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Neuropsychology 8th Edition by Bryan Kolb
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1. Following damage to his frontal lobes, subject L. D. had lasting impairments in:
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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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B) lateral fissure. rr
C) arcuate fasciculus. rr
D) corpus callosum. rr
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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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
C) Aristotle
D) Hippocrates
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B) dualism
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D) nonmaterialism
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hat person as a:
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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 likely
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consider themselves to be
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A) mentalists
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one; the other was
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D) flow of cerebrospinal fluid between ventricles and muscles.
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B) over time, nervous systems have come to have increasingly more in common at the neural level.
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Neuropsychology 8th Edition by Bryan Kolb
& Ian Whishaw
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Page 1 of 432
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, Chapter 1 rr
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.
C) motor-skill acquisition. rr
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. rr
B) lateral fissure. rr
C) arcuate fasciculus. rr
D) corpus callosum. rr
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. rr
B) commissures.
C) cortical lobes. rr
D) sensory nerves rr
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
C) Aristotle
D) Hippocrates
8. Descartes was an articulate proponent of rr rr rr rr rr .
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 accurate to refer to t
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hat 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 likely
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consider themselves to be
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A) mentalists
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D) agnostics
11. Two individuals developed similar theories of evolution at about the same time. Charles Darwin was
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one; the other was
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A) William Osler rr
B) Pierre Flourens rr
C) Pierre Marie rr
D) Alfred Wallace rr
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. rr rr rr rr rr rr rr
C) motivated pursuit of material well-being. rr rr rr rr
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 common ancestor
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predicted that: rr
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.
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