Question 1

Global aphasia typically results from strokes affecting the _________ artery.

Accepted Answer

A)  middle cerebral 
B)  carotid 
C)  anterior cerebral 
D)  posterior cerebral 
A)  middle cerebral 
B)  carotid 
C)  anterior cerebral 
D)  posterior cerebral

Question 2

How can we reconcile theories of general and multiple intelligence?

Accepted Answer

Case studies of individuals with high in

Question 3

Orthographic agraphia often occurs in people along with

Accepted Answer

A)  Broca's aphasia. 
B)  conduction aphasia. 
C)  dementia. 
D)  dyslexia. 
A)  Broca's aphasia. 
B)  conduction aphasia. 
C)  dementia. 
D)  dyslexia.

Question 4

Structurally,members of the KE family show

Accepted Answer

A)  larger than typical caudate nuclei. 
B)  smaller than typical caudate nuclei. 
C)  greater than typical hemispheric asymmetry. 
D)  smaller than typical hippocampi. 
A)  larger than typical caudate nuclei. 
B)  smaller than typical caudate nuclei. 
C)  greater than typical hemispheric asymmetry. 
D)  smaller than typical hippocampi.

Question 5

Split-brain patients who viewed the image of a spoon in the left visual field

Accepted Answer

A)  were unable to select the object correctly with their left hands,but were able to say what they had seen. 
B)  were unable to select the object correctly with their right hands,but were able to say what they had seen. 
C)  selected the object correctly with their left hands,but were unable to say what they had seen. 
D)  selected the object correctly with their right hands,but were unable to say what they had seen. 
A)  were unable to select the object correctly with their left hands,but were able to say what they had seen. 
B)  were unable to select the object correctly with their right hands,but were able to say what they had seen. 
C)  selected the object correctly with their left hands,but were unable to say what they had seen. 
D)  selected the object correctly with their right hands,but were unable to say what they had seen.

Question 6

Sandra has always been good at multitasking.She seems to be able to keep track of several things going on at once.Researchers studying multitasking would likely suggest that Sandra's

Accepted Answer

A)  brain function is less lateralized than those who cannot multitask as well. 
B)  brain function is more lateralized than those who cannot multitask as well. 
C)  verbal skills are in her right hemisphere. 
D)  verbal skills are in her left hemisphere. 
A)  brain function is less lateralized than those who cannot multitask as well. 
B)  brain function is more lateralized than those who cannot multitask as well. 
C)  verbal skills are in her right hemisphere. 
D)  verbal skills are in her left hemisphere.

Question 7

Which of the following disorders causes the least impairment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Broca's aphasia 
B)  Wernicke's aphasia 
C)  global aphasia 
D)  conduction aphasia 
A)  Broca's aphasia 
B)  Wernicke's aphasia 
C)  global aphasia 
D)  conduction aphasia

Question 8

The largest fiber pathway linking the two cerebral hemispheres is the

Accepted Answer

A)  anterior commissure. 
B)  massa intermedia. 
C)  corpus callosum. 
D)  hippocampal commissure. 
A)  anterior commissure. 
B)  massa intermedia. 
C)  corpus callosum. 
D)  hippocampal commissure.

Question 9

What is the Flynn Effect,and what does this tell us about the development of mature human intelligence?

Accepted Answer

The Flynn Effect refers to the observed

Question 10

The percentage of left handers in a human society is correlated with its

Accepted Answer

A)  average level of education. 
B)  age distribution. 
C)  tendency to be multilingual. 
D)  homicide rates. 
A)  average level of education. 
B)  age distribution. 
C)  tendency to be multilingual. 
D)  homicide rates.

Question 11

Grandma Salicetti came to the United States from Italy when she was 18.She learned English,but not very fluently.She recently had a stroke,and although she can still speak,she is having some difficulty.Which of the following is the most likely outcome?

Accepted Answer

A)  She will still be able to speak English fluently,but not Italian. 
B)  She will still be able to speak Italian fluently,but not English. 
C)  She will have trouble speaking both languages equally fluently. 
D)  She will still be able to speak both languages fluently,but not understand either. 
A)  She will still be able to speak English fluently,but not Italian. 
B)  She will still be able to speak Italian fluently,but not English. 
C)  She will have trouble speaking both languages equally fluently. 
D)  She will still be able to speak both languages fluently,but not understand either.

