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Test Bank for Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology, 8th Edition by Bryan Kolb and Ian Q. Whishaw. This Test Bank provides practice questions and answers designed to support review and self-assessment in human neuropsychology. It can help students reinforce important concepts, check their understanding, and prepare for quizzes, tests, and other course assessments. Topics include the development of neuropsychology, research methods, nervous system organization, neuronal structure and communication, drugs and hormones, brain imaging, sensory and motor systems, neocortical function, cerebral asymmetry, cerebral organization, learning and memory, language, emotion and the social brain, spatial behavior, attention and consciousness, brain development and plasticity, neurodevelopmental disorders, neurological disorders, psychiatric disorders, and neuropsychological assessment. Suitable for students studying neuropsychology, neuroscience, psychology, and related courses. Resource Type: Test Bank

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TESTBANKforFundamentalsofHuman
Neuropsychology8thEditionbyBryanKolb&
IanWhishaw
CompleteChaptersWith100%ExpertVerifiedQ&As|A+PASS
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AllAnswersattheBackofEachChapter




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, Chapter 1

1. Following damage to his frontal lobes, subject L. D. had lasting impairments in:

A) visual perception.

B) attention.

C) motor-skill acquisition.

D) balance.



2. Neuropsychology uses information from many disciplines. Which discipline is NOT one of those?

A) ethology

B) pharmacology

C) biophysics

D) mycology



3. Communication between cerebral hemispheres occurs via the:

A) somatic nerves.

B) lateral fissure.

C) arcuate fasciculus.

D) corpus callosum.



4. The folds or bumps characteristic of the cerebral cortex are called:

A) gyri.

B) sulci.

C) lobes.

D) nuclei.




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,5. The corpus callosum is the largest of the brain's:

A) subcortical nuclei.

B) commissures.

C) cortical lobes.

D) sensory nerves



6. The brain and spinal cord together make up the nervous system.

A) autonomic

B) peripheral

C) central

D) somatic



7. Which of the following supported a cardiac hypothesis of behavior?

A) Plato

B) Galen

C) Aristotle

D) Hippocrates



8. Descartes was an articulate proponent of .

A) monism

B) dualism

C) the cardiac hypothesis

D) nonmaterialism



9. If a person believes that brain function is only the source of some behaviors, it is accurate to refe
r to that person as a:

A) mentalist.

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, B) behaviorist.

C) materialist.

D) dualist.



10. With respect to the ―mind–brain‖ problem, followers of Wallace and Darwin would MOST likely
consider themselves to be .

A) mentalists

B) materialists

C) dualists

D) agnostics



11. Two individuals developed similar theories of evolution at about the same time. Charles Darwin
was one; the other was .

A) William Osler

B) Pierre Flourens

C) Pierre Marie

D) Alfred Wallace



12. Materialism is the philosophical position that all behavior can be explained by the:

A) workings of the physical nervous system and body alone.

B) interaction of the physical brain and nonphysical soul.

C) motivated pursuit of material well-being.

D) flow of cerebrospinal fluid between ventricles and muscles.



13. Darwin's principle that all animals' nervous systems evolved from that of a common ancest
or predicted that:

A) all living things can in theory be traced back to the same ancient unknown ancestor.

B) over time, nervous systems have come to have increasingly more in common at the neural level.

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