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4. The folds or bumps characteristic of the cerebral cortex are called:
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B) sulci.
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6. The brain and spinal cord together make up the
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7. Which of the following supported a cardiac hypothesis of behavior?
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ate to refer to that person as a:
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16. Although all of the individuals listed made contributions to our knowledge of the late
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A) Dax
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mple of: r
A) antilocalizatio sm. f
B) lateralization of function. r r
C) mentalism.
D) phrenology.
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lobe.
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B) frontal
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, 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. r
D) balance.
2. Neuropsychology uses information from many disciplines. Which discipline is N r r r r r r r r r
OT one of those?
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A) ethology
B) pharmacology
C) biophysics
D) mycology
3. Commu cation between cerebral hemispheres occurs via the:
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A) somatic nerves. r
B) lateral fissure.
r
C) arcuate fasciculus. r
D) corpus callosum. r
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. r
B) commissures.
C) cortical lobes. r
D) sensory nerves r
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 r r r r r .
A) mo sm f
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 accur
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ate 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– r r r r
brain‖ problem, followers of Wallace and Darwin would MOST likely consider
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themselves to be . r r
A) mentalists
B) materialists
C) dualists
D) agnostics
11. Two individuals developed similar theories of evolution at about the same time. Ch
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arles Darwin was one; the other was
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A) William Osler r
B) Pierre Flourens r
C) Pierre Marie r
D) Alfred Wallace r
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.
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C) motivated pursuit of material well-being. r r r r
D) flow of cerebrospinal fluid between ventricles and muscles.
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13. Darwin's principle that all a mals' nervous systems evolved from that of a com
r r r r f r r r r r r r r
mon ancestor predicted that:
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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 neur
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al level.
r
C) functionally different structures in different species share common ancestral genes an
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d mecha sms.
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D) brain–
behavior relationships have remained largely unchanged during the course of evolution
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.
14. Although the phrenologists were misguided in many respects, Gall actually did rep
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ort, more or less accurately, the first case of
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following left frontal dam r r r
age.
A) cortical blindness r
B) hysterical paralysis r
C) loss of the ability to speak
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D) personality change r
15. Early support for lateralization and localization of function came from po
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stmortem studies of: r r
A) humans who had recovered function following stroke.
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B) decorticate dogs trained on memory tasks. r r r r r
C) regional differences in cell density. r r r r
D) humans with language disorders. r r r
16. Although all of the individuals listed made contributions to our knowledge of the late
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ralization of language functions in the brain, is generally credited with the MOS
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T 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 is an exa
r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r
mple of: r
A) antilocalizatio sm. f
B) lateralization of function. r r
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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