Question 1

Match the definition with the term.
-social neuroscience

Accepted Answer

A) belief that people's character is indicated by their physical characteristics,particu-larly their facial features 
B) belief that bumps and indentations on the surface of the skull are indicative of the size of underlying brain parts,each associated with different psychological facul-ties 
C) explores the neural mechanisms underlying cognitive activities 
D) explores the neural mechanisms underlying social thought and behavior 
A) belief that people's character is indicated by their physical characteristics,particu-larly their facial features 
B) belief that bumps and indentations on the surface of the skull are indicative of the size of underlying brain parts,each associated with different psychological facul-ties 
C) explores the neural mechanisms underlying cognitive activities 
D) explores the neural mechanisms underlying social thought and behavior

Question 2

The discovery of several different sensory and motor regions of the brain in the 1870s proved that

Accepted Answer

A)  there was more localization of function than Flourens had believed, but it was of a different kind from that hypothesized by phrenologists. 
B)  the brain acts as a unit, as postulated by Flourens's theory of action commune. 
C)  many phrenological localizations had been surprisingly accurate. 
D)  it was futile to expect to learn anything from ablation studies. 
A)  there was more localization of function than Flourens had believed, but it was of a different kind from that hypothesized by phrenologists. 
B)  the brain acts as a unit, as postulated by Flourens's theory of action commune. 
C)  many phrenological localizations had been surprisingly accurate. 
D)  it was futile to expect to learn anything from ablation studies.

Question 3

The interdisciplinary field in which investigators use neuroimaging techniques to see what is going on in the brain when various cognitive activities are performed is called

Accepted Answer

A)  social neuroscience. 
B)  neuroscience. 
C)  mental biology. 
D)  cognitive neuroscience. 
A)  social neuroscience. 
B)  neuroscience. 
C)  mental biology. 
D)  cognitive neuroscience.

Question 4

Define sensory aphasia and motor aphasia.

Accepted Answer

Sensory aphasia: Speech is fluent,with c

Question 5

Wilder Penfield showed that the nature of an epileptic patient's aura is a function of the

Accepted Answer

A)  location of the diseased focus at which the seizure begins. 
B)  mental state of the patient when the seizure begins. 
C)  personality of the patient. 
D)  extent of the brain injury causing the epilepsy. 
A)  location of the diseased focus at which the seizure begins. 
B)  mental state of the patient when the seizure begins. 
C)  personality of the patient. 
D)  extent of the brain injury causing the epilepsy.

Question 6

In his later life Wilder Penfield came to believe that

Accepted Answer

A)  mental functions would soon be completely explained in terms of brain mechanisms. 
B)  the most important mental functions were largely confined to the temporal lobe of the brain. 
C)  mental functions were localized evenly and randomly throughout the brain's cortex. 
D)  "mind" and "brain" were probably two independent although interacting entities. 
A)  mental functions would soon be completely explained in terms of brain mechanisms. 
B)  the most important mental functions were largely confined to the temporal lobe of the brain. 
C)  mental functions were localized evenly and randomly throughout the brain's cortex. 
D)  "mind" and "brain" were probably two independent although interacting entities.

Question 7

Match the research subject with the investigator.
-Paul Broca

Accepted Answer

A) a developmentally disabled young woman with a cancerous lesion of the scalp and skull 
B) H.M.(Henry Gustav Molaison) 
C) "Tan" (Louis Victor Leborgne) 
A) a developmentally disabled young woman with a cancerous lesion of the scalp and skull 
B) H.M.(Henry Gustav Molaison) 
C) "Tan" (Louis Victor Leborgne)

Question 8

__________ is the doctrine that holds that particular psychological faculties are localized in specific parts of the brain,while __________ refers to the belief that facial characteristics are associated with specific psychological qualities.

