1. In the period called the Enlightenment:
a. it was believed that truth could be attained by means of objective science
b. the writings of Plato and Aristotle were rediscovered
c. the authority of the Church was higher than it had ever been
d. intellectuals became sceptical about the value of science
Correct answer: a
2. All of the following characterized the Enlightenment except:
a. there was a great faith in science and human reason as the way to truth
b. there was a strong belief in the idea of progress
c. scientists like Newton were considered heroic figures
d. basic science was OK, but intellectuals were skeptical about applying
science to bring about change
Correct answer: d
3. Which of the following is true about Thomas Willis?
a. because animal dissections were illegal at the time, Willis's drawings of
the brain were inaccurate
b. he was the first person to notice and describe a reflex
c. he coined the terms that came to be called "neurology" and "reflex"
d. he was the first to complete experimental research on reflex action
Correct answer: c
4. The term "reflex" (he actually called it "reflexion") was coined by:
a. Thomas Willis
b. Christopher Wren
c. Robert Whytt
d. Sir Charles Bell
Correct answer: a
5. What did Robert Whytt contribute to the study of physiological
psychology?
a. he made the initial discovery of the existence of the reflex
b. he showed that the brain was not needed in order for reflexes to occur
c. he showed the sensory and motor nerves were separate structures
d. he showed that consciousness continues for several minutes following a
, beheading
Correct answer: b
6. By demonstrating reflexes in headless frogs, _____ was able to show
that the spinal cord is all that is needed for reflexes to occur.
a. Bell
b. Whytt
c. Magendie
d. Willis
Correct answer: b
7. According to Robert Whytt:
a. voluntary actions are under the control of the spinal cord
b. habits are actions that start as voluntary, but eventually become more
like reflexes
c. without an intact brain, reflexes cannot occur
d. the spinal cord's dorsal root controls sensory processes
Correct answer: b
8. Although Bell sometimes gets equal credit (without actually
deserving it), Magendie discovered that:
a. the posterior spinal cord root is a sensory pathway
b. the anterior spinal cord root is a motor pathway
c. both the posterior spinal cord root is a sensory pathway and the anterior
spinal cord root is a motor pathway
Correct answer: c
9. François Magendie:
a. criticized a purely inductive approach to science
b. provided more direct evidence of the role of the anterior spinal cord root
than did Bell
c. merely replicated Bell's work and should not have been given equal credit
d. was not as careful a researcher as Bell
Correct answer: b
a. it was believed that truth could be attained by means of objective science
b. the writings of Plato and Aristotle were rediscovered
c. the authority of the Church was higher than it had ever been
d. intellectuals became sceptical about the value of science
Correct answer: a
2. All of the following characterized the Enlightenment except:
a. there was a great faith in science and human reason as the way to truth
b. there was a strong belief in the idea of progress
c. scientists like Newton were considered heroic figures
d. basic science was OK, but intellectuals were skeptical about applying
science to bring about change
Correct answer: d
3. Which of the following is true about Thomas Willis?
a. because animal dissections were illegal at the time, Willis's drawings of
the brain were inaccurate
b. he was the first person to notice and describe a reflex
c. he coined the terms that came to be called "neurology" and "reflex"
d. he was the first to complete experimental research on reflex action
Correct answer: c
4. The term "reflex" (he actually called it "reflexion") was coined by:
a. Thomas Willis
b. Christopher Wren
c. Robert Whytt
d. Sir Charles Bell
Correct answer: a
5. What did Robert Whytt contribute to the study of physiological
psychology?
a. he made the initial discovery of the existence of the reflex
b. he showed that the brain was not needed in order for reflexes to occur
c. he showed the sensory and motor nerves were separate structures
d. he showed that consciousness continues for several minutes following a
, beheading
Correct answer: b
6. By demonstrating reflexes in headless frogs, _____ was able to show
that the spinal cord is all that is needed for reflexes to occur.
a. Bell
b. Whytt
c. Magendie
d. Willis
Correct answer: b
7. According to Robert Whytt:
a. voluntary actions are under the control of the spinal cord
b. habits are actions that start as voluntary, but eventually become more
like reflexes
c. without an intact brain, reflexes cannot occur
d. the spinal cord's dorsal root controls sensory processes
Correct answer: b
8. Although Bell sometimes gets equal credit (without actually
deserving it), Magendie discovered that:
a. the posterior spinal cord root is a sensory pathway
b. the anterior spinal cord root is a motor pathway
c. both the posterior spinal cord root is a sensory pathway and the anterior
spinal cord root is a motor pathway
Correct answer: c
9. François Magendie:
a. criticized a purely inductive approach to science
b. provided more direct evidence of the role of the anterior spinal cord root
than did Bell
c. merely replicated Bell's work and should not have been given equal credit
d. was not as careful a researcher as Bell
Correct answer: b
