Test Bank For Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology 7th Edition by Bryan Kolb.

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, 1. Followingldamageltolhislfrontalllobes,lsubjectlL.lD.lhadllastinglimpairmentslin:
A) visuallperception.
B) attention.
C) motor-skilllacquisition.
D) balance.


2. Neuropsychologyluseslinformationlfromlmanyldisciplines.lWhichldisciplinelislN
OTloneloflthose?
A) ethology
B) pharmacology
C) biophysics
D) mycology


3. Communicationlbetweenlcerebrallhemispheresloccurslvialthe:
A) somaticlnerves.
B) laterallfissure.
C) arcuatelfasciculus.
D) corpuslcallosum.


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


5. Thelcorpuslcallosumlislthellargestloflthelbrain's:
A) subcorticallnuclei.
B) commissures.
C) corticalllobes.
D) sensorylnerves


6. Thelbrainlandlspinallcordltogetherlmakeluplthe nervouslsystem.
A) autonomic
B) peripheral
C) central
D) somatic


7. Whichloflthelfollowinglsupportedlalcardiaclhypothesisloflbehavior?
A) Plato
B) Galen

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,C) Aristotle
D) Hippocrates


8. Descarteslwaslanlarticulatelproponentlof .
A) monism
B) dualism
C) thelcardiaclhypothesis
D) nonmaterialism


9. Iflalpersonlbelieveslthatlbrainlfunctionlislonlylthelsourceloflsomelbehaviors,litlisacc
urateltolreferltolthatlpersonlasla:
A) mentalist.
B) behaviorist.
C) materialist.
D) dualist.


10. Withlrespectltolthel“mind–brain”lproblem,lfollowersloflWallacelandlDarwin
wouldlMOSTllikelylconsiderlthemselvesltolbe .
A) mentalists
B) materialists
C) dualists
D) agnostics


11. Twolindividualsldevelopedlsimilarltheoriesloflevolutionlatlaboutlthelsameltim
e.CharleslDarwinlwaslone;lthelotherlwasl.
A) WilliamlOsler
B) PierrelFlourens
C) PierrelMarie
D) AlfredlWallace


12. Materialismlislthelphilosophicallpositionlthatlalllbehaviorlcanlbelexplainedlbyt
he:
A) workingsloflthelphysicallnervouslsystemlandlbodylalone.
B) interactionloflthelphysicallbrainlandlnonphysicallsoul.
C) motivatedlpursuitloflmateriallwell-being.
D) flowloflcerebrospinallfluidlbetweenlventricleslandlmuscles.


13. Darwin'slprinciplelthatlalllanimals'lnervouslsystemslevolvedlfromlthatloflac
ommonlancestorlpredictedlthat:
A) allllivinglthingslcanlinltheorylbeltracedlbackltolthelsamelancientlunknownlancestor.

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, B) overltime,lnervouslsystemslhavelcomeltolhavelincreasinglylmorelinlcommonlatlthe
neuralllevel.
C) functionallyldifferentlstructureslinldifferentlspecieslsharelcommonlancestrallge
nesandlmechanisms.
D) brain–
behaviorlrelationshipslhavelremainedllargelylunchangedlduringlthelcourselofevoluti
on.


14. Althoughlthelphrenologistslwerelmisguidedlinlmanylrespects,lGalllactuallyldid
report,lmorelorllesslaccurately,lthelfirstlcaseloflfollowinglleftlfrontalldamage.
A) corticallblindness
B) hystericallparalysis
C) lossloflthelabilityltolspeak
D) personalitylchange


15. Earlylsupportlforllateralizationlandllocalizationloflfunctionlcamelfr
ompostmortemlstudieslof:
A) humanslwholhadlrecoveredlfunctionlfollowinglstroke.
B) decorticateldogsltrainedlonlmemoryltasks.
C) regionalldifferenceslinlcellldensity.
D) humanslwithllanguageldisorders.


16. Althoughlallloflthelindividualsllistedlmadelcontributionsltolourlknowledgeloflthelat
eralizationlofllanguagelfunctionslinlthelbrain,llllllllislgenerallylcreditedlwithlthelMOSTl
importantlfindings.
A) Dax
B) Bouillaud
C) Marie
D) Broca


17. Thelhypothesislthatlthelabilityltolspeakldependslonlthelleftlfrontalllobelislane
xamplelof:
A) antilocalizationism.
B) lateralizationloflfunction.
C) mentalism.
D) phrenology.


18. ThelcorticallarealMOSTlcloselylassociatedlwithlspeechlcomprehensionlislthe
l lobe.
A) temporal
B) frontal

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