Exam 18: Neuropsychology

Laverne cannot understand the meaning of other people's tones of voice.Shirley speaks in a dull tone even if she feels very emotional.Laverne has ____ aprosodia,and Shirley has ____ aprosodia.

Aparna works in a hospital.She administers neuropsychological assessments to patients that may have brain injury or neurodegenerative diseases.In her assessments,she is most likely to begin by administering ____ and then following up with ____ as relevant to each patient.

Which statement best reflects the idea of localization of function?

After receiving damage to her temporal lobe,Pilar believes that her husband and her son have been replaced with imposters.Her doctor surmises that she has a disconnect between brain areas that recognize faces and those that give a sense of familiarity.Her false beliefs are known as ____.

Difficulty with executing movements in the correct order is known as ____ apraxia.Difficulty with performing skilled movements is known as ____ apraxia.

Slick's head has a bump on the back and in the right.Gaston has an indentation in his head on the front and in the right.When Antoinette feels their heads and notes these features,she concludes that Slick is very socially outgoing and that Gaston is very mathematically inclined.Antoinette most likely supports the principles ____.

Schmuel looks at a camera and says "That's a thing used to take pictures." When he holds it,he still cannot name it.When asked,"What do you call those objects people hold and then push a button to take a snapshot?" he says,"Well,it's the same as that thing you just showed me." Schmuel has a condition known as ____.

Agatha works on a research team that investigates damaged brain functions.Agatha is a(n)____ neuropsychologist who is likely to conduct ____ as part of her work.

H.M.lived with anterograde amnesia.Given the description of his condition in the textbook,what would have been the hardest thing for patient H.M.to do?

David is a researcher who studies brain injuries to improve the overall knowledge of brain functioning.Keith works in a health care facility testing patients individually to determine the kind of brain injuries they have sustained.David is a(n)____ neuropsychologist,and Keith is a(n)____ neuropsychologist..

Jenny walked into the room,and her husband said,"Who are you?" She was stunned."Don't you know me?" she asked."Ahh,that's my wife's voice,but are you her?" he answered.You can conclude that Jenny's husband has ____.

You are required to find and critique a movie that portrays a neuropsychological disorder.You are looking for a movie in which a person's ability to be fully aware of the world around him is impaired.In other words,you are looking for a movie that portrays a(n)____.

Ryan cannot recall a list of words that was read to him sixty minutes ago.Even when he is given multiple choices to choose from or clues about each word,he cannot recall the words.Most likely,Ryan's memory problem is caused by damage to what brain area?

Which of the following would most likely make it hard for a stroke patient to eat from the dinner plate served on his or her hospital tray?

If you damaged your left temporal lobe and developed language problems,you would most likely have ____.

Jack notices that Jill is behaving differently.She seems to ignore him when he is standing on her left side,and she only washes the right side of her face at night before bed.Jack,a psychologist,begins to wonder if she has ____,which would make sense because she recently experienced a(n)____.

Anosognosia can have serious consequences because ____.

Martin has ideational apraxia.As a result,he will have difficulty ____.

George becomes frustrated with his date because she always wants to sit on his left side.When he tries to sit on her left side,he thinks she is ignoring him.Later,she explains that she cannot pay attention to voices coming from the left side of the room because she has ____.

Bonnie is an experimental neuropsychologist and Clyde is a clinical neuropsychologist.Most likely,Bonnie works in a ____ and Clyde works in a ____.