Accepted Answer

A)  Aphasia; ablation 
B)  Ablation; aphasia 
C)  Phrenology; physiognomy 
D)  Physiognomy; phrenology 
A)  Aphasia; ablation 
B)  Ablation; aphasia 
C)  Phrenology; physiognomy 
D)  Physiognomy; phrenology

Question 9

In Lashley's experiments,the two most important determinants of learning loss were the

Accepted Answer

A)  amount of brain tissue destroyed and the difficulty of the previously learned tasks. 
B)  location of the destroyed tissue and the age at which the learning had occurred. 
C)  amount of brain tissue destroyed and the location of the lesion. 
D)  difficulty of the task and the age at which it was first learned. 
A)  amount of brain tissue destroyed and the difficulty of the previously learned tasks. 
B)  location of the destroyed tissue and the age at which the learning had occurred. 
C)  amount of brain tissue destroyed and the location of the lesion. 
D)  difficulty of the task and the age at which it was first learned.

Question 10

Match the research subject with the investigator.
-Brenda Milner

Accepted Answer

A) a developmentally disabled young woman with a cancerous lesion of the scalp and skull 
B) H.M.(Henry Gustav Molaison) 
C) "Tan" (Louis Victor Leborgne) 
A) a developmentally disabled young woman with a cancerous lesion of the scalp and skull 
B) H.M.(Henry Gustav Molaison) 
C) "Tan" (Louis Victor Leborgne)

Question 11

Pierre Flourens showed that the brain center for the coordination of movement was the

Accepted Answer

A)  cortex, which phrenologists thought was the center for "will." 
B)  cortex, which phrenologists thought was the center for all higher faculties. 
C)  cerebellum, which phrenologists thought was the center for "amativeness." 
D)  cerebellum, which phrenologists thought was the center for "verbal memory." 
A)  cortex, which phrenologists thought was the center for "will." 
B)  cortex, which phrenologists thought was the center for all higher faculties. 
C)  cerebellum, which phrenologists thought was the center for "amativeness." 
D)  cerebellum, which phrenologists thought was the center for "verbal memory."

Question 12

David Ferrier discovered he could produce fast movements in the eyes of monkeys,as if they were looking at something,when he stimulated the

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory strip, immediately behind the motor strip. 
B)  visual area, in the occipital (rear) lobe of the cortex. 
C)  visual area, in the frontal lobe of the cortex. 
D)  sensory strip, immediately in front of the motor strip. 
A)  sensory strip, immediately behind the motor strip. 
B)  visual area, in the occipital (rear) lobe of the cortex. 
C)  visual area, in the frontal lobe of the cortex. 
D)  sensory strip, immediately in front of the motor strip.

Question 13

Match the research practice with the individual.
-Pierre Flourens

Accepted Answer

A) conducted early ablation studies with animal subjects 
B) observation of human patient following recovery from epilepsy surgery 
C) trained white rats on a maze followed by selective brain ablation 
A) conducted early ablation studies with animal subjects 
B) observation of human patient following recovery from epilepsy surgery 
C) trained white rats on a maze followed by selective brain ablation

Question 14

Describe the significance of Brenda Milner's work with H.M.

Accepted Answer

Milner's study of H.M.,who had had brain

Question 15

Match the book with its author.
-Karl Lashley

Accepted Answer

A) Brain Mechanisms and Intelligence 
B) Permanent Present Tense 
C) The Organization of Behavior 
A) Brain Mechanisms and Intelligence 
B) Permanent Present Tense 
C) The Organization of Behavior

Question 16

Match the definition with the term.
-motor aphasia

Accepted Answer

A) Speech includes numerous peculiar words and mispronunciations because of loss of self-monitoring.Comprehension and general fluency are unimpaired. 
B) Speech includes numerous peculiar words and mispronunciations. 
C) Speech is fluent,with correct grammar,but includes peculiar words and mispro-nunciations.Understanding of spoken language is severely impaired. 
D) Speech is severely impaired,but comprehension of spoken language is unim-paired. 
A) Speech includes numerous peculiar words and mispronunciations because of loss of self-monitoring.Comprehension and general fluency are unimpaired. 
B) Speech includes numerous peculiar words and mispronunciations. 
C) Speech is fluent,with correct grammar,but includes peculiar words and mispro-nunciations.Understanding of spoken language is severely impaired. 
D) Speech is severely impaired,but comprehension of spoken language is unim-paired.

