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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) Pyramidal
B) Aspiny
C) Glia
D) Stellate
E) None of the above
  • 2. Which of the following is NOT true?
A) The left hemisphere extends farther posteriorly.
B) The slope of the lateral is gentler on the left hemisphere.
C) There is more gray matter in the right hemisphere.
D) The right hemisphere is larger and heavier.
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) "Spoon" because object recognition and speech intiaition is intact in the right hemisphere.
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) "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 because object recognition and speech intiaition is intact in the left 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 with a tonal quality; music
B) verbal stimuli; music and stimuli with a tonal quality.
C) verbal stimuli and music; stimuli with a tonal quality
D) music; verbal stimuli with a tonal quality
E) music and stimuli with a tonal quality; verbal stimuli
  • 5. People who write with _______________ show more variation in asymmetry and greater hemispheric interaction.
A) none of the above
B) both hands
C) the right hand
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) Women are superior at geographical knowledge.
B) Women are superior at mental rotation
C) Men are superior at mental rotation.
D) Men are superior at spatial memory.
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 recessive gene for speech in the left hemisphere, there is an increased likelihood of left handedness.
B) If there is a dominant 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 right 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) integrating somatosensory information for movement
C) processing somatic sensations and perceptions
D) processing controlled motor responses
E) none of the above
  • 10. Anosodiaphoria is
A) none of the above
B) an absence of normal reactions to pain
C) an indifference to illness
D) an inability to localize and name body parts
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 premotor cortex
B) The posterior parietal cortex
C) The cerebellum
D) The basal ganglia
E) The occipitofrontal cortex
  • 13. The posterior parietal cortex plays a role in
A) object recognition and pattern categorization
B) viewer-centered system and visuomotor guidance
C) none of the above
D) somatic sensations and perceptions
E) balance and biological motion perception
  • 14. _____________________ is commonly found in patients who have specifically had a Right hemisphere stroke with parietal dysfunction.
A) Astereognosis
B) Anosognosia
C) Asymbolia for pain
D) Anosodiaphoria
E) Autopagnosia
  • 15. Patients with this condition often have injuries to the right posterior cingulate cortex and seem to have no sense of direction.
A) Egocentric disorientation
B) Anterograde disorientation
C) Topographic agnosia
D) None of the above
E) Heading disorientation
  • 16. The inability to learn new representations of environmental information is called
A) heading disorientation.
B) egocentric disorientation.
C) anterograde disorientation.
D) topographic amnesia.
E) topographic agnosia.
  • 17. Which is not a common characteristic of both place cells and head-direction cells?
A) Both activate when the enironment is rotated.
B) Both are active when changing directions
C) Both continue activity in the dark.
D) Both are influenced by environmental cues.
  • 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) cerebellum
B) basal ganglia
C) putamen
D) amygdala
E) hippocampus
  • 19. ________ are similar to a compass needle and fire as long as the head is facing a certain direction
A) Place cells
B) All of the above
C) Head direction cells
D) Grid cells
  • 20. Place cells prefer
A) auditory cues
B) gustatory cues
C) vestibular cues
D) somatosensory cues
E) visual 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) cerebral cortex --> midbrain --> thalamus --> hindbrain
B) cerebral cortex --> thalamus --> midbrain --> hindbrain
C) midbrain --> thalamus --> hindbrain --> cerebral cortex
D) hindbrain --> midbrain --> thalamus --> cerebral cortex
E) none of the above
  • 23. The dorsal tract has large, heavily myelinated fibers and receives input related to
A) hapsis and proprioception
B) hapsis and nocioception
C) nocioception and proprioception
D) none of the above
  • 24. This somatosensory pathway is related to the perception of unpleasant stimuli.
A) Vestibular
B) Dorsal
C) Nigrostriatal
D) Ventral
E) Geniculostriate
  • 25. Which of the following is not a basic sensory function of the temporal lobe?
