Test Bank for Psychology A Journey 5th Edition by Coon Chapter 2: Brain and Behavior

Test Bank for Psychology A Journey 5th Edition by Coon
Chapter 2: Brain and Behavior


MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Two-time Super Bowl winner, Dave Duerson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the stomach in
February 2011. He shot himself in the stomach because he wanted to leave his brain to science. He
blamed his post-football troubles, including memory loss, troubles spelling words, depression, and
moodiness, on the repeated concussions he suffered while on the playing field. An autopsy of his brain
did reveal the same signs of chronic traumatic brain injury that have been found in dozens of other
retired NFL players, as well as in athletes from many other violent sports, such as hockey and boxing.
The boxers’ name for this condition is
a. knockout.
b. punch-drunk.
c. counterpunch.
d. the bum rush.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult REF: Punch-Drunk
OBJ: 2.1.1 KEY: Application MSC: * (New Question)

2. Almost instantly, victims who have a stroke realize that something is wrong. However, some brain
injuries are not so obvious, such as the chronic brain injury that has been found in dozens of retired
NFL players, hockey players, and boxers. What is the name that boxers have for these less dramatic,
but equally disabling, changes to their personality, thinking, judgment, and emotions due to brain
injury?
a. the knockout
b. punch-drunk
c. punch-counterpunch
d. the bum rush
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult REF: Punch-Drunk
OBJ: 2.1.1 KEY: Concept MSC: * (New Question)

3. Up early to feed his cat, Bryan could not see his left hand, or anything else to his upper left side. He
realized that he had most likely suffered
a. aphasia.
b. virilism.
c. a right hemisphere stroke.
d. a left hemisphere stroke.

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: Punch-Drunk
OBJ: 2.1.1 KEY: Application

4. An artery carrying blood to Derrick’s brain has become blocked and caused some brain tissue to die.
Derrick has suffered
a. edema.
b. an epileptic seizure.
c. a stroke.
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, ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: Punch-Drunk
OBJ: 2.1.1 KEY: Application MSC: * (New Question)

5. When an artery in a person’s brain becomes blocked or bursts open, we say that the person has
experienced
a. a stroke.
b. neural induction.
c. neural congestion.
d. spatial neglect.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: Punch-Drunk
OBJ: 2.1.1 KEY: Concept

6. Which of the following does NOT describe the human brain?
a. weighs about a pound and a half
b. wrinkled like a walnut
c. size of a grapefruit
d. texture of tofu

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: Punch-Drunk
OBJ: 2.1.1 KEY: Fact

7. The brain consists of approximately 100 billion nerve cells called
a. somas.
b. nuclei.
c. neurotransmitters.
d. neurons.
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: Punch-Drunk | The Nervous System-Wired for Action OBJ: 2.1.1
KEY: Fact

8. The two main divisions of the human nervous system are the peripheral nervous system and the
nervous system.
a. central
b. autonomic
c. sympathetic
d. somatic
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: The Nervous System-Wired for Action OBJ: 2.1.1
KEY: Fact MSC: * (New Question)

9. The central nervous system is composed of the
a. brain and spinal cord.
b. sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.
c. autonomic and somatic systems.
d. brain and somatic system.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: The Nervous System-Wired for Action OBJ: 2.1.1
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, KEY: Fact




10. In a car accident, a person sustained major trauma to his brain and the spinal cord region of his neck.
Damage, in this case, was mainly to areas of which nervous system?
a. autonomic
b. somatic
c. central
d. sympathetic
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: The Nervous System-Wired for Action OBJ: 2.1.1
KEY: Application

11. The brain carries out most of the “computing” in the nervous system and communicates with the rest
of the body through the large bundle of nerves called the
a. parietal branch.
b. spinal cord.
c. occipital cord.
d. temporal branch.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: The Nervous System-Wired for Action OBJ: 2.1.1
KEY: Fact MSC: * (New Question)

12. Messages flow from the brain to the spinal cord and then to other parts of the body through the
nervous system.
a. central
b. peripheral
c. parietal
d. temporal
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: The Nervous System-Wired for Action OBJ: 2.1.1
KEY: Fact

13. The peripheral system carries messages to and from which nervous system?
a. central
b. occipital
c. parietal
d. temporal
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: The Nervous System-Wired for Action OBJ: 2.1.1
KEY: Fact

14. Axons leaving the spinal cord

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