,Name: ___________________________ Class: _________________ Date: __________
Chapter 1
1. What term was coined by Thomas Willis as a consequence of the Anne Green
case?
a. psychopathology
b. cognition
c. neurology
d. psychosis
2. Aside from saving Anne Green’s life, Thomas Willis and Christopher Wren also
a. created detailed drawings of the brain.
b. came up with the names of a number of brain structures.
c. were among the earliest pioneers of the field we now call cognitive
neuroscience.
d. All of the answer options are correct.
3. While studying brain function, it is often useful to think of development in terms of
__________, which is informed by __________.
a. cognition; cognitive neuroscience
b. survival; evolutionary perspectives
c. blood flow; magnetic resonance imaging
d. dysfunction; psychopathology
4. Which stance would most likely assume that the physical elements of the brain
are responsible for the conscious mind?
, a. monism
b. behaviorism
c. dualism
d. relativism
5. René Descartes posited that the mind was separate from the body. However, he
also implicated a single brain structure, the pineal gland, as having what function?
a. regulating feelings and emotions
b. connecting the mind and the body
c. moderating cognitive processes
d. adjusting behavior
6. Imagine you conduct an experiment to test a hypothesis about brain activity. The
results of the experiment, however, do not support your initial hypothesis.
Following the scientific method, what would your next step be?
a. Conclude that your experiment had an error because it failed to produce
results supporting your hypothesis.
b. Conduct the same experiment several more times until you get results that
support your initial hypothesis.
c. Revise your hypothesis in light of your results and design a new experiment
to test the revised hypothesis.
d. Wait to take any next steps, since the results did not support your
hypothesis.
7. What did René Descartes believe about the relationship between the mind and
body?
a. The mind and body are the same and operate as one entity.
b. The mind and body are separate, but they interact with each other.
, c. The mind controls the body, but the body does not influence the mind.
d. The mind and body are completely independent and do not interact.
8. A central issue of modern cognitive neuroscience is whether specific human
cognitive abilities
a. arise from networks of brain areas working together.
b. are determined by the shape and size of the human skull or by the brain
beneath.
c. are best studied using the scientific method.
d. can be best identified using the Golgi silver method of staining versus fMRI.
9. The discipline of phrenology was founded by
a. Broca and Wernicke.
b. Fritsch and Hitzig.
c. Ramón y Cajal and Sherrington.
d. Gall and Spurzheim.
10.Phrenologists believed that the contour of the skull could provide valuable
information about an individual’s cognitive capacities and personality traits. This
approach was based on the assumption that
a. skull protrusions are caused by the disproportionate development of the
brain areas beneath them, which are responsible for specific functions.
b. certain traits, such as aggressiveness, lead to life experiences and injuries
that alter the shape of the skull in specific ways.
c. life experiences and injuries that alter the shape of the skull in specific ways
lead to certain traits, such as aggressiveness.
Chapter 1
1. What term was coined by Thomas Willis as a consequence of the Anne Green
case?
a. psychopathology
b. cognition
c. neurology
d. psychosis
2. Aside from saving Anne Green’s life, Thomas Willis and Christopher Wren also
a. created detailed drawings of the brain.
b. came up with the names of a number of brain structures.
c. were among the earliest pioneers of the field we now call cognitive
neuroscience.
d. All of the answer options are correct.
3. While studying brain function, it is often useful to think of development in terms of
__________, which is informed by __________.
a. cognition; cognitive neuroscience
b. survival; evolutionary perspectives
c. blood flow; magnetic resonance imaging
d. dysfunction; psychopathology
4. Which stance would most likely assume that the physical elements of the brain
are responsible for the conscious mind?
, a. monism
b. behaviorism
c. dualism
d. relativism
5. René Descartes posited that the mind was separate from the body. However, he
also implicated a single brain structure, the pineal gland, as having what function?
a. regulating feelings and emotions
b. connecting the mind and the body
c. moderating cognitive processes
d. adjusting behavior
6. Imagine you conduct an experiment to test a hypothesis about brain activity. The
results of the experiment, however, do not support your initial hypothesis.
Following the scientific method, what would your next step be?
a. Conclude that your experiment had an error because it failed to produce
results supporting your hypothesis.
b. Conduct the same experiment several more times until you get results that
support your initial hypothesis.
c. Revise your hypothesis in light of your results and design a new experiment
to test the revised hypothesis.
d. Wait to take any next steps, since the results did not support your
hypothesis.
7. What did René Descartes believe about the relationship between the mind and
body?
a. The mind and body are the same and operate as one entity.
b. The mind and body are separate, but they interact with each other.
, c. The mind controls the body, but the body does not influence the mind.
d. The mind and body are completely independent and do not interact.
8. A central issue of modern cognitive neuroscience is whether specific human
cognitive abilities
a. arise from networks of brain areas working together.
b. are determined by the shape and size of the human skull or by the brain
beneath.
c. are best studied using the scientific method.
d. can be best identified using the Golgi silver method of staining versus fMRI.
9. The discipline of phrenology was founded by
a. Broca and Wernicke.
b. Fritsch and Hitzig.
c. Ramón y Cajal and Sherrington.
d. Gall and Spurzheim.
10.Phrenologists believed that the contour of the skull could provide valuable
information about an individual’s cognitive capacities and personality traits. This
approach was based on the assumption that
a. skull protrusions are caused by the disproportionate development of the
brain areas beneath them, which are responsible for specific functions.
b. certain traits, such as aggressiveness, lead to life experiences and injuries
that alter the shape of the skull in specific ways.
c. life experiences and injuries that alter the shape of the skull in specific ways
lead to certain traits, such as aggressiveness.
