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1. Next semester, you enrolling in a course called Neuropsychology. class : 1201883
1. Next semester, you are enrolling in a course called Neuropsychology. This class will involve the study of the relationship between
A. heredity and environment.
B. brain processes, behavior, and psychological functioning.
C. neurotransmitters and hormones.
D. personality, biology, and environment.
2. Which of the following is a main assumption of the field of neuropsychology?
A. Each brain region controls many different psychological processes.
B. Behavior is motivated primarily by biological sources.
C. Complicated mental tasks involve subtasks that can be studied separately.
D. Only healthy, fully functioning brains can provide insight into psychological processes.
3. Laural is a neuropsychologist who works at a university. She conducts tests on patients who have brain damage. Her work will allow scientists to better understand performance deficits that occur in relation to specific brain damage. Laural is most likely a(n) _____ neuropsychologist.
A. experimental
B. human factors
C. community
D. clinical
4. Ruth works in a hospital. She meets with patients who have experienced a cerebrovascular accident or traumatic brain injury. Often Ruth will run a test battery to determine the psychological damage that has been sustained. Ruth must be a(n) _____ neuropsychologist.
A. social
B. experimental
C. clinical
D. forensic
5. Jessica has recently graduated and found a job as a clinical neuropsychologist. In this career field, she
A. is primarily a research scientist.
B. must have a medical degree (M.D.) to practice.
C. mainly examines people with emotional disorders.
D. will most likely work in a medical setting.
6. Keith works in a health care facility testing patients individually to determine the kind of brain injuries they have sustained. Keith is most likely a(n) _____ neuropsychologist.
A. personality
B. occupational health
C. clinical
D. experimental
7. Franz Gall made several assertions about brain areas and their functioning. Gall assumed all of the following except:
A. Brain areas are organized into networks that control specific functions.
B. Particular brain areas control particular aspects of mental life.
C. Brain areas get bigger as people use them.
D. Each brain area is associated with a certain personality trait.
8. Slick’s head has a bump on the back and on the right side. Gaston has an indentation in his head on the front and on the right side. When Antoinette feels their heads and notes these features, she concludes that Slick is very socially outgoing and that Gaston is very mathematically inclined. Antoinette most likely supports the principles
A. advocated by Paul Broca.
B. of phrenology.
C. established by lesion analysis in aphasia.
D. of separation between the “what” and “where” pathways.
9. Which statement best reflects the idea of localization of function?
A. Bumps on the head do not reflect a person’s psychological traits.
B. Cerebrovascular accidents can cause deficits very suddenly.
C. Patients with Wernicke’s aphasia can sound like schizophrenics.
D. Brain damage limited to the left parietal lobe causes ideomotor apraxia.
10. Broca’s findings in localization of function caused a surge of interest in brain research because
A. he offered correlations of specific behaviors and brain lesions seen on autopsy.
B. he was the first to posit the idea of localization of function.
C. he reintroduced the study of phrenology to the scientific community.
D. his work revealed that lesion analysis was an ineffective method of research.
