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