Question 1

Typically, the cerebral cortex is divided into three broad types of tissues. Which of the following is NOT one of those types?

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory area 
B)  motor area 
C)  association area 
D)  integration area 
A)  sensory area 
B)  motor area 
C)  association area 
D)  integration area

Question 2

Which of the following can be described as the gray matter of the human brain?

Accepted Answer

A)  cell bodies 
B)  interneurons 
C)  unmyelinated axons 
D)  all of the above 
A)  cell bodies 
B)  interneurons 
C)  unmyelinated axons 
D)  all of the above

Question 3

Nonfluent aphasia is to fluent aphasia as __________ is to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Broca's area; the adjacent regions of motor cortex 
B)  Broca's area; the adjacent auditory projection area 
C)  agnosia; apraxia 
D)  minor hemisphere; dominant hemisphere 
E)  parietal lobe; temporal lobe 
A)  Broca's area; the adjacent regions of motor cortex 
B)  Broca's area; the adjacent auditory projection area 
C)  agnosia; apraxia 
D)  minor hemisphere; dominant hemisphere 
E)  parietal lobe; temporal lobe

Question 4

Which of the following did NOT have a strong scientific influence during the 1500s and 1600s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Descartes 
B)  Newton 
C)  Galileo 
D)  Von Helmholtz 
A)  Descartes 
B)  Newton 
C)  Galileo 
D)  Von Helmholtz

Question 5

A fundamental difference between the endocrine and nervous systems is the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  distance the chemicals must travel to have an effect 
B)  types of chemicals used as transmitters 
C)  means by which messages travel from one cell to another (chemical vs. electrical) 
D)  presence vs. absence of target organs 
A)  distance the chemicals must travel to have an effect 
B)  types of chemicals used as transmitters 
C)  means by which messages travel from one cell to another (chemical vs. electrical) 
D)  presence vs. absence of target organs

Question 6

The forebrain's parts can be diagrammed as   The missing part is the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  limbic system 
B)  cerebellum 
C)  midbrain 
D)  reticular formation 
A)  limbic system 
B)  cerebellum 
C)  midbrain 
D)  reticular formation

Question 7

Knowledge is to action as __________ is to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  aphasia; apraxia 
B)  apraxia; agnosia 
C)  apraxia; aphasia 
D)  agnosia; apraxia 
A)  aphasia; apraxia 
B)  apraxia; agnosia 
C)  apraxia; aphasia 
D)  agnosia; apraxia

Question 8

What's wrong with the accompanying diagram?

Accepted Answer

A)  It fails to show the corpus callosum. 
B)  It shows Broca's area in the right hemisphere. 
C)  The labels for the frontal and occipital lobes should be reversed. 
D)  The auditory area is shown in the wrong lobe of the brain. 
A)  It fails to show the corpus callosum. 
B)  It shows Broca's area in the right hemisphere. 
C)  The labels for the frontal and occipital lobes should be reversed. 
D)  The auditory area is shown in the wrong lobe of the brain.

Question 9

Prosopagnosia is defined by a(n) __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  disturbance in the organization of voluntary action 
B)  inability to name items one has touched but not seen 
C)  inability to visually distinguish faces (or other similar categories) 
D)  sensory deficit, such as blindness, deafness, or insensitivity to touch 
A)  disturbance in the organization of voluntary action 
B)  inability to name items one has touched but not seen 
C)  inability to visually distinguish faces (or other similar categories) 
D)  sensory deficit, such as blindness, deafness, or insensitivity to touch

Question 10

The region of brain closest to Wernicke's area is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the motor projection area related to the lips 
B)  the auditory projection area 
C)  the somatosensory representation of the earlobe 
D)  Broca's area 
A)  the motor projection area related to the lips 
B)  the auditory projection area 
C)  the somatosensory representation of the earlobe 
D)  Broca's area

Question 11

Which of the following is found in the peripheral nervous system?

Accepted Answer

A)  brain stem 
B)  frontal lobe 
C)  autonomic nervous system 
D)  spinal cord 
A)  brain stem 
B)  frontal lobe 
C)  autonomic nervous system 
D)  spinal cord

Question 12

After a stroke involving Broca's area, a person would have the most trouble __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  making hand gestures 
B)  reading silently 
C)  pronouncing words 
D)  listening to a radio talk show 
E)  listening to Roy Clark play the banjo 
A)  making hand gestures 
B)  reading silently 
C)  pronouncing words 
D)  listening to a radio talk show 
E)  listening to Roy Clark play the banjo

Question 13

Picasso and Rembrandt are to occipital as Mozart and Beethoven are to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  parietal 
B)  frontal 
C)  temporal 
D)  cerebellar 
A)  parietal 
B)  frontal 
C)  temporal 
D)  cerebellar

Question 14

The brain seems to consist of a large number of separate and specialized modules. There is, in other words, a localization of brain function. At the same time, research also has shown that __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the module that performs certain tasks varies from person to person 
B)  there are no links from one module to another 
C)  multiple brain areas are activated for any task we do 
D)  all of the above are correct answers 
A)  the module that performs certain tasks varies from person to person 
B)  there are no links from one module to another 
C)  multiple brain areas are activated for any task we do 
D)  all of the above are correct answers

Question 15

Mark suffers a devastating brain injury, and as a result he is unable to control basic life functions such as breathing and sleep. It is likely that the brain damage occurred to which art of Mark's brain?

