1) Which of the following is an advantage of the group study approach in
neuropsychology, compared to the individual case study approach?
a.A group study allows a cognitive process to be related to particular underlying brain
structures with greater reliability.
b. A group study can employ the methods of cognitive psychology.
c.A group study avoids the problem of compensatory strategies.
d. A group study allows neuroimages to be produced.
2) The orbitofrontal cortex is considered a secondary cortical area for which of the
following senses?
a. proprioception
b. vision
c. olfaction
d. audition
3) Which of the following is NOT thought to be an evolutionary pressure that gave rise
to access- consciousness?
a.cost of space
b. cost of time
c.cost of resources
d. cost of prey
4) The mental lexicon is thought to be organized as a semantic network in which word
meanings are connected to each other, as in the diagram here. Based on what you know
about how strength of association between word meanings is represented in semantic
networks, determine which of the following statements regarding the network is true.
a.Jackal is a less frequently accessed animal word than cat.
b. The association between dog and jackal is weaker than the association between cat
and
jackal.
c.Jackal is a less frequently accessed animal word than dog.
d. The association between dog and cat is stronger than the association between animal
and
cat.
5) The effect of a particular neurotransmitter on postsynaptic neurons
a.is always either excitatory or inhibitory.
b.depends on the properties of the postsynaptic neuron.
c.may be modulated by the presence or absence of another neurotransmitter.
d.Both b and c are true.
6) Patients with prosopagnosia typically have difficulty recognizing
a. the faces of famous people but not those of their family.
b. the faces of their family but not those of their friends.
c. the faces of their friends but not those of famous people.
d. the faces of both their friends and famous people.
7) Optic ataxia is to associative visual agnosia as __________ lesions are to
__________ lesions.
a. posterior parietal ; superior temporal
b. inferior parietal ; posterior temporal
c. dorsal pathway ; ventral pathway
d. ventral pathway ; dorsal pathway
8) Which of the following is true about the role of the amygdala in explicit emotional
learning?
a. The amygdala performs a modulatory role in declarative memory.
b. The amygdala is thought to enhance explicit memory retrieval in the hippocampus.
c. The amygdala is thought to enhance the initial encoding of explicit memories.
d. None of the above: The amygdala is primarily involved in implicit, not explicit,
emotional learning.
9) __________ refers to the process of rapid cell division that occurs early in
development of the nervous system.
a. Neurulation
b. Neuronal proliferation
c. Neuronal migration
d. Neural determination
10) Based on what you have learned about laterality, which of the following statements
is most accurate?
a.People utilize the right hemisphere for visual spatial tasks.
b. People utilize the left hemisphere for language.
c.Both hemispheres play a role in most tasks in all people, working in concert with each
other.
d. The hemispheres are functionally identical.
11) Which of the following imaging techniques would be best for visualizing a skull
fracture?
a. CT (computed tomography)
b. PET (positron emission tomography)
c. fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging)
d. DTI (diffusion tensor imaging)
12) A role of the dorsal visual system in computing the way in which a movement
should be produced argues for a dichotomy between
a. why and where.
b. where and what.
c. what and how.
d. how and why.
13) A scotoma that involves one entire side of the visual field is called
a.topographic map.
b. homunculus.
c.receptive field.
d. hemianopia.