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Chapter 15: Language and Lateralization
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The challenge facing researchers who seek to study the functions of the two brain
hemispheres is that the hemispheres have many connections and function as one. The
solution to this has been to study so-called “_______” patients who have had thier
_______ cut, thereby separating a major connection between the hemispheres.
a. split-brain; planum temporal
b. two-brain; primary auditory cortex
c. split-brain; corpus callosum
d. two-brain; fusiform gyrus
Answer: c
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.1 Describe techniques for studying the left and right
hemispheres independently of each other.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
2. Split-brain individuals are those who have undergone surgery to _______ as a
treatment for _______.
a. fusiform gyrus; prosopagnosia
b. planum temporale; astereognosis
c. Broca’s area; prosody
d. the corpus callosum; epilepsy
Answer: d
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.1 Describe techniques for studying the left and right
hemispheres independently of each other.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
3. A prominent structural asymmetry in the brains of typical humans is apparent in the
_______, which is located on the superior surface of the _______ lobe.
a. Wernicke’s area; frontal
b. fusiform gyrus; parietal
c. planum temporale; temporal
d. corpus callosum; parietal
Answer: c
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.1 Describe techniques for studying the left and right
hemispheres independently of each other.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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,4. Under which circumstance would a patient be subject to a Wada test?
a. If a patient has recently had a stroke
b. If a patient may need to undergo neurosurgery
c. The doctor is attempting to diagnose an aphasia
d. The doctor wants to localize the brain region that is causing a visual problem
Answer: b
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.1 Describe techniques for studying the left and right
hemispheres independently of each other.
Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
5. Nonverbal visual stimuli, such as faces or shapes, are recognized more accurately if
they are presented to the
a. left visual field.
b. right visual field.
c. left hemisphere.
d. precise center of the two visual fields.
Answer: a
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.2 Summarize the apparent cognitive specializations of each
hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
6. Hemispheric specialization is also known as
a. prosopagnosia.
b. lateralization.
c. hemispheric centrality.
d. location of function.
Answer: b
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.2 Summarize the apparent cognitive specializations of each
hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing.
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
7. In most split-brain patients, words presented to the left visual field
a. can be repeated accurately.
b. can be seen, but only partially.
c. cannot be repeated verbally.
d. can be repeated, but only when clues are provided.
Answer: c
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.2 Summarize the apparent cognitive specializations of each
hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
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,8. In infants, the left planum temporale is larger than the right, suggesting that
a. humans have an inborn mechanism to navigate in their environment.
b. humans have an inborn neural mechanism for language.
c. much of brain plasticity is hardwired into the brain.
d. laterality decreases as we age.
Answer: b
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.2 Summarize the apparent cognitive specializations of each
hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
9. The _______ hemisphere plays a major role in the perception of music. The _______
hemisphere plays a major role in prosody.
a. right; left
b. left; right
c. right; right
d. left; left
Answer: c
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.2 Summarize the apparent cognitive specializations of each
hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
10. Which statement about language lateralization in non-human primates is true?
a. Similar to humans, some monkeys show a preference for using the right ear (which has
connects to the contralateral side) to listen to vocalizations of conspecifics.
b. Only chimpanzees (and not monkeys) show a preference for using the right ear (which
has connects to the contralateral side) to listen to vocalizations of conspecifics.
c. Unlike humans, monkeys show a reverse pattern language lateralization; with a left ear
advantage.
d. Unlike humans, monkeys show no preference for using either ear to listen to
vocalizations of conspecifics.
Answer: a
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.2 Summarize the apparent cognitive specializations of each
hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
11. In the Wada test, a short-acting _______ is injected into the carotid artery first on one
side of the brain, then on the other.
a. stimulant
b. anesthetic
c. dye
d. radioactive tracer
Answer: b
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
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, Learning Objective: 15.1.2 Summarize the apparent cognitive specializations of each
hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
12. Which region of cortex is crucial for face recognition?
a. Planum temporale
b. Fusiform gyrus
c. Arcuate fasciculus
d. Angular gyrus
Answer: b
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.2 Summarize the apparent cognitive specializations of each
hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing.
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
13. A left-ear advantage for verbal sounds can be observed in up to 50% of
a. split-brain patients.
b. individuals with dyslexia.
c. right-handed individuals.
d. left-handed individuals.
Answer: c
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.3 Discuss the relationship of handedness to cerebral
lateralization.
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
14. The relationship between the direction of the whorl of hair on the top of the head and
handedness supports the idea that
a. left-handed and right-handed people have different types of hair follicles.
b. using one hand or the other results in neurological changes that cause a whorl to go in
a specific direction.
c. a single gene has a major influence on asymmetry throughout the body.
d. a single hormone has a major influence on asymmetry throughout the body.
Answer: c
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.3 Discuss the relationship of handedness to cerebral
lateralization.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
15. Astereognosis is the
a. failure to lateralize language perception.
b. inability to identify objects by touch or manipulation.
c. complete numbness of the fingers and hand.
d. failure to accurately perceive faces.
Answer: b
Section: 15.2 Right-Hemisphere Damage Impairs Specific Types of Cognition
© 2024
This change ensures all chapters are included in the test bank.
