INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
1. calculated the velocity of the nervous impulse to be about .
A) Helmholtz, 90 meters/second
B) Hitzig, 90 feet/second
C) Helmholtz, 90 feet/second
D) Broca, 900
feet/secondAns: c
2. Which of the following statements is true about the case of Phineas Gage?
A) He did not survive the railroad accident.
B) His case supported the equipotentiality view.
C) The major damage he experienced was in the frontal lobes.
D) He was studied by Paul
Broca.Ans: c
3. Which of the following conclusions was reached from observations at autopsy
on thebrain of a man who had an inability to speak?
, A) Speech is not localized in a particular brain region.
B) Speech is inherited.
C) Auditory reflexes are found in the dominant hemisphere.
D) Speech is localized in the left side of the
brain.Ans: d
4. Who first localized speech control in the human brain?
A) Broca
B) Gage
C) Helmholtz
D) Galvan
iAns: a
5. The proposition that specific functions are controlled by specific brain areas refers to:
A) Functionalism
B) Specific nerve control
C) Localization
, D) Neuroscienc
eAns: c
6. Whereas phrenology claimed to precisely localize in the brain, argued
thatvirtually no functions were precisely localized.
A) equipotentialities, Gall
B) faculties, Lashley
C) faculties, Spurzheim
D) motor functions,
LashleyAns: b
7. Today’s research tells us that functions or characteristics are:
A) Mostly localized
B) Mostly distributed
C) Both localized and distributed
D) None of the
aboveAns: c
, 8. Which of the following statements is true?
A) Some genes are found in the mitochondria.
B) Every body cell has 23 chromosomes.
C) Ova and sperm have paired chromosomes, XX for eggs and XY for sperm.
D) The sequences of nucleotides that make up our DNA differ among
individuals byabout 10%.
Ans: a
9. A direct function of genes is:
A) Influencing behavior
B) Building the brain and nervous system
C) Directing the building of proteins
D) Replicatio
nAns: c
10. About what percentage of the genes in any two people are identical?
1. calculated the velocity of the nervous impulse to be about .
A) Helmholtz, 90 meters/second
B) Hitzig, 90 feet/second
C) Helmholtz, 90 feet/second
D) Broca, 900
feet/secondAns: c
2. Which of the following statements is true about the case of Phineas Gage?
A) He did not survive the railroad accident.
B) His case supported the equipotentiality view.
C) The major damage he experienced was in the frontal lobes.
D) He was studied by Paul
Broca.Ans: c
3. Which of the following conclusions was reached from observations at autopsy
on thebrain of a man who had an inability to speak?
, A) Speech is not localized in a particular brain region.
B) Speech is inherited.
C) Auditory reflexes are found in the dominant hemisphere.
D) Speech is localized in the left side of the
brain.Ans: d
4. Who first localized speech control in the human brain?
A) Broca
B) Gage
C) Helmholtz
D) Galvan
iAns: a
5. The proposition that specific functions are controlled by specific brain areas refers to:
A) Functionalism
B) Specific nerve control
C) Localization
, D) Neuroscienc
eAns: c
6. Whereas phrenology claimed to precisely localize in the brain, argued
thatvirtually no functions were precisely localized.
A) equipotentialities, Gall
B) faculties, Lashley
C) faculties, Spurzheim
D) motor functions,
LashleyAns: b
7. Today’s research tells us that functions or characteristics are:
A) Mostly localized
B) Mostly distributed
C) Both localized and distributed
D) None of the
aboveAns: c
, 8. Which of the following statements is true?
A) Some genes are found in the mitochondria.
B) Every body cell has 23 chromosomes.
C) Ova and sperm have paired chromosomes, XX for eggs and XY for sperm.
D) The sequences of nucleotides that make up our DNA differ among
individuals byabout 10%.
Ans: a
9. A direct function of genes is:
A) Influencing behavior
B) Building the brain and nervous system
C) Directing the building of proteins
D) Replicatio
nAns: c
10. About what percentage of the genes in any two people are identical?
