FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP

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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP

PSYCHOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS

Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

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-Guarantee passing score -14 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: Aphasia

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Partial or complete inability to articulate ideas or understand spoken or written language due to brain injury or damage.

Question 2: Sperry Experiment

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verbally-identify nonverbally-the subject was able to pick up the correct object with his left hand

Question 3: Left Hemisphere

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Superior in language abilities, speech, reading and writing.

Question 4: Female Brains

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Higher percent of grey matter, more white matter in the corpus callous, and display more cortical complexity.

Question 5: Karl Wernicke

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"Left Temporal Lobe", When damaged, produces meaningless or nonsensical speech and difficulties in verbal and written comprehension. Wernicke's Area

Question 6: Roger Sperry

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pioneered research on hemispheric specialization using split-brain patients

Question 7: Pierre Paul Broca

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"Lower left frontal lobe" of the cerebral cortex, when damaged creates difficulties in speaking but no loss of Comprehension. Broca's Area

Question 8: Lateralization of Function

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One hemisphere exerts more control over the processing of one particular psychological function.

Question 9: Right Hemisphere

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nonverbal emotional expression and visual-spatial tasks.Recognizing faces, emotional facial cues, reading maps, copying designs, and drawing; music.

Question 10: Cortical Localization

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Particular areas of the human brain are associated with particular functions

Question 11: Wernicke's Aphasia

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Can speak, have trouble finding the correct words.

Question 12: Men Brains

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Larger Brain, more white matter and more cerebrospinal fluid

Question 13: Sperry Experiment Reconfirmed

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specialized language abilities of the left hemisphere

Question 14: Split-Brain Operation

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Surgical procedure that involves cutting the corpus callous in order to stop or reduce seizures.