Test Bank for Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology 8th Edition By Bryan Kolb, Ian Whishaw All Chapter | Complete Guide | Grade A+.

1.




Page 1

, 2. Following damage to his frontal lobes, subject L. D. had lasting impairments in:
io io io io io io io io io io io io



A) visual perception.
io



B) attention.
C) motor-skill acquisition. io



D) balance.


3. Neuropsychology uses information from many disciplines. Which discipline is
io io io io io io io io



NOT one of those?
io io io io



A) ethology
B) pharmacology
C) biophysics
D) mycology


4. Communication between cerebral hemispheres occurs via the: io io io io io io



A) somatic nerves. io



B) lateral fissure.
io



C) arcuate fasciculus.
io



D) corpus callosum.
io




5. The folds or bumps characteristic of the cerebral cortex are called:
io io io io io io io io io io



A) gyri.
B) sulci.
C) lobes.
D) nuclei.


6. The corpus callosum is the largest of the brain's:
io io io io io io io io



A) subcortical nuclei. io



B) commissures.
C) cortical lobes. io



D) sensory nerves io




7. The brain and spinal cord together make up the
io io io io io io io io io nervous system. io



A) autonomic
B) peripheral
C) central
D) somatic


8. Which of the following supported a cardiac hypothesis of behavior?
io io io io io io io io io



A) Plato
B) Galen



Page 2

,C) Aristotle
D) Hippocrates


9. Descartes was an articulate proponent of io io io io io .
A) monism
B) dualism
C) the cardiac hypothesis
io io



D) nonmaterialism


10. If a person believes that brain function is only the source of some
io io io io io io io io io io io io



behaviors, it is accurate to refer to that person as a:
io io io io io io io io io io io



A) mentalist.
B) behaviorist.
C) materialist.
D) dualist.


11. With respect to the ―mind–brain‖ problem, followers of Wallace and Darwin
io io io io io io io io io io



would MOST likely consider themselves to be
io io . io io io io io



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


12. Two individuals developed similar theories of evolution at about the same time.
io io io io io io io io io io io



Charles Darwin was one; the other was
io . io io io io io io io



A) William Osler io



B) Pierre Flourens io



C) Pierre Marie io



D) Alfred Wallace io




13. Materialism is the philosophical position that all behavior can be explained by io io io io io io io io io io io



the:
io



A) workings of the physical nervous system and body alone.
io io io io io io io io



B) interaction of the physical brain and nonphysical soul. io io io io io io io



C) motivated pursuit of material well-being. io io io io



D) flow of cerebrospinal fluid between ventricles and muscles.
io io io io io io io




14. Darwin's principle that all animals' nervous systems evolved from that of a
io io io io io io io io io io io



common ancestor predicted that:
io io io io



A) all living things can in theory be traced back to the same ancient unknown ancestor.
io io io io io io io io io io io io io io




Page 3

, B) over time, nervous systems have come to have increasingly more in common at the
io io io io io io io io io io io io io



neural level.
io io



C) functionally different structures in different species share common ancestral genes
io io io io io io io io io



and mechanisms.
io io



D) brain–behavior relationships have remained largely unchanged during the course of io io io io io io io io io



evolution.
io




15. Although the phrenologists were misguided in many respects, Gall actually did
io io io io io io io io io io



report, more or less accurately, the first case of
io io following left frontal io io io io io io io io io io



damage.
io



A) cortical blindness io



B) hysterical paralysis io



C) loss of the ability to speak
io io io io io



D) personality change io




16. Early support for lateralization and localization of function came from
io io io io io io io io io



postmortem studies of:
io io io



A) humans who had recovered function following stroke.
io io io io io io



B) decorticate dogs trained on memory tasks. io io io io io



C) regional differences in cell density. io io io io



D) humans with language disorders. io io io




17. Although all of the individuals listed made contributions to our knowledge of the
io io io io io io io io io io io io



lateralization of language functions in the brain,
io is generally credited io io io io io io io i o i o i o io io



with the MOST important findings.
io io io io io



A) Dax
B) Bouillaud
C) Marie
D) Broca


18. The hypothesis that the ability to speak depends on the left frontal lobe is an
io io io io io io io io io io io io io io



example of:
io io



A) antilocalizationism.
B) lateralization of function. io io



C) mentalism.
D) phrenology.


19. The cortical area MOST closely associated with speech comprehension is the
io io io io io io io io io io



lobe.
A) temporal
B) frontal



Page 4