A) visual object recognition
B) long term storage of information
C) limb and trunk movements
D) processing auditory input
  • 26. The Superior Temporal Sulcus is activated during tasks that involve
A) none of the above
B) speech production
C) biological motion
D) facial processing
E) limb coordination
  • 27. Schneider and colleagues found that
A) none of the above
B) spectral pitch listeners had a leftward asymmetry of gray-matter in Heschl's gyrus.
C) musicians have larger inferior temporal cortices.
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) temporal lobe personality
B) disinhibition syndrome
C) pseudodepression
D) pseudopsychopathy
  • 29. Which of the following does color vision play a role in?
A) detection of depth
B) detection of movement
C) detection of position
D) All of the above
E) None of the above
  • 30. The dorsal stream of visual processing plays a role in
A) color perception
B) object identification
C) visual guidance of movements
D) symbol categorization
  • 31. The ventral stream of visual processing begins in V1 and ends in
A) the occipital lobe
B) the frontal lobe
C) the temporal lobe
D) the parietal lobe
  • 32. Blindness of one entire visual field due to a complete cut of the optic tract may be called
A) None of the above
B) Homonymous Hemianopia
C) Macular Sparing
D) Scotoma
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) premotor cortex
B) primary motor cortex
C) prefrontal cortex
D) posterior cortex
  • 35. The ___________ is responsible for the execution of movements.
A) prefrontal cortex
B) premotor cortex
C) posterior cortex
D) primary motor cortex
  • 36. Persons with brainstem lesions would have impairments with
A) Sexual behavior
B) Eating and drinking
C) All of the above
D) Grooming
E) None of the above
  • 37. Hyperkinetic symptoms are related to _____________________ and occur in patients with _____________________.
A) increases in motor activity; Huntington's
B) increases in motor activity; Parkinson's
C) loss of movement; Huntington's
D) loss of movement; Parkinsons
  • 38. The basal ganglia connections:
A) Caudate -> Thalamus -> Substantia Nigra -> Cortex -> Movement
B) Thalamus -> Caudate -> Substantia Nigra -> Cortex -> Movement
C) Cortex -> Thalamus -> Caudate -> Substantia Nigra -> Movement
D) Substantia nigra -> Caudate -> Thalamus -> Cortex -> Movement
  • 39. The basal ganglia receives connections from
A) the limbic cortex
B) the substantia nigra
C) all of the above
D) none 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) Hippocampus
B) Orbitofrontal Cortex
C) Cerebellum
D) Basal Ganglia
E) None of the above
  • 41. The ________ parts of the cerebellum control the __________.
A) medial; limbs
B) lateral; trunk
C) medial; trunk
  • 42. The lateral corticospinal tract _________ and controls _______ regions.
A) does not decussate, limb
B) decussates, limb
C) does not decussate, trunk
D) decussates, trunk
  • 43. The precentral sulcus is part of the __________.
A) prefrontal cortex
B) inferiotemporal cortex
C) motor cortex
D) striate cortex
  • 44. ____________ is associated with control of movement, rather than muscles.
A) The prefrontal cortex
B) The premotor cortex
C) The motor cortex
D) The frontal eye field
  • 45. The __________ contains cells that respond to taste and olfaction.
A) inferior prefrontal cortex
B) dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
C) medial prefrontal cortex
  • 46. Persons with _____ lesions have difficulty with social cues.
A) posterior parietal
B) orbitofrontal
C) dorsolateral
D) none of the above
  • 47. The Left frontal lobe is involved with
A) facial expression
B) memory retrieval
C) speech
D) nonverbal movements
  • 48. low decerebrate animals
A) have a connected midbrain and frontal lobe
B) none of the above
C) have a connected spinal cord and frontal lobe
D) have a connected hindbrain and spinal cord
  • 49. Decorticate animals can do all of the following except:
A) swim
B) build nests
C) groom
D) eat dry food
E) run
  • 50. which of the following is a variable complicating the research on laterality?
A) Laterality is not absolute
B) Laterality is exhibited by a range of animals
C) Cerebral site is just as important as cerebral side
D) All of the above
E) Laterality is affected by genetic factors
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