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Test Bank For Fundamentals of Human
Neuropsychology Seventh Edition
Bryan Kolb
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2. Following damage to his frontal lobes, subject L. D. had lasting impairments in:
A) visual perception.
B) attention.
C) motor-skill acquisition.
D) balance.
3. Neuropsychology uses information from many disciplines. Which discipline is
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NOT one of those?
A) ethology
B) pharmacology
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C) biophysics
D) mycology
4. Communication between cerebral hemispheres occurs via the:
A) somatic nerves.
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B) lateral fissure.
C) arcuate fasciculus.
D) corpus callosum.
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5. The folds or bumps characteristic of the cerebral cortex are called:
A) gyri.
B) sulci.
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C) lobes.
D) nuclei.
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6. The corpus callosum is the largest of the brain's:
A) subcortical nuclei.
B) commissures.
C) cortical lobes.
D) sensory nerves
7. The brain and spinal cord together make up the nervous system.
A) autonomic
B) peripheral
C) central
D) somatic
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8. Which of the following supported a cardiac hypothesis of behavior?
A) Plato
B) Galen
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C) Aristotle
D) Hippocrates
9. Descartes was an articulate proponent of .
A) monism
B) dualism
C) the cardiac hypothesis
D) nonmaterialism
10. If a person believes that brain function is only the source of some behaviors, it is
accurate to refer to that person as a:
A) mentalist.
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B) behaviorist.
C) materialist.
D) dualist.
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11. With respect to the “mind–brain” problem, followers of Wallace and Darwin
would MOST likely consider themselves to be .
A) mentalists
B) materialists
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C) dualists
D) agnostics
12. Two individuals developed similar theories of evolution at about the same time.
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Charles Darwin was one; the other was .
A) William Osler
B) Pierre Flourens
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C) Pierre Marie
D) Alfred Wallace
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13. Materialism is the philosophical position that all behavior can be explained by
the:
A) workings of the physical nervous system and body alone.
B) interaction of the physical brain and nonphysical soul.
C) motivated pursuit of material well-being.
D) flow of cerebrospinal fluid between ventricles and muscles.
14. Darwin's principle that all animals' nervous systems evolved from that of a
common ancestor predicted that:
A) all living things can in theory be traced back to the same ancient unknown ancestor.
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Test Bank For Fundamentals of Human
Neuropsychology Seventh Edition
Bryan Kolb
1.
2. Following damage to his frontal lobes, subject L. D. had lasting impairments in:
A) visual perception.
B) attention.
C) motor-skill acquisition.
D) balance.
3. Neuropsychology uses information from many disciplines. Which discipline is
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NOT one of those?
A) ethology
B) pharmacology
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C) biophysics
D) mycology
4. Communication between cerebral hemispheres occurs via the:
A) somatic nerves.
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B) lateral fissure.
C) arcuate fasciculus.
D) corpus callosum.
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5. The folds or bumps characteristic of the cerebral cortex are called:
A) gyri.
B) sulci.
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C) lobes.
D) nuclei.
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6. The corpus callosum is the largest of the brain's:
A) subcortical nuclei.
B) commissures.
C) cortical lobes.
D) sensory nerves
7. The brain and spinal cord together make up the nervous system.
A) autonomic
B) peripheral
C) central
D) somatic
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8. Which of the following supported a cardiac hypothesis of behavior?
A) Plato
B) Galen
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C) Aristotle
D) Hippocrates
9. Descartes was an articulate proponent of .
A) monism
B) dualism
C) the cardiac hypothesis
D) nonmaterialism
10. If a person believes that brain function is only the source of some behaviors, it is
accurate to refer to that person as a:
A) mentalist.
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B) behaviorist.
C) materialist.
D) dualist.
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11. With respect to the “mind–brain” problem, followers of Wallace and Darwin
would MOST likely consider themselves to be .
A) mentalists
B) materialists
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C) dualists
D) agnostics
12. Two individuals developed similar theories of evolution at about the same time.
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Charles Darwin was one; the other was .
A) William Osler
B) Pierre Flourens
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C) Pierre Marie
D) Alfred Wallace
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13. Materialism is the philosophical position that all behavior can be explained by
the:
A) workings of the physical nervous system and body alone.
B) interaction of the physical brain and nonphysical soul.
C) motivated pursuit of material well-being.
D) flow of cerebrospinal fluid between ventricles and muscles.
14. Darwin's principle that all animals' nervous systems evolved from that of a
common ancestor predicted that:
A) all living things can in theory be traced back to the same ancient unknown ancestor.
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