Chapter 01: Multiple Choice

Chapter 01: Multiple Choice

• Following damage to his frontal lobes, subject L.D. had lasting impairments in:
• visual perception.
• attention.
• motor-skill acquisition.
• balance.

ANSWER: b

• Neuropsychology uses information from many disciplines. Which discipline is NOT one of those?
• ethology
• pharmacology
• biophysics
• mycology

ANSWER: d

3. Communication between cerebral hemispheres occurs via the:

• somatic nerves.
• lateral fissure.
• arcuate fasciculus.
• corpus callosum.

ANSWER: d

• Which brain structures create boundaries within the lobes of the brain?
• gyri and sulci
• sulci and fissures
• lobes
• forebrain and spinal cord

ANSWER: a

5. The corpus callosum is the largest of the brain's:

• subcortical nuclei.
• commissures.
• cortical lobes.
• sensory nerves.

ANSWER: b

• The brain and spinal cord together make up the _____ nervous system.
• autonomic
• peripheral
• central
• somatic

ANSWER: c

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• Which individual prompted such phrases as “put your heart into it” and “wore his heart on his sleeve” in

regards to the relationship between the heart and behavior?

• Plato
• Galen
• Aristotle
• Hippocrates

ANSWER: c

8. Descartes was an articulate proponent of:

• monism.
• dualism.
• the cardiac hypothesis.
• nonmaterialism.

ANSWER: b

• If a person believes that brain function is the source of only some behaviors, it is accurate to refer to that

person as a:

• mentalist.
• behaviorist.
• materialist.
• dualist.

ANSWER: d

• With respect to the “mind–body” problem, followers of Wallace and Darwin would MOST likely consider

themselves to be:

• mentalists.
• materialists.
• dualists.
• agnostics.

ANSWER: b

• Two individuals developed similar theories of evolution at about the same time. Charles Darwin was one;

the other was:

• William Osler.
• Pierre Flourens.
• Pierre Marie.
• Alfred Wallace.

ANSWER: d

• Materialism is the philosophical position that all behavior can be explained by the:
• workings of the physical nervous system and body alone.
• interaction of the physical brain and nonphysical soul.
• motivated pursuit of material well-being.
• flow of cerebrospinal fluid between ventricles and muscles.
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