Test Bank for Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology 8th Edition By Bryan Kolb, Ian Whishaw All Chapter Complete 100% Newest 2025 Edition

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, 1.Following damage to his frontal lobes, subject L. D. had lasting impairments
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in:
A) visual perception.
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B) attention.
C) motor-skill acquisition. cm


D) balance.


2. Neuropsychology uses information from many disciplines. Which discipline
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mis 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. cm


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.


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


B) commissures.
C) cortical lobes. cm


D) sensory nerves cm




6. The brain and spinal cord together make up the
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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


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,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,
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it is accurate to refer to that person as a:
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A) mentalist.
B) behaviorist.
C) materialist.
D) dualist.


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


A) mentalists
B) materialists
C) dualists
D) agnostics


11. Two individuals developed similar theories of evolution at about the same ti
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me. Charles Darwin was one; the other was
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A) William Osler cm


B) Pierre Flourens cm


C) Pierre Marie cm


D) Alfred Wallace cm




12. Materialism is the philosophical position that all behavior can be explained
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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
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of a common ancestor predicted that:
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A) all living things can in theory be traced back to the same ancient unknown ances
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tor.
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, B) over time, nervous systems have come to have increasingly more in common a
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t the neural level.
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C) functionally different structures in different species share common ancestral ge
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nes and mechanisms.
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D) brain–
behavior relationships have remained largely unchanged during the course of ev
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olution.


14. Although the phrenologists were misguided in many respects, Gall actually
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did report, more or less accurately, the first case of
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following left frontal d cm cm cm


amage.
A) cortical blindness cm


B) hysterical paralysis cm


C) loss of the ability to speak
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D) personality change cm




15. Early support for lateralization and localization of function came fr
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om postmortem studies of:
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A) humans who had recovered function following stroke.
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B) decorticate dogs trained on memory tasks. cm cm cm cm cm


C) regional differences in cell density.
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D) humans with language disorders.
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16. Although all of the individuals listed made contributions to our knowledge of
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the lateralization of language functions in the brain,
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edited with the MOST important findings.
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A) Dax
B) Bouillaud
C) Marie
D) Broca


17. The hypothesis that the ability to speak depends on the left frontal lobe
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is an example of:
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A) antilocalizationism.
B) lateralization of function. cm cm


C) mentalism.
D) phrenology.


18. The cortical area MOST closely associated with speech comprehension is the
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lobe.
A) temporal
B) frontal
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