Neuropsychology Practice Exam 1
Questions With Correct Answers
Which is true?| |
a. Craniotomy is a modern term for a form of surgery that is likely to
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have been |
around for only a few hundred years
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b. Trephinated skulls are so-called because they contain surgically
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produced holes |
c. It has been hypothesized that the purpose of trephination was to
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treat behavioral
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disturbances
d. B and C
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e. A and B - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. B and C
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Non-fluent aphasia is characterized by | | | |
a. Damage to an area of the brain in the posterior region of the
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temporal lobe |
b. Difficulty in producing sensible speech
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c. Difficulty in spoken expression of thought
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, d. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. Difficulty in spoken
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expression of thought | |
Double-dissociation
a. Is likely to apply only to language
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b. Is a principle used to support localization theory
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c. A principle that is not consistent with the findings of Broca and
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Wernicke
d. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. Is a principle used to
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support localization theory
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The use of normal distributions in neuropsychological testing
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a. Cannot be used to measure achievement and aptitude
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b. Is the basis of standardized testing
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c. Will never be used in conjunction with a process-oriented approach
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to testing
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d. Provides little information that is not already available through
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medical tests - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. Is the basis of standardized
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testing
A neuropsychological test
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a. Is often used in the education sector (eg., middle school and high
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school)
Questions With Correct Answers
Which is true?| |
a. Craniotomy is a modern term for a form of surgery that is likely to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
have been |
around for only a few hundred years
| | | | | |
b. Trephinated skulls are so-called because they contain surgically
| | | | | | | | |
produced holes |
c. It has been hypothesized that the purpose of trephination was to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
treat behavioral
|
disturbances
d. B and C
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e. A and B - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. B and C
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Non-fluent aphasia is characterized by | | | |
a. Damage to an area of the brain in the posterior region of the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
temporal lobe |
b. Difficulty in producing sensible speech
| | | | |
c. Difficulty in spoken expression of thought
| | | | | |
, d. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. Difficulty in spoken
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expression of thought | |
Double-dissociation
a. Is likely to apply only to language
| | | | | | |
b. Is a principle used to support localization theory
| | | | | | | |
c. A principle that is not consistent with the findings of Broca and
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Wernicke
d. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. Is a principle used to
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support localization theory
| |
The use of normal distributions in neuropsychological testing
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a. Cannot be used to measure achievement and aptitude
| | | | | | | |
b. Is the basis of standardized testing
| | | | | |
c. Will never be used in conjunction with a process-oriented approach
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to testing
|
d. Provides little information that is not already available through
| | | | | | | | | |
medical tests - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. Is the basis of standardized
| | | | | | | | | |
testing
A neuropsychological test
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a. Is often used in the education sector (eg., middle school and high
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school)