Question 12

Compared with the brains of people with average intelligence,the brains of highly intelligent people

Accepted Answer

A)  do not show any systematic structural differences,because intelligence is determined by environmental factors,not biological factors. 
B)  show higher volumes of gray matter in the prefrontal and temporal lobes. 
C)  show thinner cortical layers. 
D)  are actually smaller in volume,making them operate more efficiently. 
A)  do not show any systematic structural differences,because intelligence is determined by environmental factors,not biological factors. 
B)  show higher volumes of gray matter in the prefrontal and temporal lobes. 
C)  show thinner cortical layers. 
D)  are actually smaller in volume,making them operate more efficiently.

Question 13

The existence of mirror neurons in areas analogous to Broca's area in the brains of apes has been used to support the idea that language abilities exist in non-human animals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

If a person has aphasia,it is

Accepted Answer

A)  very unlikely that he or she will have problems with reading or writing. 
B)  likely that he or she will have problems with reading,but not writing. 
C)  likely that he or she will have problems with writing,but not reading. 
D)  very likely that he or she will also have problems with reading and writing. 
A)  very unlikely that he or she will have problems with reading or writing. 
B)  likely that he or she will have problems with reading,but not writing. 
C)  likely that he or she will have problems with writing,but not reading. 
D)  very likely that he or she will also have problems with reading and writing.

Question 15

Left-handed people

Accepted Answer

A)  nearly always lateralize language to the right hemisphere. 
B)  are less likely to lateralize language to the right hemisphere. 
C)  are less likely to use both hemispheres equally for language than right-handed people. 
D)  are more likely to use both hemispheres equally for language than right-handed people. 
A)  nearly always lateralize language to the right hemisphere. 
B)  are less likely to lateralize language to the right hemisphere. 
C)  are less likely to use both hemispheres equally for language than right-handed people. 
D)  are more likely to use both hemispheres equally for language than right-handed people.

Question 16

Evidence for Spearman's general intelligence (g)factor includes the

Accepted Answer

A)  existence of savant behaviors. 
B)  large improvements in IQ that have occurred in the last 100 years. 
C)  verbal skills found in children with Williams syndrome. 
D)  tendency for separate abilities to correlate within individuals. 
A)  existence of savant behaviors. 
B)  large improvements in IQ that have occurred in the last 100 years. 
C)  verbal skills found in children with Williams syndrome. 
D)  tendency for separate abilities to correlate within individuals.

Question 17

Corballis suggests that mutations in the FOXP2 gene show that

Accepted Answer

A)  H.habilis must have had language capability. 
B)  H.erectus must have had language capability. 
C)  only H.sapiens could have had language capability. 
D)  changes in language capabilities may have occurred many years after the original H.sapiens first appeared. 
A)  H.habilis must have had language capability. 
B)  H.erectus must have had language capability. 
C)  only H.sapiens could have had language capability. 
D)  changes in language capabilities may have occurred many years after the original H.sapiens first appeared.

Question 18

Lateralization refers to the

Accepted Answer

A)  localization of a function to one hemisphere or the other in the brain. 
B)  localization of a function to one of the lobes of the brain. 
C)  tendency for important functions to be localized in areas away from the midline of the brain. 
D)  tendency for both the human brain and body to be quite symmetrical. 
A)  localization of a function to one hemisphere or the other in the brain. 
B)  localization of a function to one of the lobes of the brain. 
C)  tendency for important functions to be localized in areas away from the midline of the brain. 
D)  tendency for both the human brain and body to be quite symmetrical.

Question 19

American Sign Language (ASL)appears to be

Accepted Answer

A)  difficult to localize,due to the large amount of variations between individuals using the language. 
B)  localized in the motor cortex of both hemispheres,due to its reliance on movement. 
C)  localized in the right hemisphere,due to its visuospatial components. 
D)  localized in the left hemisphere,like other languages. 
A)  difficult to localize,due to the large amount of variations between individuals using the language. 
B)  localized in the motor cortex of both hemispheres,due to its reliance on movement. 
C)  localized in the right hemisphere,due to its visuospatial components. 
D)  localized in the left hemisphere,like other languages.

