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1. Following damage to his frontal lobes, subject L. D. had lasting impairments in:
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A) visual perception.
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B) attention.

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D) balance.



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

B) pharmacology

C) biophysics

D) mycology



3. Communication between cerebral hemispheres occurs via the:
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A) somatic nerves. nn




B) lateral fissure.
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C) arcuate fasciculus.
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D) corpus callosum.
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4. The folds or bumps characteristic of the cerebral cortex are called:
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A) gyri.

B) sulci.

C) lobes.

D) nuclei.




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,5. The corpus callosum is the largest of the brain's:
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A) subcortical nuclei. nn




B) commissures.

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D) sensory nerves nn




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

B) peripheral

C) central

D) somatic



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

B) Galen

C) Aristotle

D) Hippocrates



8. Descartes was an articulate proponent of
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A) monism

B) dualism

C) the cardiac hypothesis
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D) nonmaterialism



9. If a person believes that brain function is only the source of some behaviors, it is
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nnaccurate to refer to that person as a:
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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
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likely consider themselves to be .
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A) mentalists

B) materialists

C) dualists

D) agnostics



11. Two individuals developed similar theories of evolution at about the same time. Charles
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Darwin was one; the other was .
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12. Materialism is the philosophical position that all behavior can be explained by the:
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A) workings of the physical nervous system and body alone.
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B) interaction of the physical brain and nonphysical soul.
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C) motivated pursuit of material well-being.
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D) flow of cerebrospinal fluid between ventricles and muscles.
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13. Darwin's principle that all animals' nervous systems evolved from that of a
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common ancestor predicted that:
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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
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level. nn


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