1) The corpus callosum
a.permits communication between the two cerebral hemispheres.
b. is the area of the cortex in which information about touch, pain, temperature, and
limb position is processed.
c.separates the temporal lobe from the frontal and parietal lobes.
d. is a fluid-filled chamber that cushions and supports the brain.
2) As a result of a brain injury to this diencephalic structure, a patient is experiencing
disruptions in maintaining homeostasis of bodily states and endocrine control.
a. thalamus
b. hypothalamus
c. hippocampus
d. cingulate gyrus
3) Emotional regulation refers to the processes that influence emotions in which of the
following ways?
a. the type of emotions we have
b. when emotions occur
c. how emotions are experienced and expressed
d. all of the above
4) A patients symptoms include poor spoken and written comprehension but fluent and
reasonably grammatical speech output. What is the most probable diagnosis?
a.acquired alexia
b. conduction aphasia
c.Wernickes aphasia
d. Brocas aphasia
5) Although there is a general consensus that the right hemisphere is superior on some
tasks that require visuospatial processing, such as the block design task, the findings on
this topic are also somewhat inconsistent. One explanation for this inconsistency is that
the block design task
a.involves many cognitive operations, and not all of them may be lateralized to the right
hemisphere.
b. has many verbal components that may emphasize left- rather than right hemisphere
function.
c.requires fine motor coordination, which is regulated by the right hemisphere.
d. is too simple a task to demonstrate strong laterality effects.
6) Parts of the brain where metabolic activity is relatively high are characterized by
a. elevated regional blood flow.
b. increased cerebrospinal fluid production.
c. a high degree of myelination.
d. greater concentrations of calcium ions.
7) Which of the following would NOT result from damage to the pons?
a.blindsight
b.locked-in syndrome
c.vegetative state
d.death
8) Hebbian learning occurs when
a. a synapse is strengthened by the synchronous activity of the presynaptic and
postsynaptic neurons.
b. a synapse is weakened by the synchronous activity of the presynaptic and
postsynaptic neurons.
c. short-term memories represented in the hippocampus are consolidated to the cortex.
d. short-term memories represented in the cortex are consolidated to the hippocampus.
9) Segmenting the boundaries between words is a particularly difficult computational
problem in
a.reading.
b. writing.
c.speech perception.
d. prosody.
10) Patients with neglect have deficits in ___________ attention and those with Balints
syndrome have deficits in ___________ attention.
a. object-based ; scene-based
b. scene-based ; object-based
c. visual ; kinesthetic
d. kinesthetic ; visual
11) Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)
a. is like a conventional X-ray but allows the reconstruction of three-dimensional space
from compressed two-dimensional images.
b. is an imaging method used to evaluate the circulatory system in the brain.
c. involves inserting electrodes into the brain that produce continuous signals to trigger
neural activity.
d. is performed with an MRI scanner but measures the density and motion of water
contained in axons.
12) Which of the following situations would be most likely to engage the anterior
cingulate cortex?
a.A waiter walks over to your table at a restaurant and holds an open menu in front of
you.
b. You walk into the elevator of your apartment building and press the button for your
floor.
c.You enter your classroom and find someone sitting in your usual seat.
d. A good friend asks you to remind him of your telephone number.
13) Patient S.P., who had bilateral damage to the amygdala, participated in a study
involving the pairing of a blue square with an electric shock. S.P.s skin conductance
response (SCR) and verbal report indicated that
a. she had an explicit expectation that the shock would occur after seeing the blue
square and demonstrated an implicit fear-conditioning SCR response.
b. she had an explicit expectation that the shock would occur after seeing the blue
square but did not demonstrate any implicit fear-conditioning SCR response.
c. she did not have any explicit expectation that the shock would occur after seeing the
blue square but did demonstrate an implicit fear-conditioning SCR response.
d. she did not have an explicit expectation that the shock would occur after seeing the
blue square, nor did she demonstrate any implicit fear-conditioning SCR response.
14) Which of the following statements regarding the prenatal development of the
human nervous system is correct?
a. The brain develops from ectoderm cells, whereas the spinal cord develops from
mesoderm cells.
b. Ectoderm cells are the precursors of the entire nervous system.
c. Glial cells are derived from endoderm cells, whereas neurons are derived from
ectoderm cells.
d. Mesoderm cells are the precursors for all parts of the human nervous system.
15) When assigning a hypothetical punishment, most people request information in a
waythat is consistent with a__________perspective.
a.retributive
b. utilitarian
c.restorative
d. consequentialist