Question 1

Which of the following body parts is associated with the greatest amount of brain tissue in the sensory cortex?

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A)   toes
B)   knees
C)   neck
D)   lipsE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Which portion of the cerebral cortex is most directly involved in making plans and formulating moral judgments?

Accepted Answer

A)   occipital lobes
B)   frontal lobes
C)   temporal lobes
D)   parietal lobesE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 3

Which of the following is typically controlled by the right hemisphere?

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A)   language
B)   learned voluntary movements
C)   arithmetic reasoning
D)   perceptual tasksE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Describe how an understanding of both a normally functioning brain and a split brain enables us to better appreciate the fact that most information processing takes place outside of conscious awareness.

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The answer of Describe how an understanding of both a...

Question 5

The most extensive regions of the brain are involved in higher mental functions such as memory and reasoning. These regions are called the

Accepted Answer

A)   sensory cortex.
B)   motor cortex.
C)   corpus callosum.
D)   association areas.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Research with split-brain patients suggests that the ________ typically constructs the theories people offer to explain their own behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A)   corpus callosum
B)   left cerebral hemisphere
C)   cerebellum
D)   right cerebral hemisphereE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

People's moral judgments are most likely to seem unrestrained by normal emotions if they have suffered damage to their

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A)   cerebellum.
B)   sensory cortex.
C)   corpus callosum.
D)   frontal cortex.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

The surgical removal of a large tumor from Dane's occipital lobe resulted in extensive loss of brain tissue. Dane is most likely to suffer some loss of

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A)   muscular coordination.
B)   visual perception.
C)   speaking ability.
D)   pain sensations.E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

In Roger Sperry's view, the brain creates and controls the mind, which in turn influences the brain. Sperry understands the mind and brain as a

Accepted Answer

A)   cognitive neural prosthetic.
B)   holistic system.
C)   reward center.
D)   complex machine.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is most directly involved in speaking?

Accepted Answer

A)   occipital
B)   frontal
C)   temporal
D)   parietalE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 11

Following a nail gun wound to his head, Jack became more uninhibited, irritable, dishonest, and profane. It is likely that his personality change was the result of injury to his

Accepted Answer

A)   parietal lobe.
B)   temporal lobe.
C)   occipital lobe.
D)   frontal lobe.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Optic nerves transmit information from the ________ visual field of ________ to the left cerebral hemisphere.

Accepted Answer

A)   left; only the left eye
B)   right; only the right eye
C)   left; only the right eye
D)   right; both the right and left eyesE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

In a clinical trial of a brain-computer interface with paralyzed humans, a 25-year-old man constructed shapes on a computer screen by activating neurons in his

Accepted Answer

A)   sensory cortex.
B)   parietal lobes.
C)   motor cortex.
D)   occipital lobes.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

The sensory cortex is most critical for our sense of

Accepted Answer

A)   sight.
B)   hearing.
C)   touch.
D)   smell.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

The localization of a function such as speech production to either the right or the left hemisphere of the brain is called

Accepted Answer

A)   neurogenesis.
B)   lateralization.
C)   hemispherectomy.
D)   plasticity.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

The successful functioning of children who have experienced the surgical removal of an entire cerebral hemisphere best illustrates the value of

Accepted Answer

A)   cognitive neural prosthetics.
B)   neurogenesis.
C)   plasticity.
D)   constraint-induced therapy.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 17

Damage to the left cerebral hemisphere is most likely to reduce people's ability to

Accepted Answer

A)   solve arithmetic problems.
B)   copy drawings.
C)   recognize faces.
D)   recognize familiar melodies.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 18

Speech is processed primarily in the right hemisphere by the ________ of those who are left-handed and by the ________ of those who are right-handed.

Accepted Answer

A)   minority; minority
B)   majority; majority
C)   minority; majority
D)   majority; minorityE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

Compared with right-handers, left-handers are

Accepted Answer

A)   more likely to experience migraine headaches and less likely to suffer from allergies.
B)   less likely to experience migraine headaches and more likely to suffer from allergies.
C)   more likely to experience migraine headaches and more likely to suffer from allergies.
D)   less likely to experience migraine headaches and less likely to suffer from allergies.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 20

The nerve fibers that enable communication between the right and left cerebral hemispheres and that have been severed in split-brain patients form a structure called the

Accepted Answer

A)   reticular formation.
B)   association areas.
C)   corpus callosum.
D)   parietal lobes.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Exam 6: The Cerebral Cortex and Our Divided Brain

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Describe how an understanding of both a normally functioning brain and a split brain enables us to better appreciate the fact that most information processing takes place outside of conscious awareness.

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Speech is processed primarily in the right hemisphere by the ________ of those who are left-handed and by the ________ of those who are right-handed.

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