AP Psych Unit 1 Quiz 1

If the brain’s reticular formation was damaged, which of the following outcomes is most likely?

• Slipping into a coma

• Forgetting childhood events

• Being unable to read faces

• Losing sense of smell

A severe injury to the medulla would most directly threaten which basic function?

• Heartbeat and breathing

• Recognizing faces

• Forming long-term memories

• Coordinating balance

Visual information from the retina travels first to the…

• Thalamus

• Pons

• Hypothalamus

• Cerebellum

A patient stumbles and struggles to coordinate muscle movements after a stroke. Which structure is affected?

• Cerebellum

• Broca’s area

• Wernicke’s area

• Amygdala

Damage to the hypothalamus could cause…

• Uncontrolled eating

• Blindness

• Trouble forming memories

• Difficulty understanding speech

A person recalling their 10th birthday is primarily using the…

• Hippocampus

• Basal ganglia

• Corpus callosum

• Thalamus

A tumor pressing on the amygdala would most likely cause…

• Excessive fear reactions

• Difficulty walking

• Problems reading aloud

• Loss of fine motor skills

If someone can comprehend spoken language but cannot form words, which brain region is damaged?

• Broca’s area

• Wernicke’s area

• Amygdala

• Cerebellum

Which lobe lets you feel the cold of ice or the heat of a stove?

• Parietal

• Temporal

• Occipital

• Frontal

The ability to produce speech is primarily managed by the…

• Left hemisphere

• Right hemisphere

• Basal ganglia

• Cerebellum