Test Bank Complete Chapters Included
to accompany
The Mind’s Machine, Fifth Edition
Watson • Breedlove
Chapter 15: Language and Lateralization
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The challenge facing researchers who seek to study the functions of the two brain
hemispheres is that the hemispheres have many connections and function as one. The
solution to this has been to study so-called “_______” patients who have had thier
_______ cut, thereby separating a major connection between the hemispheres.
a. split-brain; planum temporal
b. two-brain; primary auditory cortex
c. split-brain; corpus callosum
d. two-brain; fusiform gyrus
Answer: c
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.1 Describe techniques for studying the left and right
hemispheres independently of each other.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
2. Split-brain individuals are those who have undergone surgery to _______ as a
treatment for _______.
a. fusiform gyrus; prosopagnosia
b. planum temporale; astereognosis
c. Broca’s area; prosody
d. the corpus callosum; epilepsy
Answer: d
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.1 Describe techniques for studying the left and right
hemispheres independently of each other.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
3. A prominent structural asymmetry in the brains of typical humans is apparent in the
_______, which is located on the superior surface of the _______ lobe.
a. Wernicke’s area; frontal
b. fusiform gyrus; parietal
c. planum temporale; temporal
d. corpus callosum; parietal
Answer: c
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.1 Describe techniques for studying the left and right
hemispheres independently of each other.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
© 2024
,4. Under which circumstance would a patient be subject to a Wada test?
a. If a patient has recently had a stroke
b. If a patient may need to undergo neurosurgery
c. The doctor is attempting to diagnose an aphasia
d. The doctor wants to localize the brain region that is causing a visual problem
Answer: b
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.1 Describe techniques for studying the left and right
hemispheres independently of each other.
Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
5. Nonverbal visual stimuli, such as faces or shapes, are recognized more accurately if
they are presented to the
a. left visual field.
b. right visual field.
c. left hemisphere.
d. precise center of the two visual fields.
Answer: a
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.2 Summarize the apparent cognitive specializations of each
hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
6. Hemispheric specialization is also known as
a. prosopagnosia.
b. lateralization.
c. hemispheric centrality.
d. location of function.
Answer: b
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.2 Summarize the apparent cognitive specializations of each
hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing.
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
7. In most split-brain patients, words presented to the left visual field
a. can be repeated accurately.
b. can be seen, but only partially.
c. cannot be repeated verbally.
d. can be repeated, but only when clues are provided.
Answer: c
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.2 Summarize the apparent cognitive specializations of each
hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
© 2024
,8. In infants, the left planum temporale is larger than the right, suggesting that
a. humans have an inborn mechanism to navigate in their environment.
b. humans have an inborn neural mechanism for language.
c. much of brain plasticity is hardwired into the brain.
d. laterality decreases as we age.
Answer: b
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.2 Summarize the apparent cognitive specializations of each
hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
9. The _______ hemisphere plays a major role in the perception of music. The _______
hemisphere plays a major role in prosody.
a. right; left
b. left; right
c. right; right
d. left; left
Answer: c
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.2 Summarize the apparent cognitive specializations of each
hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
10. Which statement about language lateralization in non-human primates is true?
a. Similar to humans, some monkeys show a preference for using the right ear (which has
connects to the contralateral side) to listen to vocalizations of conspecifics.
b. Only chimpanzees (and not monkeys) show a preference for using the right ear (which
has connects to the contralateral side) to listen to vocalizations of conspecifics.
c. Unlike humans, monkeys show a reverse pattern language lateralization; with a left ear
advantage.
d. Unlike humans, monkeys show no preference for using either ear to listen to
vocalizations of conspecifics.
Answer: a
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.2 Summarize the apparent cognitive specializations of each
hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
11. In the Wada test, a short-acting _______ is injected into the carotid artery first on one
side of the brain, then on the other.
a. stimulant
b. anesthetic
c. dye
d. radioactive tracer
Answer: b
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
© 2024
, Learning Objective: 15.1.2 Summarize the apparent cognitive specializations of each
hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
12. Which region of cortex is crucial for face recognition?
a. Planum temporale
b. Fusiform gyrus
c. Arcuate fasciculus
d. Angular gyrus
Answer: b
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.2 Summarize the apparent cognitive specializations of each
hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing.
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
13. A left-ear advantage for verbal sounds can be observed in up to 50% of
a. split-brain patients.
b. individuals with dyslexia.
c. right-handed individuals.
d. left-handed individuals.
Answer: c
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.3 Discuss the relationship of handedness to cerebral
lateralization.
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
14. The relationship between the direction of the whorl of hair on the top of the head and
handedness supports the idea that
a. left-handed and right-handed people have different types of hair follicles.
b. using one hand or the other results in neurological changes that cause a whorl to go in
a specific direction.
c. a single gene has a major influence on asymmetry throughout the body.
d. a single hormone has a major influence on asymmetry throughout the body.
Answer: c
Section: 15.1 The Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain Are Different
Learning Objective: 15.1.3 Discuss the relationship of handedness to cerebral
lateralization.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
15. Astereognosis is the
a. failure to lateralize language perception.
b. inability to identify objects by touch or manipulation.
c. complete numbness of the fingers and hand.
d. failure to accurately perceive faces.
Answer: b
Section: 15.2 Right-Hemisphere Damage Impairs Specific Types of Cognition
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