, Chapter 1: Introduction
Topic Question Type Factual Conceptual Application
Introduction Multiple Choice 1,3,6 4,8 2,5,7
Fill-In 1,2
Essay 1
Understanding Multiple Choice 14,15,17,19,22,25, 9-13,16,21,23,32 18,20,24,27-29,31
Human
Consciousness: 26,30,33,34
A Physiological
Approach Fill-In 5 3,4
Essay 2,3,4
The Nature of Multiple Choice 35,36,39,42-46, 47,41,44,47,48-50, 38,40
Behavioral
51-53,56,58,65, 54-57,59,60-64
Neuroscience
67-69
Fill-In 6,8,9,10 7,11
Essay 5,6,7
Natural Selection Multiple Choice 76,77,79,80,84-88 70-76,78,83 81,82
and Evolution
Fill-In 12-16
Essay 8-10
Ethical Issues in Multiple Choice 89,90,92,93 94 91
Research with
Animals Fill-In
Essay
Careers in Multiple Choice 95-97
Neuroscience
Fill-In 20 19
Essay 11
1
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,Multiple-Choice Questions
1.1-1. The key deficit suffered by Miss S. in the chapter vignette was ________ brought on by a
stroke involving her ________.
a. partial blindness; optic nerve
b. unilateral neglect; right hemisphere
c. bilateral neglect; cerebellum
d. unilateral neglect; left hemisphere
e. blindness; parietal cortex
Difficulty: 3
Question ID: 1.1-1
Page Ref: 2
Topic: Opening Vignette
Skill: Factual
Answer: b. unilateral neglect; right hemisphere
Rationale: Damage to the right hemisphere can result in unilateral neglect in which a person
ignores the left side of their body or the left visual field.
1.1-2. Which of the following would be an example of unilateral neglect?
a. a person who cannot sense stimuli on the left side of their body
b. a man who only shaves the left side of his face
c. a person who cannot sense stimuli on the right side of their body
d. a man who ignores the food on the right of his lunch plate
e. a woman who only applies makeup to the right side of her face
Difficulty: 3
Question ID: 1.1-2
Page Ref: 2
Topic: Opening Vignette
Skill: Applied
Answer: b. a man who only shaves the left side of his face
Rationale: Damage to the right hemisphere can result in unilateral neglect in which a person
ignores the left side of their body or the left visual field.
1.1-3. ________ is the belief that movement of natural phenomena such as winds and tides are
caused by spirits.
a. Animism
b. Dualism
c. Monism
d. Spiritualism
e. Interactionism
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1-3
2
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, Page Ref: 2
Topic: Introduction
Skill: Factual
Answer: a. Animism
Rationale: Animism is the belief that spirits within objects cause them to move.
1.1-4. The notion that animal movement can be explained by spirits is termed
a. anarchy.
b. dualism.
c. animism.
d. theological evolution.
e. symbolic representation.
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1-4
Page Ref: 2
Topic: Introduction
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: c. animism.
Rationale: Animism is the belief that spirits within objects cause them to move.
1.1-5. A scientist who holds a monistic philosophy would be comfortable with which of the
following statements?
a. The universe is a mental construction.
b. The left hemisphere of the brain is the location of the mind.
c. The mind is not composed of matter.
d. Everything is made of matter and energy.
e. The body is physical whereas the mind is spiritual.
Difficulty: 3
Question ID: 1.1-5
Page Ref: 3
Topic: Introduction
Skill: Applied
Answer: d. Everything is made of matter and energy.
Rationale: The monist view of the mind-body question holds that the mind is a property of the
operations of the nervous system.
1.1-6. ________ is the belief that the mind and body are separate entities.
a. Contralateral neglect
b. Monism
c. Blindsight
d. Dualism
e. Animism
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Topic Question Type Factual Conceptual Application
Introduction Multiple Choice 1,3,6 4,8 2,5,7
Fill-In 1,2
Essay 1
Understanding Multiple Choice 14,15,17,19,22,25, 9-13,16,21,23,32 18,20,24,27-29,31
Human
Consciousness: 26,30,33,34
A Physiological
Approach Fill-In 5 3,4
Essay 2,3,4
The Nature of Multiple Choice 35,36,39,42-46, 47,41,44,47,48-50, 38,40
Behavioral
51-53,56,58,65, 54-57,59,60-64
Neuroscience
67-69
Fill-In 6,8,9,10 7,11
Essay 5,6,7
Natural Selection Multiple Choice 76,77,79,80,84-88 70-76,78,83 81,82
and Evolution
Fill-In 12-16
Essay 8-10
Ethical Issues in Multiple Choice 89,90,92,93 94 91
Research with
Animals Fill-In
Essay
Careers in Multiple Choice 95-97
Neuroscience
Fill-In 20 19
Essay 11
1
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,Multiple-Choice Questions
1.1-1. The key deficit suffered by Miss S. in the chapter vignette was ________ brought on by a
stroke involving her ________.
a. partial blindness; optic nerve
b. unilateral neglect; right hemisphere
c. bilateral neglect; cerebellum
d. unilateral neglect; left hemisphere
e. blindness; parietal cortex
Difficulty: 3
Question ID: 1.1-1
Page Ref: 2
Topic: Opening Vignette
Skill: Factual
Answer: b. unilateral neglect; right hemisphere
Rationale: Damage to the right hemisphere can result in unilateral neglect in which a person
ignores the left side of their body or the left visual field.
1.1-2. Which of the following would be an example of unilateral neglect?
a. a person who cannot sense stimuli on the left side of their body
b. a man who only shaves the left side of his face
c. a person who cannot sense stimuli on the right side of their body
d. a man who ignores the food on the right of his lunch plate
e. a woman who only applies makeup to the right side of her face
Difficulty: 3
Question ID: 1.1-2
Page Ref: 2
Topic: Opening Vignette
Skill: Applied
Answer: b. a man who only shaves the left side of his face
Rationale: Damage to the right hemisphere can result in unilateral neglect in which a person
ignores the left side of their body or the left visual field.
1.1-3. ________ is the belief that movement of natural phenomena such as winds and tides are
caused by spirits.
a. Animism
b. Dualism
c. Monism
d. Spiritualism
e. Interactionism
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1-3
2
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, Page Ref: 2
Topic: Introduction
Skill: Factual
Answer: a. Animism
Rationale: Animism is the belief that spirits within objects cause them to move.
1.1-4. The notion that animal movement can be explained by spirits is termed
a. anarchy.
b. dualism.
c. animism.
d. theological evolution.
e. symbolic representation.
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 1.1-4
Page Ref: 2
Topic: Introduction
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: c. animism.
Rationale: Animism is the belief that spirits within objects cause them to move.
1.1-5. A scientist who holds a monistic philosophy would be comfortable with which of the
following statements?
a. The universe is a mental construction.
b. The left hemisphere of the brain is the location of the mind.
c. The mind is not composed of matter.
d. Everything is made of matter and energy.
e. The body is physical whereas the mind is spiritual.
Difficulty: 3
Question ID: 1.1-5
Page Ref: 3
Topic: Introduction
Skill: Applied
Answer: d. Everything is made of matter and energy.
Rationale: The monist view of the mind-body question holds that the mind is a property of the
operations of the nervous system.
1.1-6. ________ is the belief that the mind and body are separate entities.
a. Contralateral neglect
b. Monism
c. Blindsight
d. Dualism
e. Animism
3
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