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Review: Right-Brain, Left-Brain Controversy

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the answer with the closest meaning to the highlighted word.

  1. 1. The use of lasers, or powerful lights, may soon dominate medicine and surgery.

a)

control

b)

indicate

c)

display

2.

Choose the answer with the closest meaning to the highlighted word.

  1. 2. In the past few decades, computers have improved greatly. They are now smaller, faster, and cheaper.

a)

time

b)

months

c)

30 years

3.

Choose the answer with the closest meaning to the highlighted word.

  1. 3. Science has revealed a great deal about how the brain works.

a)

indicated

b)

told us

c)

displayed

4.

Choose the answer with the closest meaning to the highlighted word.

  1. 4. People believed that our left brain and left brain worked independently, but later researchers found otherwise.

a)

the opposite idea

b)

the same

c)

something similar

5.

Choose the answer with the closest meaning to the highlighted word.

  1. 5. Art can improve the lives of young people by helping them to become more creative.

a)

get more ideas and create new things

b)

become stronger

c)

work harder and harder

6.

Choose the answer with the closest meaning to the highlighted word.

  1. 6. By increasing your mental flexibility, you become a more skilled thinker and problem solver.

a)

mental consistency

b)

creativity

c)

ability to adapt to new situations

7.

Choose the answer with the closest meaning to the highlighted word.

  1. 7. Many teenagers display physical problems like headaches or stomachaches when they get angry with their parents.

a)

process

b)

show

c)

indicate

8.

Choose the answer with the closest meaning to the highlighted word.

  1. 8. Doing mathematical problems require logical thought. You must think about the problems before you can solve them.

a)

flexibility

b)

good reasoning

c)

processing

9.

Choose the answer with the closest meaning to the highlighted word.

  1. 9. Studies indicate that several parts of the brain work together to help us remember things.

a)

suggest

b)

display

c)

recommend

10.

Choose the answer with the closest meaning to the highlighted word.

  1. 10. In psychology, information processing refers to the way we handle information.

a)

research

b)

storage and organization

c)

program