Neuropsych Final Practice Exam #1- Chapters 20 & 24
  • 1. Kluver Bucy Syndrome results from bilateral temporal lobe damage or a temporal lobe lobectomy, with specific damage to the
A) hippocampus and the superior temporal gyrus
B) basal forebrain and the cingulate gyrus
C) amygdala and the inferior temporal cortex
D) insula and the superior olivary nucleus
E) fornix and the anterior nucleus of the dorsal thalamus
  • 2. All of the following are typical symptoms of Kluver Bucy syndrome EXCEPT
A) indiscriminant dietary behavior
B) visual agnosia
C) hypermetamorphosis
D) hypersexuality
E) speech apraxia
  • 3. The 3 main subdivisions of the amygdala:
A) orbitofrontal, dorsolateral, and medial areas
B) corticomedial, basolateral, & central areas
C) mammillary bodies, prefrontal cortex, and anterior areas
D) anterior, posterior, and dorsolateral areas
E) none of the above
  • 4. The circuit for emotional behavior:
A) none of the above
B) hippocampus, amygdala & prefrontal cortex --> cingulate cortex -->hypothalamus --> mammillary nucleus of the hypothalamus --> anterior thalamus --> hippocampus, amygdala, & prefrontal cortex
C) hippocampus, amygdala & prefrontal cortex --> hypothalamus -->mammillary nucleus of the hypothalamus --> cingulate cortex--> anterior thalamus --> hippocampus, amygdala, & prefrontal cortex
D) hippocampus, amygdala & prefrontal cortex --> hypothalamus --> cingulate cortex --> anterior thalamus --> mammillary bodies of the hypothalamus --> hippocampus, amygdala, & prefrontal cortex
E) hippocampus, amygdala & prefrontal cortex --> hypothalamus -->mammillary nucleus of the hypothalamus --> anterior thalamus --> cingulate cortex --> hippocampus, amygdala, & prefrontal cortex
  • 5. which of the following is NOT true about the amygdala?
A) it shares little similarity with the prefrontal cortex
B) it receives input from all the different sensory systems
C) many cells are multimodal
D) creates a complex image of the world and its stimuli
E) cells require complex stimulation
  • 6. the ________________ are key to understanding emotional experience
A) mammillary bodies of the hypothalamus
B) hippocampus and parietal cortex
C) amygdala and prefrontal cortex
D) cingulate gyrus and perforant pathway
E) none of the above
  • 7. Which of the following are NOT structures within the limbic lobe?
A) cingulate gyrus
B) hippocampal formation and amygdala
C) anterior thalamus
D) superior olivary nucleus
E) mammillothalamic tract
  • 8. The effects of brain damage on _________________ are more consistent than the effects on ________________.
A) language and emotion; memory
B) None of the above. The effects are the same.
C) language and memory; emotion
D) emotion and language; memory
E) emotion and memory; language
  • 9. The density of _________ receptors in the orbitofrontal cortex of monkeys relates to monkeys' social status.
A) acetylcholine
B) serotonin
C) GABA
D) dopamine
E) norepinephrine
  • 10. The finding that <b>there must be some difference in the details of brain organization in response to social experience</b> is related to the finding that ______________ in _____________ receptors alter social behavior and ______________ social status.
A) decreases; dopamine; increase
B) increases; serotonin; decrease
C) increases; dopamine; increase
D) increases; serotonin; increase
E) none of the above
  • 11. Lesions to the Right hemisphere can produce ____________ and ____________. Lesions to the Left hemisphere can produce ______________ and _____________.
A) catastrophic reactions; contralateral neglect
B) none of the above
C) indifference; contralateral neglect
D) indifference; aphasia
E) catastrophic reactions; aphasia
  • 12. The ________ hemisphere is involved in the _____________ components of emotion. The __________ hemisphere is involved in the ____________ components of emotion. Thus, both sides of the brain play a complimentary role in emotional behavior.
A) LEFT; indifference; RIGHT; anger
B) LEFT: fear; RIGHT; anger
C) RIGHT; automatic; LEFT; interpretive
D) RIGHT: interpretive; LEFT; automatic
E) none of the above
  • 13. Using split brain patients, if you flashed a picture of logs and then a picture of matches to the _________ hemisphere, the patients _________ make the inference that a match struck and held to a piece of wood could create a bonfire.
A) right; can't
B) left; can't
C) right or left; can
D) none of the above
E) right or left; can't
  • 14. motor aprosodia can result from damage to
A) Broca's area in the left hemisphere
B) Broca's area in the right hemisphere
C) Wernicke's area in the right hemisphere
D) Wernicke's are in the left hemisphere
  • 15. Brain injury patients who show less reactions to jokes, diminished laughter and smiling, failure to understand punchlines, and perverse humor are likely to have damage in the
A) bilateral frontal areas
B) left frontal areas
C) bilateral temporal areas
D) right frontal areas
E) right temporal areas
  • 16. Left frontal-lobe and right hemisphere lesions significantly impair the ability to match different faces when the expression is
A) fear or disgust.
