HUMAN NEUROPSYCHOLOGY EXAM #1
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS GRADED
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The majority of the cranial nerves serve what part of the body? - ✔✔Face
What language is most often used in the naming of anatomy? - ✔✔Latin
What are the purposes of neuropsychological assessment? -
✔✔Diagnosis
Patient Care/Planning
Treatment
Research
Forensic
What are the major areas of cognition? - ✔✔Receptive Functions
Memory & Learning
Thinking
Expressive Functions
, Which personality theory predicts stability across situations? -
✔✔Dispositional/Trait
The most recently developed area of the brain where complex cognition is
thought to occur? - ✔✔Cortex/Neocortex
Once the threshold of excitation has been reached what ions begin to enter
the cell? - ✔✔Sodium
The thickest, outermost layer of meninges is known as the? -
✔✔Duramater
When communicating results of neuropsychological assessment, what 3
groups do you need to consider? - ✔✔Referring/Consulting Physicians
Caregivers/Family
Patients
Neuropsychology comes from the combination of which 2 fields? -
✔✔Neuroscience and Psychology
What are the 4 main divisions of memory? - ✔✔Encoding
Recall
Retention
Recognition
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS GRADED
A+
The majority of the cranial nerves serve what part of the body? - ✔✔Face
What language is most often used in the naming of anatomy? - ✔✔Latin
What are the purposes of neuropsychological assessment? -
✔✔Diagnosis
Patient Care/Planning
Treatment
Research
Forensic
What are the major areas of cognition? - ✔✔Receptive Functions
Memory & Learning
Thinking
Expressive Functions
, Which personality theory predicts stability across situations? -
✔✔Dispositional/Trait
The most recently developed area of the brain where complex cognition is
thought to occur? - ✔✔Cortex/Neocortex
Once the threshold of excitation has been reached what ions begin to enter
the cell? - ✔✔Sodium
The thickest, outermost layer of meninges is known as the? -
✔✔Duramater
When communicating results of neuropsychological assessment, what 3
groups do you need to consider? - ✔✔Referring/Consulting Physicians
Caregivers/Family
Patients
Neuropsychology comes from the combination of which 2 fields? -
✔✔Neuroscience and Psychology
What are the 4 main divisions of memory? - ✔✔Encoding
Recall
Retention
Recognition
