AP Psych A - Module 12

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

• Frontal lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Parietal lobe

• Occipital lobe

• Somatosensory cortex

In general, damage to _______ disrupts speaking, while damage to _______ disrupts understanding of language.

• the frontal lobe; the occipital lobe

• the temporal lobe; the frontal lobe

• the occipital lobe; the temporal lobe

• Wernicke’s area; Broca’s area

• Broca’s area; Wernicke’s area

Stimulation at a point on which of the following may cause a person to report being touched on the knee?

• Motor cortex

• Cerebellum

• Somatosensory cortex

• Temporal lobe

• Thalamus

George can move his hand to sign a document because the _________, located in the ________ lobe of the brain, allows him to activate the proper muscles.

• somatosensory cortex; temporal

• somatosensory cortex; parietal

• motor cortex; parietal

• somatosensory cortex; frontal

• motor cortex; frontal

The most noticeable difference between human brains and other mammalian brains is the size of the

• association areas.

• frontal lobe.

• glial cells.

• reticular activating system.

• visual cortex.

Cognitive neural prosthetics are placed in the brain to help control parts of the

• motor cortex.

• auditory cortex.

• somatosensory cortex.

• visual cortex.

• parietal lobe.