B) surprise or shock.
C) none of the above
D) anger or sadness.
E) happiness or joy.
  • 17. Damage to ______________ area in the right hemisphere leads to _______________ aprosodia. Damage to _________________ area in the right hemisphere leads to _______________ aprosodia.
A) Wernicke's; sensory; Broca's; sensory
B) Broca's; motor; Wernicke's; motor
C) Broca's; motor; Wernicke's; sensory
D) Broca's; sensory; Wernicke's; motor
  • 18. _____________________ is decreased by __________ frontal lobe lesions and increased by ___________ frontal lobe lesions.
A) prosody of speech; right; left
B) spontaneous speech; left; right
C) indifference; right; left
D) facial expression; right; left
E) catastrophic reactions; left; right
  • 19. Social withdrawal, inappropriate social interactions, and loss of social dominance in monkeys is associated with lesions to the
A) dorsolateral prefrontal areas
B) none of the above
C) basolateral prefrontal areas
D) orbitofrontal areas
E) broca's area
  • 20. an absence of normal social vocalizations and a lack of social grooming in monkeys is associated with lesions to
A) broca's area
B) wernicke's area
C) the perirhinal cortex
D) the anterior cingulate
E) perforant pathway
  • 21. Which of the following are linked with frontal lobe lesions?
A) All of the above
B) issues with social interaction
C) reduction in facial expressions
D) issues with spontaneous speech
E) recognition of facial expressions
  • 22. phonological reading is related to
A) graphemic reading
B) lexical reading
C) all of the above
D) nonlexical reading
E) none of the above
  • 23. _______ reading uses the image of a word to access its sound. It is used for irregular words and symbols, such as arabic numerals (I, II, III, IV) and road signs.
A) phonological and graphemic
B) graphemic
C) none of the above
D) phonological
  • 24. fluent reading
A) requires only graphemic reading.
B) requires both phonological and graphemic reading, but graphemic reading comes after phonological reading.
C) requires both phonological and graphemic reading, but phonological reading comes after graphemic reading
D) requires only phonological reading.
  • 25. Which of the following are not assumptions of neuropsychological evaluation of learning disabilities?
A) Most children with learning disorders have limited numbers of symptoms in addition to their main impairments
B) the neuropsych test results should suggest a possible strategy for remediation of the learning disorder
C) a specific skill or lack of skill can be detected through neurological testing
D) if one method or strategy of instruction is unsuccessful, another might be more successful
E) a disability may affect only one or few spheres of endeavor
  • 26. Children with dyslexia who are older than age 8 have low scores on the IQ subtests of arithmetic, coding, information, and digit span. Children with dyslexia who are younger than age 8 do not show the same deficits in
A) arithmetic and digit span
B) coding and digit span
C) arithmetic and information
D) information and digit span
E) information and coding
  • 27. Children with dyslexia usually score __________ on IQ tests, with a mean score of _______.
A) none of the above
B) seven points lower; 100
C) five points lower; 95
D) ten points lower; 100
E) eight points lower; 95
  • 28. Which of the following is NOT true about Hyperactive-Child syndrome?
A) the syndrome is related to impaired self-regulation circuits associated with the frontal lobe and basal ganglia
B) it is the least common behavioral disturbance among children
C) a single cause is unlikely responsible for all cases of the syndrome
D) 1/3 of children with this syndrome have a comorbid learning disorder
E) there is a higher incidence of the syndrome in boys
  • 29. Which of the following are suggested causes for hyperactive-child syndrome?
A) brain damage
B) encephalitis
C) various home/school environments
D) genetics
E) all of the above
  • 30. The most common motor symptoms of cerebral palsy are
A) spastic
B) atheoid
C) ataxic
D) rigid
E) none of the above
  • 31. Some say that cerebral palsy is related to abnormalities in all of the following EXCEPT:
A) cerebellum
B) brainstem
C) hippocampus
D) corticospinal tracts
E) basal ganglia
  • 32. The majority of cerebral palsy cases are related to
A) none of the above
B) secondary to convulsions
C) prematurity
D) unknown causes
E) birth or developmental injury
  • 33. Hydrocephalus is an increase in the volume of CSF that can be caused by
A) shrinkage/atrophy of brain tissue due to enlargement of ventricles and the enlargement of CSF flow due to pressure atrophy in the ventricles
B) the obstruction of CSF flow due to pressure buildup in the ventricles
C) enlargement of brain tissue due to shrinkage of ventricles and the pressure of CSF flow due to obstruction in the ventricles
D) shrinkage/atrophy of brain tissue due to enlargement of ventricles and the obstruction of CSF flow due to pressure buildup in the ventricles
E) shrinkage/atrophy of brain tissue due to enlargement of ventricles
  • 34. What is the most common cause for hydrocephalus?
