Question 1

Pierre Flourens showed that the brain center for the coordination of movement was the:

Accepted Answer

A)  cortex, which phrenologists thought was the center for "will." 
B)  cortex, which phrenologists thought was the center for all higher faculties. 
C)  cerebellum, which phrenologists thought was the center for "amativeness." 
D)  cerebellum, which phrenologists thought was the center for "acquisitiveness."

Question 2

A patient who can make vocal sounds and exclamations,can understand spoken speech,but cannot utter ordinary declarative sentences,is said to suffer from:

Accepted Answer

A)  motor aphasia. 
B)  sensory aphasia. 
C)  conduction aphasia. 
D)  paraphasia.

Question 3

In his later life Wilder Penfield came to believe that:

Accepted Answer

A)  mental functions would soon be completely explained in terms of brain mechanisms. 
B)  the most important mental functions were largely confined to the temporal lobe of the brain. 
C)  mental functions were localized evenly and randomly throughout the brain's cortex. 
D)  "mind" and "brain" were two independent though interacting entities.

Question 4

Franz Gall made which of the following contributions?

Accepted Answer

A)  He made a good case that the brain is the organ of the mind. 
B)  He made several fundamental anatomical discoveries about the brain. 
C)  He founded the science which came to be known as phrenology. 
D)  all of the above

Question 5

The notion that a single memory may be "stored" in several different specific locations scattered throughout the brain is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Pribram's hologram theory. 
B)  the redundancy hypothesis. 
C)  the cerebellar theory. 
D)  the multiple-memory theory.

Question 6

Penfield referred to responses such as a sense of déjà vu,unfamiliarity,guilt,or euphoria as _______________responses,and found that they could be produced by stimulation in the _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  experimental; secondary visual area 
B)  interpretive; temporal lobe 
C)  emotional; experiential cortex 
D)  conditioned; cerebellum

Question 7

Lashley's principle that "the efficiency of performance of an entire complex function may be reduced in proportion to the extent of the brain injury" is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  the principle of constancy. 
B)  the principle of equipotentiality. 
C)  Lashley's law. 
D)  the law of mass action.

Question 8

In general,which kinds of memories are most affected by head injuries?

Accepted Answer

A)  visual memories 
B)  early memories 
C)  recent memories 
D)  memories of the type corresponding to the area of the brain that is injured

Question 9

In Lashley's experiments,the two most important determinants of learning loss were the:

Accepted Answer

A)  amount of brain tissue destroyed and the difficulty of the previously learned tasks. 
B)  location of the destroyed tissue and the age at which the learning had occurred. 
C)  amount of brain tissue destroyed and the location of the lesion. 
D)  difficulty of the task and the age at which it was first learned.

Question 10

Wilder Penfield showed that the nature of an epileptic patient's aura is a function of the:

Accepted Answer

A)  location of the diseased focus at which the seizure begins. 
B)  mental state of the patient when the seizure begins. 
C)  personality of the patient. 
D)  extent of the brain injury causing the epilepsy.

Exam 3: Physiologists of Mind: Brain Scientists from Gall to Penfield