fundamentals of human neuropsychology 7th edition by ryan kolb test bank

, 1. Followingbdamagebtobhisbfrontalblobes,bsubjectbL.bD.bhadblastingbimpairmentsbin:
A) visualbperception.
B) attention.
C) motor-skillbacquisition.
D) balance.


2. Neuropsychologybusesbinformationbfrombmanybdisciplines.bWhichbdisciplinebisb
NOTbonebofbthose?
A) ethology
B) pharmacology
C) biophysics
D) mycology


3. Communicationbbetweenbcerebralbhemispheresboccursbviabthe:
A) somaticbnerves.
B) lateralbfissure.
C) arcuatebfasciculus.
D) corpusbcallosum.


4. Thebfoldsborbbumpsbcharacteristicbofbthebcerebralbcortexbarebcalled:
A) gyri.
B) sulci.
C) lobes.
D) nuclei.


5. Thebcorpusbcallosumbisbtheblargestbofbthebbrain's:
A) subcorticalbnuclei.
B) commissures.
C) corticalblobes.
D) sensorybnerves


6. Thebbrainbandbspinalbcordbtogetherbmakebupbthe nervousbsystem.
A) autonomic
B) peripheral
C) central
D) somatic


7. Whichbofbthebfollowingbsupportedbabcardiacbhypothesisbofbbehavior?
A) Plato
B) Galen



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,C) Aristotle
D) Hippocrates


8. Descartesbwasbanbarticulatebproponentbof .
A) monism
B) dualism
C) thebcardiacbhypothesis
D) nonmaterialism


9. Ifbabpersonbbelievesbthatbbrainbfunctionbisbonlybthebsourcebofbsomebbehaviors,bitbisba
ccuratebtobreferbtobthatbpersonbasba:
A) mentalist.
B) behaviorist.
C) materialist.
D) dualist.


10. Withbrespectbtobtheb“mind–brain”bproblem,bfollowersbofbWallacebandbDarwin
wouldbMOSTblikelybconsiderbthemselvesbtobbe .
A) mentalists
B) materialists
C) dualists
D) agnostics


11. Twobindividualsbdevelopedbsimilarbtheoriesbofbevolutionbatbaboutbthebsamebtime.b
CharlesbDarwinbwasbone;bthebotherbwas .
A) WilliambOsler
B) PierrebFlourens
C) PierrebMarie
D) AlfredbWallace


12. Materialismbisbthebphilosophicalbpositionbthatballbbehaviorbcanbbebexplainedbbybt
he:
A) workingsbofbthebphysicalbnervousbsystembandbbodybalone.
B) interactionbofbthebphysicalbbrainbandbnonphysicalbsoul.
C) motivatedbpursuitbofbmaterialbwell-being.
D) flowbofbcerebrospinalbfluidbbetweenbventriclesbandbmuscles.


13. Darwin'sbprinciplebthatballbanimals'bnervousbsystemsbevolvedbfrombthatbofbabc
ommonbancestorbpredictedbthat:
A) allblivingbthingsbcanbinbtheorybbebtracedbbackbtobthebsamebancientbunknownbancestor.



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, B) overbtime,bnervousbsystemsbhavebcomebtobhavebincreasinglybmorebinbcommonbatbthebn
euralblevel.
C) functionallybdifferentbstructuresbinbdifferentbspeciesbsharebcommonbancestralbgenesba
ndbmechanisms.
D) brain–
behaviorbrelationshipsbhavebremainedblargelybunchangedbduringbthebcoursebofbevoluti
on.


14. Althoughbthebphrenologistsbwerebmisguidedbinbmanybrespects,bGallbactuallybdidbr
eport,bmoreborblessbaccurately,bthebfirstbcasebof
followingbleftbfrontalbda
mage.
A) corticalbblindness
B) hystericalbparalysis
C) lossbofbthebabilitybtobspeak
D) personalitybchange


15. Earlybsupportbforblateralizationbandblocalizationbofbfunctionbcamebfromb
postmortembstudiesbof:
A) humansbwhobhadbrecoveredbfunctionbfollowingbstroke.
B) decorticatebdogsbtrainedbonbmemorybtasks.
C) regionalbdifferencesbinbcellbdensity.
D) humansbwithblanguagebdisorders.


16. Althoughballbofbthebindividualsblistedbmadebcontributionsbtobourbknowledgebofbthebl
ateralizationbofblanguagebfunctionsbinbthebbrain,bbbbbbbbisbgenerallybcreditedbwithbtheb
MOSTbimportantbfindings.
A) Dax
B) Bouillaud
C) Marie
D) Broca


17. Thebhypothesisbthatbthebabilitybtobspeakbdependsbonbthebleftbfrontalblobebisbanbe
xamplebof:
A) antilocalizationism.
B) lateralizationbofbfunction.
C) mentalism.
D) phrenology.


18. ThebcorticalbareabMOSTbcloselybassociatedbwithbspeechbcomprehensionbisbthe
b lobe.
A) temporal
B) frontal
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