Question 20

If a person is equally proficient in two languages,the areas of the brain activated by the use of each language will

Accepted Answer

A)  not overlap at all. 
B)  overlap more than if a person is much more proficient in one language than in another. 
C)  overlap less than if a person is much more proficient in one language than in another. 
D)  show complete overlap. 
A)  not overlap at all. 
B)  overlap more than if a person is much more proficient in one language than in another. 
C)  overlap less than if a person is much more proficient in one language than in another. 
D)  show complete overlap.

Global aphasia typically results from strokes affecting the _________ artery.

How can we reconcile theories of general and multiple intelligence?

Orthographic agraphia often occurs in people along with

Structurally,members of the KE family show

Split-brain patients who viewed the image of a spoon in the left visual field

Sandra has always been good at multitasking.She seems to be able to keep track of several things going on at once.Researchers studying multitasking would likely suggest that Sandra's

Which of the following disorders causes the least impairment?

The largest fiber pathway linking the two cerebral hemispheres is the

What is the Flynn Effect,and what does this tell us about the development of mature human intelligence?

The percentage of left handers in a human society is correlated with its

Grandma Salicetti came to the United States from Italy when she was 18.She learned English,but not very fluently.She recently had a stroke,and although she can still speak,she is having some difficulty.Which of the following is the most likely outcome?

Compared with the brains of people with average intelligence,the brains of highly intelligent people

The existence of mirror neurons in areas analogous to Broca's area in the brains of apes has been used to support the idea that language abilities exist in non-human animals.

If a person has aphasia,it is

Left-handed people

Evidence for Spearman's general intelligence (g)factor includes the

Corballis suggests that mutations in the FOXP2 gene show that

Lateralization refers to the

American Sign Language (ASL)appears to be

If a person is equally proficient in two languages,the areas of the brain activated by the use of each language will

Introducing Biological Psychology

The Anatomy and Evolution of the Nervous System

Cells of the Nervous System

Psychopharmacology

Genetics and the Development of the Human Brain

Vision

Nonvisual Sensation and Perception

Movement

Temperature Regulation,thirst,and Hunger

Sexual Behavior

Sleep and Waking

Learning and Memory

Emotion, reward, aggression, and Stress

Neurological Disorders

Psychological Disorders

Filters

Exam 13: Lateralization, language, and Intelligence

Global aphasia typically results from strokes affecting the _________ artery.

How can we reconcile theories of general and multiple intelligence?

Orthographic agraphia often occurs in people along with

Structurally,members of the KE family show

Split-brain patients who viewed the image of a spoon in the left visual field

Sandra has always been good at multitasking.She seems to be able to keep track of several things going on at once.Researchers studying multitasking would likely suggest that Sandra's

Which of the following disorders causes the least impairment?

The largest fiber pathway linking the two cerebral hemispheres is the

What is the Flynn Effect,and what does this tell us about the development of mature human intelligence?

The percentage of left handers in a human society is correlated with its

Grandma Salicetti came to the United States from Italy when she was 18.She learned English,but not very fluently.She recently had a stroke,and although she can still speak,she is having some difficulty.Which of the following is the most likely outcome?

Compared with the brains of people with average intelligence,the brains of highly intelligent people

The existence of mirror neurons in areas analogous to Broca's area in the brains of apes has been used to support the idea that language abilities exist in non-human animals.

If a person has aphasia,it is

Left-handed people

Evidence for Spearman's general intelligence (g)factor includes the

Corballis suggests that mutations in the FOXP2 gene show that

Lateralization refers to the

American Sign Language (ASL)appears to be

If a person is equally proficient in two languages,the areas of the brain activated by the use of each language will

Introducing Biological Psychology

The Anatomy and Evolution of the Nervous System

Cells of the Nervous System

Psychopharmacology

Genetics and the Development of the Human Brain

Vision

Nonvisual Sensation and Perception

Movement

Temperature Regulation,thirst,and Hunger

Sexual Behavior

Sleep and Waking

Learning and Memory

Emotion, reward, aggression, and Stress

Neurological Disorders

Psychological Disorders

Filters