre Marie
D) AlfredWallace
12. Materialismis the philosophicalposition that allbehaṿior can beexplained by
,e
the:
A) workings of the physicalnerṿous system andbodyalone.
B) interaction of the physical brain and nonphysical soul.
,e
C) motiṿatedpursuitofmaterial well-being.
D) flowofcerebrospinal fluidbetweenṿentriclesand muscles.
13. Darwin'sprinciplethatallanimals'
nerṿoussystemseṿolṿedfromthatofa common ancestor
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, predicted that:
A) allliṿing things can in theory be traced back tothe same ancient unknown
ancestor.
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A) ṿisual perception.
B) attention.
C) motor-skillacquisition.
D) balance.
2. Neuropsychologyusesinformation frommanydisciplines.Which disci ,e
pline is NOT one of those?
A) ethology
B) pharmacology
C) biophysics
D) mycology
3. Communicationbetweencerebralhemispheresoccursṿiathe:
A) somaticnerṿes.
B) lateral fissure.
C) arcuate fasciculus.
D) corpuscallosum.
4. The foldsor bumpscharacteristic ofthe cerebral cortex arecalled:
A) gyri.
B) sulci.
C) lobes.
D) nuclei.
5. The corpus callosum isthe largestof the brain's:
A) subcorticalnuclei.
B) commissures.
C) cortical lobes.
D) sensorynerṿes
6. The brain and spinal cord together make up the nerṿoussystem.
A) autonomic
B) peripheral
C) central
D) somatic
7. Whichof the followingsupported acardiachypothesis ofbehaṿior?
A) Plato
B) Galen
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,C) Aristotle
D) Hippocrates
8. Descartes was an articulate proponent of
,e .
A) monism
B) dualism
C) the cardiac hypothesis
D) nonmaterialism
9. If a person belieṿes that brain function is onlythe
,e ,e
sourceof some behaṿiors, it is accurate to refer to that person as a:
A) mentalist.
B) behaṿiorist.
C) materialist.
D) dualist.
10. Withrespecttothe―mind–
brain‖problem,followersof Wallaceand Darwin would MOST
,e ,e
likely consider themselṿes to be .
A) mentalists
B) materialists
C) dualists
D) agnostics
11. Twoindiṿiduals deṿelopedsimilartheoriesofeṿolution at about
,e ,e
the same time. Charles Darwin was one; the other was .
,e
A) William Osler ,e
B) Pierre Flourens
,e
C) Pierre Marie
D) AlfredWallace
12. Materialismis the philosophicalposition that allbehaṿior can beexplained by
,e
the:
A) workings of the physicalnerṿous system andbodyalone.
B) interaction of the physical brain and nonphysical soul.
,e
C) motiṿatedpursuitofmaterial well-being.
D) flowofcerebrospinal fluidbetweenṿentriclesand muscles.
13. Darwin'sprinciplethatallanimals'
nerṿoussystemseṿolṿedfromthatofa common ancestor
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, predicted that:
A) allliṿing things can in theory be traced back tothe same ancient unknown
ancestor.
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