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Neuropsych Exam 2 practice test #1
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  • 1. These cells have the largest population of cortical neurons
A) Stellate
B) Pyramidal
C) Glia
D) None of the above
E) Aspiny
  • 2. Which of the following is NOT true?
A) The right hemisphere is larger and heavier.
B) The left hemisphere extends farther posteriorly.
C) There is more gray matter in the right hemisphere.
D) The slope of the lateral is gentler on the left hemisphere.
E) The left side of the thalamus is dominant for language functions
  • 3. A split brain patient is presented with a picture of a spoon in the left visual field. When asked what they see, the patient would respond with
A) "I see nothing". Although object recognition is intact in the right hemisphere, speech initiation is not because mechanisms of the left hemisphere can not be accessed.
B) "I see nothing". Although object recognition is intact in the left hemisphere, speech initiation is not because mechanisms of the right hemisphere can not be accessed.
C) "Spoon" because because object recognition and speech intiaition is intact in the left hemisphere,.
D) "Spoon" because object recognition and speech intiaition is intact in the right hemisphere.
  • 4. Studies of dichotic listening tasks suggest that the left ear has an advantage for _______________ and the right ear has an advantage for _________________.
A) music and stimuli with a tonal quality; verbal stimuli
B) verbal stimuli and music; stimuli with a tonal quality
C) verbal stimuli; music and stimuli with a tonal quality.
D) verbal stimuli with a tonal quality; music
E) music; verbal stimuli with a tonal quality
  • 5. People who write with _______________ show more variation in asymmetry and greater hemispheric interaction.
A) none of the above
B) the right hand
C) both hands
D) the left hand
  • 6. Which of the following is NOT true?
A) All of the above are true.
B) There is little known about the cerebral organization in those with right hemisphere speech.
C) There is a larger incidence of left-handedness among mentally defective children & children with neurological disorders.
D) The majority of right-handers have lateralized speech.
  • 7. In regard to spatial analysis, what is true about sex differences?
A) Men are superior at spatial memory.
B) Women are superior at mental rotation
C) Men are superior at mental rotation.
D) Women are superior at geographical knowledge.
E) None of the above.
  • 8. Which of the following may be true in regard to the genetic theories of handedness?
A) If there is a dominant gene for speech in the left hemisphere, there is an increased likelihood of right handedness.
B) If there is a recessive gene for speech in the left hemisphere, there is an increased likelihood of left handedness.
C) If there is a dominant gene for speech in the left hemisphere, there is an increased likelihood of left handedness.
D) If there is a recessive gene for speech in the left hemisphere, there is an increased likelihood of right handedness.
  • 9. The anterior zone of the parietal lobe plays a role in
A) none of the above
B) processing somatic sensations and perceptions
C) processing controlled motor responses
D) integrating somatosensory information for movement
E) integrating visual information
  • 10. Anosodiaphoria is
A) none of the above
B) an indifference to illness
C) an inability to localize and name body parts
D) an absence of normal reactions to pain
E) the inability to identify an object without visual input
  • 11. Which of the following is not a symptom of Balint's syndrome, a disorder associated with bilateral parietal lesions?
A) Patients can move eyes but can't fixate on specific visual stimuli
B) Patients can not identify movement in the environment
C) Patients can not make visually guided movements
D) Patients can only pay attention to one thing at a time
  • 12. _________________ is a command apparatus for the operation of the limbs, hands, and eyes within immediate extrapersonal space.
A) The occipitofrontal cortex
B) The premotor cortex
C) The basal ganglia
D) The posterior parietal cortex
E) The cerebellum
  • 13. The posterior parietal cortex plays a role in
A) somatic sensations and perceptions
B) object recognition and pattern categorization
C) none of the above
D) viewer-centered system and visuomotor guidance
E) balance and biological motion perception
  • 14. _____________________ is commonly found in patients who have specifically had a Right hemisphere stroke with parietal dysfunction.
A) Autopagnosia
B) Anosodiaphoria
C) Anosognosia
D) Asymbolia for pain
E) Astereognosis
  • 15. Patients with this condition often have injuries to the right posterior cingulate cortex and seem to have no sense of direction.
A) Anterograde disorientation
B) Heading disorientation
C) None of the above
D) Topographic agnosia
E) Egocentric disorientation
  • 16. The inability to learn new representations of environmental information is called
A) egocentric disorientation.
B) anterograde disorientation.
C) topographic agnosia.
D) topographic amnesia.
E) heading disorientation.
  • 17. Which is not a common characteristic of both place cells and head-direction cells?
A) Both are active when changing directions
B) Both activate when the enironment is rotated.
C) Both are influenced by environmental cues.
D) Both continue activity in the dark.
  • 18. A cognitive map is a the brain's represetnation of the environment, and is involved with spatial behavior. A cognitive map is located in the
A) basal ganglia
B) amygdala
C) putamen
D) cerebellum
E) hippocampus
  • 19. ________ are similar to a compass needle and fire as long as the head is facing a certain direction
A) All of the above
B) Head direction cells
C) Grid cells
D) Place cells
  • 20. Place cells prefer
A) auditory cues
B) vestibular cues
C) somatosensory cues
D) visual cues
E) gustatory cues
  • 21. In the auditory pathway, inputs from the cortex are
A) ipsilateral and contralateral
B) contralateral
C) ipsilateral
  • 22. In the auditory pathway, information goes from
A) hindbrain --> midbrain --> thalamus --> cerebral cortex
B) cerebral cortex --> midbrain --> thalamus --> hindbrain
C) midbrain --> thalamus --> hindbrain --> cerebral cortex
D) none of the above
E) cerebral cortex --> thalamus --> midbrain --> hindbrain
  • 23. The dorsal tract has large, heavily myelinated fibers and receives input related to
A) hapsis and proprioception
B) nocioception and proprioception
C) hapsis and nocioception
D) none of the above
  • 24. This somatosensory pathway is related to the perception of unpleasant stimuli.
