, 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.
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
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,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 ,.refer ,.to ,.that ,.person ,.as ,.a:
A) mentalist.
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 ,.ancestor ,.predicted ,.that:
A) all ,.living ,.things ,.can ,.in ,.theory ,.be ,.traced ,.back ,.to ,.the ,.same ,.ancient ,.unknown
,.ancestor.
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, B) over ,.time, ,.nervous ,.systems ,.have ,.come ,.to ,.have ,.increasingly ,.more ,.in ,.common
,.at ,.the ,.neural ,.level.
C) functionally ,.different ,.structures ,.in ,.different ,.species ,.share ,.common ,.ancestral
,.genes ,.and ,.mechanisms.
D) brain–behavior ,.relationships ,.have ,.remained ,.largely ,.unchanged ,.during ,.the
,.course ,.of ,.evolution.
14. Although ,.the ,.phrenologists ,.were ,.misguided ,.in ,.many ,.respects, ,.Gall
,.actually ,.did ,.report, ,.more ,.or ,.less ,.accurately, ,.the ,.first ,.case ,.of ,. following
,.left ,.frontal ,.damage.
A) cortical ,.blindness
B) hysterical ,.paralysis
C) loss ,.of ,.the ,.ability ,.to ,.speak
D) personality ,.change
15. Early ,.support ,.for ,.lateralization ,.and ,.localization ,.of ,.function ,.came
,.from ,.postmortem ,.studies ,.of:
A) humans ,.who ,.had ,.recovered ,.function ,.following ,.stroke.
B) decorticate ,.dogs ,.trained ,.on ,.memory ,.tasks.
C) regional ,.differences ,.in ,.cell ,.density.
D) humans ,.with ,.language ,.disorders.
16. Although ,.all ,.of ,.the ,.individuals ,.listed ,.made ,.contributions ,.to ,.our ,.knowledge
,.of ,.the ,.lateralization ,.of ,.language ,.functions ,.in ,.the ,.brain, ,. , . , . , . is
,.generally ,.credited ,.with ,.the ,.MOST ,.important ,.findings.
A) Dax
B) Bouillaud
C) Marie
D) Broca
17. The ,.hypothesis ,.that ,.the ,.ability ,.to ,.speak ,.depends ,.on ,.the ,.left ,.frontal
,.lobe ,.is ,.an ,.example ,.of:
A) antilocalizationism.
B) lateralization ,.of ,.function.
C) mentalism.
D) phrenology.
18. The ,.cortical ,.area ,.MOST ,.closely ,.associated ,.with ,.speech ,.comprehension ,.is ,.the
lobe.
A) temporal
B) frontal
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,.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.
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
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,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 ,.refer ,.to ,.that ,.person ,.as ,.a:
A) mentalist.
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 ,.ancestor ,.predicted ,.that:
A) all ,.living ,.things ,.can ,.in ,.theory ,.be ,.traced ,.back ,.to ,.the ,.same ,.ancient ,.unknown
,.ancestor.
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, B) over ,.time, ,.nervous ,.systems ,.have ,.come ,.to ,.have ,.increasingly ,.more ,.in ,.common
,.at ,.the ,.neural ,.level.
C) functionally ,.different ,.structures ,.in ,.different ,.species ,.share ,.common ,.ancestral
,.genes ,.and ,.mechanisms.
D) brain–behavior ,.relationships ,.have ,.remained ,.largely ,.unchanged ,.during ,.the
,.course ,.of ,.evolution.
14. Although ,.the ,.phrenologists ,.were ,.misguided ,.in ,.many ,.respects, ,.Gall
,.actually ,.did ,.report, ,.more ,.or ,.less ,.accurately, ,.the ,.first ,.case ,.of ,. following
,.left ,.frontal ,.damage.
A) cortical ,.blindness
B) hysterical ,.paralysis
C) loss ,.of ,.the ,.ability ,.to ,.speak
D) personality ,.change
15. Early ,.support ,.for ,.lateralization ,.and ,.localization ,.of ,.function ,.came
,.from ,.postmortem ,.studies ,.of:
A) humans ,.who ,.had ,.recovered ,.function ,.following ,.stroke.
B) decorticate ,.dogs ,.trained ,.on ,.memory ,.tasks.
C) regional ,.differences ,.in ,.cell ,.density.
D) humans ,.with ,.language ,.disorders.
16. Although ,.all ,.of ,.the ,.individuals ,.listed ,.made ,.contributions ,.to ,.our ,.knowledge
,.of ,.the ,.lateralization ,.of ,.language ,.functions ,.in ,.the ,.brain, ,. , . , . , . is
,.generally ,.credited ,.with ,.the ,.MOST ,.important ,.findings.
A) Dax
B) Bouillaud
C) Marie
D) Broca
17. The ,.hypothesis ,.that ,.the ,.ability ,.to ,.speak ,.depends ,.on ,.the ,.left ,.frontal
,.lobe ,.is ,.an ,.example ,.of:
A) antilocalizationism.
B) lateralization ,.of ,.function.
C) mentalism.
D) phrenology.
18. The ,.cortical ,.area ,.MOST ,.closely ,.associated ,.with ,.speech ,.comprehension ,.is ,.the
lobe.
A) temporal
B) frontal
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