A) Shrinkage of brain tissue
B) none of the above
C) CSF flow obstruction
D) atrophy of brain tissue
E) CSF leaking
  • 35. Which of the following is NOT true about autism spectrum disorders?
A) they are linked with genetic influences
B) they develop between ages 1 and 3
C) they occur in children without an obvious focal cerebral disease
D) they are more common in girls
E) children have impaired social interactions and language abnormalities
  • 36. Persons with autism spectrum disorders can have impairments in implicit memories related to _____________ and impairments in explicit memories related to ___________.
A) prefrontal lobe abnormalities; cerebellar abnormalities
B) cerebellar abnormalities; temporal-lobe abnormalities
C) cerebellar abnormalities; frontal lobe abnormalities
D) none of the above
E) frontal lobe abnormalities; cerebellar abnormalities
  • 37. Persons with autism spectrum disorders can have
A) abnormal social development due to abnormal development of von Economo neurons in the frontal cortex
B) large head/brain size due to abnormal cell loss and synaptic pruning
C) previous histories of viruses such as rubella
D) expression of genetic factors in facial nucleus, superior olive, and trapezoid body of the brainstem in the small caudal part of the pons
E) all of the above
  • 38. which of the following is not a characteristic symptom of savant syndrome?
A) aphasia
B) blindness
C) retardation
D) musical genius
  • 39. Which of the following is not more common in boys?
A) all of the above are more common in boys
B) cerebral palsy
C) hyperactive child syndrome
D) autism spectrum disorder
E) savant syndrome
  • 40. hyperlexia, the precocious development of reading abilities, is often reflected in children with
A) savant syndrome
B) hydrocephalus
C) cerebral palsy
D) asperger's syndrome
E) hyperactive child syndrome
  • 41. In persons with savant syndrome, the narrow range of special abilities and skills
A) can appear and disappear rapidly.
B) can appear rapidly and disappear slowly.
C) can appear slowly and disappear rapidly.
D) can appear and disappear slowly.
  • 42. Which of the following is incorrect in regard to Asperger's syndrome:
A) The child may have special abilities, similar to persons with Savant syndrome.
B) There is a lack of narrow range of interests that exists in autism.
C) Language is not as affected as it is in Autism.
D) Intelligence is not as affected as it is in Autism.
E) It is less severe than Autism.
  • 43. Sudden obstruction of CSF flow is related to
A) coma
B) hydrocephalus
C) all of the above
D) ventricular dilation
E) rapid intracranial pressure
  • 44. All of the following are obstacles to demonstrating a genetic basis of learning disabilities EXCEPT
A) The incidence of LDs is related to quality of schooling and it is difficult to compare abilities of children to their parents.
B) Kids with LDs and their parents have average IQ scores and people with average IQ generally find school difficult even when they don't have an LD.
C) Learning disabilities take many forms & there is no good categorical criteria to base research on.
D) Environmental influences are too easily separated from genetic effects in research.
E) It is difficult to easily separate the heritability of reading skill from underlying causal LD factors.
  • 45. Genes on chromosomes _______________ may be related to reading disorders.
A) 1, 6, 9, & 15
B) 1, 3, 5, & 6
C) 1, 3, 5, & 9
D) 1, 2, 3, & 9
E) 1, 2, 6, & 15
  • 46. Some think that genetic abnormalities are associated with certain learning disorders, such as
A) Hyperactive Child Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorders
B) Hyperactive Child Syndrome and Hydrocephalus
C) Autism Spectrum Disorders and Cerebral Palsy
D) None of the above
E) Autism Spectrum Disorders and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  • 47. Patients with damage to the Right Parietal Lobe have __________ facial expressions than patients with damage to the Left Temporal Lobe and ________ facial expressions than patients with either Right or Left damage to the Frontal Lobe.
A) less; more
B) less; less
C) more; more
D) more; less
  • 48. Which area of the brain is associated with regret and disappointment?
A) dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
B) medial temporal cortex
C) none of the above
D) lateral orbitofrontal cortex
E) basolateral area of amygdala
  • 49. The left ear & eye relates to _______________ but the right ear & eye relates to ________________.
A) content; emotional tone
B) come on baby; do the twist
C) emotional tone; content
D) this is an easy one :)
E) none of the above
  • 50. neuroticism is correlated with changes in the ______________ in response to emotional conflict.
A) fornix
B) orbitofrontal area
C) superior temporal gyrus
D) anterior cingulate
E) none of the above
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