Question 17

The major deficit of Milner's patient H.M.was that he

Accepted Answer

A)  could understand language but could not speak coherently. 
B)  could not transfer information from working memory to long-term storage. 
C)  could not access his procedural memory. 
D)  could access his declarative memory much faster than normal people. 
A)  could understand language but could not speak coherently. 
B)  could not transfer information from working memory to long-term storage. 
C)  could not access his procedural memory. 
D)  could access his declarative memory much faster than normal people.

Question 18

Match the definition with the term.
-cognitive neuroscience

Accepted Answer

A) belief that people's character is indicated by their physical characteristics,particu-larly their facial features 
B) belief that bumps and indentations on the surface of the skull are indicative of the size of underlying brain parts,each associated with different psychological facul-ties 
C) explores the neural mechanisms underlying cognitive activities 
D) explores the neural mechanisms underlying social thought and behavior 
A) belief that people's character is indicated by their physical characteristics,particu-larly their facial features 
B) belief that bumps and indentations on the surface of the skull are indicative of the size of underlying brain parts,each associated with different psychological facul-ties 
C) explores the neural mechanisms underlying cognitive activities 
D) explores the neural mechanisms underlying social thought and behavior

Question 19

Match the definition with the term.
-redundancy hypothesis

Accepted Answer

A) Each individual memory is stored in several locations throughout the cortex,and this number increases as the memory becomes better established and further asso-ciated with other memories. 
B) The brain's neural plasticity,in which healthy areas have the ability to take over the functions of damaged areas. 
C) The efficiency of performance of an entire complex function may be reduced in proportion to the extent of brain injury. 
A) Each individual memory is stored in several locations throughout the cortex,and this number increases as the memory becomes better established and further asso-ciated with other memories. 
B) The brain's neural plasticity,in which healthy areas have the ability to take over the functions of damaged areas. 
C) The efficiency of performance of an entire complex function may be reduced in proportion to the extent of brain injury.

Question 20

Damage to Wernicke's area produces

Accepted Answer

A)  inability to understand the spoken words of others or oneself and mispronunciation in one's own speech. 
B)  inability to understand the spoken words of others or oneself and inability to utter declarative sentences. 
C)  inability to repeat aloud things that are said to oneself and mispronunciation in one's own speech. 
D)  inability to repeat aloud things that are said to oneself and inability to utter declarative sentences. 
A)  inability to understand the spoken words of others or oneself and mispronunciation in one's own speech. 
B)  inability to understand the spoken words of others or oneself and inability to utter declarative sentences. 
C)  inability to repeat aloud things that are said to oneself and mispronunciation in one's own speech. 
D)  inability to repeat aloud things that are said to oneself and inability to utter declarative sentences.

Match the definition with the term. -social neuroscience

The discovery of several different sensory and motor regions of the brain in the 1870s proved that

The interdisciplinary field in which investigators use neuroimaging techniques to see what is going on in the brain when various cognitive activities are performed is called

Define sensory aphasia and motor aphasia.

Wilder Penfield showed that the nature of an epileptic patient's aura is a function of the

In his later life Wilder Penfield came to believe that

Match the research subject with the investigator. -Paul Broca

is the doctrine that holds that particular psychological faculties are localized in specific parts of the brain,while refers to the belief that facial characteristics are associated with specific psychological qualities.