Accepted Answer

A)  cerebellum 
B)  midbrain 
C)  forebrain 
D)  brainstem 
A)  cerebellum 
B)  midbrain 
C)  forebrain 
D)  brainstem

Question 16

A woman slaps accurately at a mosquito biting her leg, yet she is completely unable to get a key out of her pocket and use the key to open a door. This woman most likely suffers from damage to her __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  somatosensory cortex-projection area for skin of legs 
B)  frontal lobe-area just in front of motor cortex 
C)  temporal lobe-cortex surrounding Wernicke's area 
D)  corpus callosum-tissue connecting the parietal lobes 
A)  somatosensory cortex-projection area for skin of legs 
B)  frontal lobe-area just in front of motor cortex 
C)  temporal lobe-cortex surrounding Wernicke's area 
D)  corpus callosum-tissue connecting the parietal lobes

Question 17

David ingests a substance that is not typically found in the brain, although in this instance it did enter the brain. This substance would be labeled __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  exogenous 
B)  endogenous 
C)  Homogenous 
D)  Heterogeneous 
A)  exogenous 
B)  endogenous 
C)  Homogenous 
D)  Heterogeneous

Question 18

Let's say person Y suffers a stroke and, as a result, is unable to speak. Chances are good that the damage is located in the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  pons 
B)  medulla 
C)  left hemisphere 
D)  amygdala 
A)  pons 
B)  medulla 
C)  left hemisphere 
D)  amygdala

Question 19

Above-threshold depolarizing currents are repeatedly applied at a rate of 1 per second to a single neuron. If we increase the frequency of stimulation to 10 per second, we can expect __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  an increase in the number of action potentials per second 
B)  an increase in the magnitude of the action potential(s) 
C)  the number of action potentials per second to remain the same 
D)  none of the above 
A)  an increase in the number of action potentials per second 
B)  an increase in the magnitude of the action potential(s) 
C)  the number of action potentials per second to remain the same 
D)  none of the above

Question 20

Paulo has been diagnosed with prosopagnosia. Which of the following will he show difficulty doing?

Accepted Answer

A)  recognizing faces 
B)  forming speech sounds 
C)  understanding speech 
D)  attending to what is going on in the left visual field 
A)  recognizing faces 
B)  forming speech sounds 
C)  understanding speech 
D)  attending to what is going on in the left visual field

Typically, the cerebral cortex is divided into three broad types of tissues. Which of the following is NOT one of those types?

Which of the following can be described as the gray matter of the human brain?

Nonfluent aphasia is to fluent aphasia as is to .

Which of the following did NOT have a strong scientific influence during the 1500s and 1600s?

A fundamental difference between the endocrine and nervous systems is the __________.

The forebrain's parts can be diagrammed as The missing part is the __________.

Knowledge is to action as is to .

What's wrong with the accompanying diagram?

Prosopagnosia is defined by a(n) __________.

The region of brain closest to Wernicke's area is __________.

Which of the following is found in the peripheral nervous system?

After a stroke involving Broca's area, a person would have the most trouble __________.

Picasso and Rembrandt are to occipital as Mozart and Beethoven are to __________.

The brain seems to consist of a large number of separate and specialized modules. There is, in other words, a localization of brain function. At the same time, research also has shown that __________.

Mark suffers a devastating brain injury, and as a result he is unable to control basic life functions such as breathing and sleep. It is likely that the brain damage occurred to which art of Mark's brain?

A woman slaps accurately at a mosquito biting her leg, yet she is completely unable to get a key out of her pocket and use the key to open a door. This woman most likely suffers from damage to her __________.

David ingests a substance that is not typically found in the brain, although in this instance it did enter the brain. This substance would be labeled __________.

Let's say person Y suffers a stroke and, as a result, is unable to speak. Chances are good that the damage is located in the __________.

Above-threshold depolarizing currents are repeatedly applied at a rate of 1 per second to a single neuron. If we increase the frequency of stimulation to 10 per second, we can expect __________.

Paulo has been diagnosed with prosopagnosia. Which of the following will he show difficulty doing?

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Exam 3: The Brain and the Nervous System

Typically, the cerebral cortex is divided into three broad types of tissues. Which of the following is NOT one of those types?

Which of the following can be described as the gray matter of the human brain?

Nonfluent aphasia is to fluent aphasia as __________ is to __________.

Which of the following did NOT have a strong scientific influence during the 1500s and 1600s?

A fundamental difference between the endocrine and nervous systems is the __________.

The forebrain's parts can be diagrammed as The missing part is the __________.

Knowledge is to action as __________ is to __________.

What's wrong with the accompanying diagram?

Prosopagnosia is defined by a(n) __________.

The region of brain closest to Wernicke's area is __________.

Which of the following is found in the peripheral nervous system?

After a stroke involving Broca's area, a person would have the most trouble __________.

Picasso and Rembrandt are to occipital as Mozart and Beethoven are to __________.

The brain seems to consist of a large number of separate and specialized modules. There is, in other words, a localization of brain function. At the same time, research also has shown that __________.

Mark suffers a devastating brain injury, and as a result he is unable to control basic life functions such as breathing and sleep. It is likely that the brain damage occurred to which art of Mark's brain?

A woman slaps accurately at a mosquito biting her leg, yet she is completely unable to get a key out of her pocket and use the key to open a door. This woman most likely suffers from damage to her __________.

David ingests a substance that is not typically found in the brain, although in this instance it did enter the brain. This substance would be labeled __________.

Let's say person Y suffers a stroke and, as a result, is unable to speak. Chances are good that the damage is located in the __________.

Above-threshold depolarizing currents are repeatedly applied at a rate of 1 per second to a single neuron. If we increase the frequency of stimulation to 10 per second, we can expect __________.

Paulo has been diagnosed with prosopagnosia. Which of the following will he show difficulty doing?

Research Methods

Evolutionary and Genetic Influences on Behavior

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Nonfluent aphasia is to fluent aphasia as is to .

Knowledge is to action as is to .