1) Simulation theory suggests that theory of mind is based on an ability to put ourselves
in the shoes of another person, using our own minds to simulate what might be going on
in the mind of someone else.
2) There appear to be two mental lexicons, one in each hemisphere.
3) A common conditioned stimulus (CS) in fear-conditioning experiments is an electric
shock.
4) Odorants from the mouth can travel back up into the nasal cavity.
5) The term proprioception refers to the sensation of knowing the position of the body
and limbs.
6) Research suggests that the brain regions that are active during mentalizing tasks and
during attentional cuing are functionally distinct from one another.
7) During development, a structure called the blastula begins to form when the neural
plate invaginates via neural folds being pushed up at its border.
8) False-belief tasks require participants to direct their attention away from invalid
information to answer questions about another persons mental states.
9) Although simple reflexes can occur without sensory input, the generation of rhythmic
walking movements requires sensory feedback from the environment.
10) Which of the following is a way in which the amygdala interacts with
hippocampus-dependent memories?
a. inhibiting the parahippocampal cortex during encoding of emotional memories
b. encoding the temporal relationship between conditioned and unconditioned stimuli
c. filtering emotional stimuli and preventing the hippocampus from processing them
d. enhancing the strength of explicit or declarative memories for emotional events
11) When a person who has learned to read proficiently subsequently develops reading
problems as a result of brain injury, this deficit is called
a. acquired agraphia.
b. apperceptive agnosia.
c. acquired alexia.
d. apperceptive ataxia.
12) Injury to the hypothalamus would most likely interfere with
a. hormone regulation.
b. motor control.
c. memory.
d. olfactory sensation.
13) The term theory of mind refers to
a.the philosophical position that the mind is not reducible to the brain.
b.our ability to make inferences about the mental states of other people.
c.the argument that only humans experience self-awareness.
d.the notion that human cognition is deeply rooted in mental representation.
14) Neuroeconomic functional MRI studies have suggested that trational decision
making is associated with the___________, and emotion-driven decision making is
associated with the__________
a. orbitofrontal cortex ; cingulate
b. orbitofrontal cortex ; amygdala
c.dorsolateral prefrontal cortex ; cingulated
d. dorsolateral prefrontal cortex ; amygdala
15) Autistic children are likely to report that_______when performing the
Sally-Annetask.
a.Sally will look in the location in which Anne has put the marble
b. Sally will look in the location where she originally put the marble
c.Sally will move the marble back to its original location
d. Sally will prefer to focus on her own thoughts and not look for the marble
16) One issue in the study of laterality has been to determine whether children with
developmental language disabilities show different patterns of hemispheric asymmetry
relative to control populations. MRI studies of dyslexic children have found that
a. the left planum temporale tends to be larger than the right planum temporale in this
group.
b. the right planum temporale tends to be larger than the left planum temporale in this
group.
c. the left and right planum temporale tend to be symmetrical in this group.
d. their brains are indistinguishable from the brains of control participants with regard
to hemispheric asymmetry.
17) One of the hallmarks of humans is our ability to draw causal inferences. In the book
this is termed
a.the visionary.
b. the clairvoyant.
c. the interpreter.
d. the predicter.
18) In the days following her stroke, Patient E cannot refrain from reaching out and
grasping nearby objects even when she has been asked not to do so. This syndrome
probably is the result of the abnormal dominance of the
a. lateral supplementary motor area loop.
b. lateral premotor loop.
c. medial supplementary motor area loop.
d. medial premotor loop.
19) John spots a snake in the forest. He immediately runs away from it and then notes
that he is scared as he is running. Which of the following theories would suggest that
his feeling of fear is dependent on language and culture?
a. cognitive interpretation theory
b. constructivist theories
c. evolutionary theories
d. LeDouxs high road and low road theory
20) Which of the following statements best describes the neuron doctrine?
a.The nervous system consists of a fused network of interconnected fibers.
b. The brain can be subdivided into regions that are distinct in cytoarchitectonics yet
functionally interactive.
c.The nervous system consists of physically distinct cells that are functionally
interactive.
d. The brain can be subdivided into functionally autonomous modules.
21) The part of the thalamus that is most important in relaying information to the
primary visual cortex is the
a.lateral geniculate nucleus.
b. superior colliculus.
c.medial geniculate nucleus.
d. inferior colliculus.
22) In dichotic listening studies, it has been found that a participant usually notices
when his or her own name is embedded in the ignored channel. This finding is
considered evidence that
a. selection occurs late in perceptual processing.
b. selection occurs early in perceptual processing.
c. there is a separate cognitive system for name recognition.
d. recognition of familiar stimuli does not require attention.