In Lashley's experiments,the two most important determinants of learning loss were the

Match the research subject with the investigator. -Brenda Milner

Pierre Flourens showed that the brain center for the coordination of movement was the

David Ferrier discovered he could produce fast movements in the eyes of monkeys,as if they were looking at something,when he stimulated the

Match the research practice with the individual. -Pierre Flourens

Describe the significance of Brenda Milner's work with H.M.

Match the book with its author. -Karl Lashley

Match the definition with the term. -motor aphasia

The major deficit of Milner's patient H.M.was that he

Match the definition with the term. -cognitive neuroscience

Match the definition with the term. -redundancy hypothesis

Damage to Wernicke's area produces

Introduction: Studying the History of Psychology

Foundational Ideas from Antiquity

Pioneering Philosophers of Mind: Descartes, Locke, and Leibniz

The Sensing and Perceiving Mind: From Kant through the Gestalt Psychologists

Wundt and the Establishment of Experimental Psychology

The Evolving Mind: Darwin and His Psychological Legacy

Measuring the Mind: Galton and Individual Differences

American Pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike

Psychology as the Science of Behavior: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner

Social Influence and Social Psychology: From Mesmer to Milgram and Beyond

Mind in Conflict: Freudian Psychoanalysis and Its Successors

Psychology Gets “Personality”: Allport, Maslow, and the Broadening Field

The Developing Mind: Binet, Piaget, and the Study of Intelligence

Minds, Machines, and Cognitive Psychology

Applying Psychology: From the Witness Stand to the Workplace

The Art and Science of Clinical Psychology

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Exam 4: Physiologists of Mind: Brain Scientists from Gall to Penfield

Match the definition with the term. -social neuroscience

The discovery of several different sensory and motor regions of the brain in the 1870s proved that

The interdisciplinary field in which investigators use neuroimaging techniques to see what is going on in the brain when various cognitive activities are performed is called

Define sensory aphasia and motor aphasia.

Wilder Penfield showed that the nature of an epileptic patient's aura is a function of the

In his later life Wilder Penfield came to believe that

Match the research subject with the investigator. -Paul Broca

__________ is the doctrine that holds that particular psychological faculties are localized in specific parts of the brain,while __________ refers to the belief that facial characteristics are associated with specific psychological qualities.

In Lashley's experiments,the two most important determinants of learning loss were the

Match the research subject with the investigator. -Brenda Milner

Pierre Flourens showed that the brain center for the coordination of movement was the

David Ferrier discovered he could produce fast movements in the eyes of monkeys,as if they were looking at something,when he stimulated the

Match the research practice with the individual. -Pierre Flourens

Describe the significance of Brenda Milner's work with H.M.

Match the book with its author. -Karl Lashley

Match the definition with the term. -motor aphasia

The major deficit of Milner's patient H.M.was that he

Match the definition with the term. -cognitive neuroscience

Match the definition with the term. -redundancy hypothesis

Damage to Wernicke's area produces

Introduction: Studying the History of Psychology

Foundational Ideas from Antiquity

Pioneering Philosophers of Mind: Descartes, Locke, and Leibniz

The Sensing and Perceiving Mind: From Kant through the Gestalt Psychologists

Wundt and the Establishment of Experimental Psychology

The Evolving Mind: Darwin and His Psychological Legacy

Measuring the Mind: Galton and Individual Differences

American Pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike

Psychology as the Science of Behavior: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner

Social Influence and Social Psychology: From Mesmer to Milgram and Beyond

Mind in Conflict: Freudian Psychoanalysis and Its Successors

Psychology Gets “Personality”: Allport, Maslow, and the Broadening Field

The Developing Mind: Binet, Piaget, and the Study of Intelligence

Minds, Machines, and Cognitive Psychology

Applying Psychology: From the Witness Stand to the Workplace

The Art and Science of Clinical Psychology

Filters

is the doctrine that holds that particular psychological faculties are localized in specific parts of the brain,while refers to the belief that facial characteristics are associated with specific psychological qualities.