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1) The morphology of the brain of Albert Einstein revealed an unusual Sylvian
fissurethe division that separates the __________ lobe from the __________ lobes.
a.occipital ; frontal and parietal
b. temporal ; frontal and parietal
c.frontal ; temporal and occipital
d. parietal ; temporal and occipital
2) __________ does NOT affect behavior consciously.
a. Nondeclarative memory
b. Declarative memory
c. Episodic memory
d. Explicit memory
3) The statement recognition of a visual pattern at a later time occurs only if you can
match the stimulus to its exact stored representation is most consistent with which
theory of pattern perception?
a. view-dependent
b. object-centered
c. recognition-by-parts
d. semantic categorization
4) Which subcortical region is known to maintain multimodal maps of the environment
and is involved in the control and orienting of movements?
a.the pons
b. the cerebellum
c. the medulla
d. the superior colliculus
5) All of the following are advantages of a folded cerebral cortex EXCEPT
a.the need for blood vasculature in the cortex is eliminated.
b. neural conduction time between areas is reduced.
c.neurons are brought into closer three-dimensional relationships.
d. more cortical surface can be packed into the skull.
6) The neuron doctrine is usually credited to__________ , who used a staining
technique pioneered by .
a. Purkinje ; Brodmann
b. Brodmann ; Purkinje
c. Golgi ; Ramn y Cajal
d. Ramn y Cajal ; Golgi
7) All of the structures listed here are major components of the basal ganglia EXCEPT
the a. globus pallidus.
b. amygdala.
c. caudate nucleus.
d. putamen.
8) Toddlers are often surprised when seeing members of different groups
a.negotiating
b.not negotiating
c. not sharing
d.sharing
9) Under certain circumstances, when the conceptual representation of an item is
activated, there is subsequent difficulty activating the corresponding word form in the
mental lexicon, even though other information about the item can be accessed. This
phenomenon is called
a.minimal attachment.
b. dysarthria.
c.lemma interference.
d. the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
10) According to ensemble theories of object recognition, it is possible to confuse
similar-looking objects because
a. objects that appear similar activate overlapping networks of cells.
b. similar-looking objects activate the same grandmother cell.
c. cells in the extrastriate cortex have large receptive fields and therefore low spatial
resolution.
d. object constancy prevents the visual system from encoding fine details about objects.