A) Dorsal
B) Geniculostriate
C) Vestibular
D) Ventral
E) Nigrostriatal
  • 25. Which of the following is not a basic sensory function of the temporal lobe?
A) processing auditory input
B) visual object recognition
C) long term storage of information
D) limb and trunk movements
  • 26. The Superior Temporal Sulcus is activated during tasks that involve
A) facial processing
B) limb coordination
C) speech production
D) none of the above
E) biological motion
  • 27. Schneider and colleagues found that
A) musicians have a higher volume of gray and white matter in Heschl's gyrus.
B) none of the above
C) musicians have larger inferior temporal cortices.
D) spectral pitch listeners had a leftward asymmetry of gray-matter in Heschl's gyrus.
  • 28. Pedantic speech, preoccupation with religion, perseveration, and an overemphasis on petty details of life occurs in
A) temporal lobe personality
B) pseudopsychopathy
C) pseudodepression
D) disinhibition syndrome
  • 29. Which of the following does color vision play a role in?
A) detection of depth
B) detection of position
C) All of the above
D) detection of movement
E) None of the above
  • 30. The dorsal stream of visual processing plays a role in
A) color perception
B) symbol categorization
C) object identification
D) visual guidance of movements
  • 31. The ventral stream of visual processing begins in V1 and ends in
A) the parietal lobe
B) the frontal lobe
C) the temporal lobe
D) the occipital lobe
  • 32. Blindness of one entire visual field due to a complete cut of the optic tract may be called
A) Homonymous Hemianopia
B) Scotoma
C) None of the above
D) Macular Sparing
E) Monocular blindness
  • 33. A patient who, upon showing them a pencil, can not describe it's characteristics or identify it by name may have
A) none of the above.
B) prosopagnosia.
C) apperceptive agnosia.
D) associative agnosia.
E) alexia.
  • 34. In a motor sequence, this region specifies movement goals
A) posterior cortex
B) premotor cortex
C) primary motor cortex
D) prefrontal cortex
  • 35. The ___________ is responsible for the execution of movements.
A) posterior cortex
B) primary motor cortex
C) premotor cortex
D) prefrontal cortex
  • 36. Persons with brainstem lesions would have impairments with
A) Grooming
B) Sexual behavior
C) All of the above
D) Eating and drinking
E) None of the above
  • 37. Hyperkinetic symptoms are related to _____________________ and occur in patients with _____________________.
A) increases in motor activity; Huntington's
B) loss of movement; Parkinsons
C) loss of movement; Huntington's
D) increases in motor activity; Parkinson's
  • 38. The basal ganglia connections:
A) Substantia nigra -> Caudate -> Thalamus -> Cortex -> Movement
B) Thalamus -> Caudate -> Substantia Nigra -> Cortex -> Movement
C) Cortex -> Thalamus -> Caudate -> Substantia Nigra -> Movement
D) Caudate -> Thalamus -> Substantia Nigra -> Cortex -> Movement
  • 39. The basal ganglia receives connections from
A) all areas of the neocortex
B) the substantia nigra
C) none of the above
D) the limbic cortex
E) all of the above
  • 40. Which structure plays a role in the timing of movements and the maintenance of movement accuracy?
A) Cerebellum
B) None of the above
C) Hippocampus
D) Basal Ganglia
E) Orbitofrontal Cortex
  • 41. The ________ parts of the cerebellum control the __________.
A) medial; trunk
B) lateral; trunk
C) medial; limbs
  • 42. The lateral corticospinal tract _________ and controls _______ regions.
A) decussates, trunk
B) does not decussate, trunk
C) does not decussate, limb
D) decussates, limb
  • 43. The precentral sulcus is part of the __________.
A) striate cortex
B) prefrontal cortex
C) inferiotemporal cortex
D) motor cortex
  • 44. ____________ is associated with control of movement, rather than muscles.
A) The motor cortex
B) The frontal eye field
C) The premotor cortex
D) The prefrontal cortex
  • 45. The __________ contains cells that respond to taste and olfaction.
A) dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
B) medial prefrontal cortex
C) inferior prefrontal cortex
  • 46. Persons with _____ lesions have difficulty with social cues.
A) dorsolateral
B) orbitofrontal
C) none of the above
D) posterior parietal
  • 47. The Left frontal lobe is involved with
A) memory retrieval
B) facial expression
C) speech
D) nonverbal movements
  • 48. low decerebrate animals
A) have a connected spinal cord and frontal lobe
B) have a connected hindbrain and spinal cord
C) none of the above
D) have a connected midbrain and frontal lobe
  • 49. Decorticate animals can do all of the following except:
A) eat dry food
B) build nests
C) swim
D) run
E) groom
  • 50. which of the following is a variable complicating the research on laterality?
A) Laterality is affected by genetic factors
B) All of the above
C) Laterality is exhibited by a range of animals
D) Laterality is not absolute
E) Cerebral site is just as important as cerebral side
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