Test Bank for Cognitive Neuroscience, The Biology of the Mind 5th Edition by Gazzaniga

,TEST BANK FOR COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE THE BIOLOGY OF THE MIND
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Chapter 1: A Brief History of Cognitive Neuroscience
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LEARNING s s OBJECTIVES
1.1 Explain s s the s s origins s s of s s the s s field s s of s s cognitive ss neuroscience.
1.2 Describe s s the s s roots s s of s s the s s debate s s over s s localization s s of s s function.
1.3 Explain s s the s s ways s s in s s which s s brain s s structure s s was s s studied.
1.4 Understand ssthe s s philosophical s s origins s s of s s cognitive s s psychology.
1.5 Discuss s s behaviorism s s and s s its s s principal s s tenets.
1.6 Explain s s how s s and s s why s s cognitive s s psychology s s came s s to s s the s s forefront s s of s s the
s s psychological s s fields.


1.7 Identify s s the s s different s s methods ss that s s are s s used s s to s s measure s s brain s s function s s and s s structure.


MULTIPLE s s CHOICE

1. What s s term s s was s s coined s s by ss Thomas s s Willis s s as s s a s s consequence s s of s s the s s case s s of ssAnne
s s Green?

a. psychopathology
b. cognition
c. neurology
d. psychosis
ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: ss1.1 ssA
ssHistorical ssPerspective s s OBJ: 1.1 MSC:
Remembering

2. Aside ssfrom s s saving ss Anne s s Green’s s s life, s s Thomas s s Willis s s and s s Christopher s s Wren s s also
a. created s s very s s accurate s s drawings s s of s s the s s brain.
b. came s s up s s with s s the s s names s s of s s a s s number s s of s s brain s s structures.
c. took s s the s s first s s steps s s that s s led s s to s s cognitive s s neuroscience.
d. All s s of s s the s s answer s s options s s are s s correct.
ANS: D DIF: Medium REF: ss1.1 ssA
ssHistorical ssPerspective s s OBJ: 1.1 MSC:
Understanding

3. Each s s of s s the s s following s s are s s reasons s s why s s Willis s s is s s considered s s one s s of s s the
s s early s s figures s s in sscognitive s s neuroscience s s EXCEPT:

a. He s s named s s many s s brain s s parts.
b. He s s gave s s frequent s s lectures s s on s s specific s s brain s s regions.
c. He s s was s s among s s the s s first s s to s s link s s behavioral s s deficits s s to s s brain s s damage.
d. He s s created s s very s s accurate s s brain s s images.
ANS: B DIF: Medium REF: ss1.1 ssA
ssHistorical ssPerspective s s OBJ: 1.1 MSC:
Remembering

4. While s s studying s s brain s s function, s s it s s is s s often s s useful s s to s s think s s of s s development s s in
s s terms s s of , sswhich s s is s s the s s perspective s s of .
a. cognition; s s cognitive s s neuroscience c. blood s s flow; s s magnetic s s resonance s s imaging
b. survival; s s evolution d. dysfunction; s s psychopathology

,ANS: s s B DIF: Difficult REF: s s s s 1.1 s s A s s Historical
Perspective
OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Analyzing

, 5. Which s s stance s s would s s most s s likely s s hold s s an s s assumption s s that s s physical ss elements
s s of s s the s s brain s s are ssresponsible s s for s s the s s conscious s s mind?

a. monism c. dualism
b. behaviorism d. relativism
ANS: s s A DIF: Medium REF: 1.1 ssA s s Historical
Perspective
OBJ: 1.1 MSC: s s Analyzing

6. René s s Descartes s s posited s s that s s the s s mind s s was s s separate s s from s s the s s body. s s However,
s s he s s implicated s s a sssingle s s brain s s structure, s s the s s pineal s s gland, s s as s s having s s what

s s function?

a. regulating s s feelings s s and s s emotions c. moderating sscognitive s s processes
b. connecting s s the s s mind s s and s s the s s body d. adjusting s s behavior
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: ss1.1 ssA
ssHistorical ssPerspective s s OBJ: 1.1 MSC:
Remembering

7. Considering ssthe s s perspective ssrecommended s s for s s approaching s s cognitive s s neuroscience,
s s which ssof s s the s s following s s would s s best s s explain s s how s s a s s cognitive s s function

s s may s s have s s developed?

a. learning s s and s s reward c. neurological s s dysfunction
b. integration s s with s s technology d. hunting s s and s s gathering
ANS: s s D DIF: Difficult REF: s s s s 1.1 s s A s s Historical
Perspective
OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Analyzing

8. A sscentral s s issue s s of s s modern s s cognitive s s neuroscience s s is s s whether s s specific s s human s s cognitive
s s abilities

a. arise s s from s s networks s s of s s brain s s areas s s working s s together.
b. are s s determined s s by s s the s s shape s s and s s size s s of s s the s s human s s skull s s or s s the s s brain s s beneath.
c. are s s best s s studied s s using s s the s s scientific s s method.
d. can s s be s s best s s identified s s using s s the s s Golgi s s silver s s method s s of s s staining s s or s s fMRI.
ANS: A DIF: Medium REF: s s 1.2 ssThe
s s Brain ssStory s s OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Understanding

9. The s s discipline s s of s s phrenology s s was s s founded s s by
a. Broca s s and s s Wernicke. c. Ramón s s y s s Cajal s s and s s Sherrington.
b. Fritsch s s and s s Hitzig. d. Gall s s and s s Spurzheim.
ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: s s 1.2 ssThe
s s Brain ssStory s s OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Remembering

10. Phrenologists s s believed s s that s s the s s contour s s of s s the s s skull s s could s s provide s s valuable
s s information s s about s s an ssindividual’s s s cognitive s s capacities s s and sspersonality sstraits. ssThis

s s approach sswas s s based s s on ssthe ssassumption ssthat

a. skull s s protrusions s s are s s caused s s by ssdisproportionate s s development s s of s s the
s s brain s s areas ssbeneath s s them, s s which s s are s s responsible s s for s s different

s s specific s s functions.

b. certain s s traits s s such s s as s s aggressiveness s s lead s s to sslife s s experiences s s and
s s injuries s s that ssalter s s the s s shape s s of s s the s s skull s s in s s specific s s ways.

c. life s s experiences s s and s s injuries s s that s s alter s s the s s shape s s of s s the s s skull s s in
s s specific s s ways s s lead s s to sscertain s s traits, s s such s s as s s aggressiveness.

d. the s s development s s of s s the s s skull s s bones s s directly ssinfluences s s the s s configuration
s s of s s the s s soft ssbrain s s areas s s beneath s s them, s s which s s are s s responsible s s for

s s different s s specific s s functions.


ANS: A DIF: Difficult REF: s s 1.2 ssThe