Module 12/13 Quiz

Modules 12/13 Quiz

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Multiple Choice

Damage to which of the following could interfere with the ability to plan for the future?

• Frontal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

• Someplace else

Multiple Choice

Paul is having difficulty understanding what his wife is saying. Which of the following area is most likely damaged?

• Frontal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

• Wernick's area

• Broca's area

Multiple Choice

Stimulation of which of the following may cause a person to involuntary move their arm?

• Somatosensory cortex

• Motor cortex

• Glial cells

• Reticular activating system

• Visual cortex

Multiple Choice

The ability of our brain to adapt to damage, where one area may take over the function of the damaged area, is due to

• lesioning

• positron emission training

• Broca's area

• Wernick's area

• Plasticity

Multiple Choice

Neurogenesis is the process by which

• one brain structure takes on the functions of an adjacent structure

• our brain creates new neurons

• the amygdala and the thalamus work together to keep the body awake and alert

• association areas expand as new material is learned

• the brain adapts to new learning

Multiple Choice

A split-brain patient has a picture of a dog flashed to his right hemisphere and a cat to his left hemisphere. He will be able to identify the

• cat using his right hand

• dog using his right hand

• dog using either hand

• cat using either hand

• cat using his left hand

Multiple Choice

You are aware that a dog is viciously barking at you, but you are not aware of the type of dog. Later, you are able to describe the type and color of the dog. This ability to process information without conscious awareness best exemplifies which of the following?

• Split brain

• Blindsight

• Conciousness

• Cognitive neuroscience

• Dual processing

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is most likely to be a function of the left hemisphere?

• Speech

• Evaluating perceptual tasks

• Making inferences

• Identifying emotions in other people's faces

• Identifying one's sense of self

Multiple Choice

The dual-processing model refers to which of the following ideas?

• The right and left hemispheres of the brain both process incoming messages.

• Incoming information is processed by both conscious and unconscious tracks.

• The brain first processes emotional information and then processes analytical information.

• Each lobe of the brain processes incoming information.

• The thalamus and hypothalamus work together to analyze incoming sensory information.

Multiple Choice

Patients with a split-brain have had which structure in their brain severed?

• Thalamus

• Corpus callosum

• Pons

• Cerebral cortex

• Occipital Lobe