12. Web quiz Cognitive Functions Chapter 13 PDF

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In most humans, control of language is centered in the: a. corpus callosum. b. right hemisphere. c. cerebellum. d. left hemisphere. status: not answered () correct: d your answer: The right hemisphere of the human brain receives visual input from the: a. right half of each retina. 2

b. retina of the left eye. c. retina of the right eye.

d. left half of each retina. status: not answered () correct: a your answer: In general, drugs that treat epilepsy work by: a. enhancing the effects of GABA. 3

b. causing apoptosis. c. preventing the sodium-potassium pump from working.

d. relaxing the cell membrane. status: not answered () correct: a your answer: Several patients have had their corpus callosum cut surgically as a treatment for severe cases of: a. obsessive-compulsive disorder. 4

b. epilepsy. c. schizophrenia.

d. dyslexia. status: not answered () correct: b your answer: 5 Which of the following tasks would split-brain patients be able to perform better than other people? a. Tying their shoes. b. Using both hands simultaneously to draw separate shapes.

c. Completing an intelligence test. d. Unfamiliar tasks. status: not answered () correct: b your answer: Control of the emotional content of speech depends on: a. the corpus callosum. 6

b. the left hemisphere. c. the right hemisphere.

d. both hemispheres equally. status: not answered () correct: c your answer: The planum temporale is larger in the: a. left hemisphere for most people. 7

b. right hemisphere for most people. c. left hemisphere but only for newborns.

d. right hemisphere but only for newborns. status: not answered () correct: a your answer: In people born without a corpus callosum can compensate for a lack of corpus callosum because of the extra development o a. commissures. 8

b. thalamus. c. fornix.

d. brainstem. status: not answered () correct: a your answer: The ability to produce new combinations of signals to represent new ideas, such as with language, is known as: a. conjunctivity. 9

b. productivity. c. lateralization.

d. implicit memory. status: not answered () correct: b your answer:

Early studies taught chimpanzees to use symbols to communicate with a computer and each other. Which of the following a. They frequently used new and original combinations. 10

b. They consistently used the same symbol patterns. c. They frequently made requests.

d. They learned to type messages to other chimps. status: not answered () correct: a your answer: Studies of nonhuman language abilities call attention to the: a. difficulty of defining language. 11

b. close relationship between language and brain size. c. close relationship between language and classical conditioning.

d. ability of many species to learn language. status: not answered () correct: a your answer: The language of children with Williams syndrome is: a. a byproduct of their intelligence. 12

b. impossible to understand. c. comparable to children with other forms of mental retardation.

d. comparable to that of a normal adult's second language. status: not answered () correct: d your answer: One way to test the hypothesis that people are biologically adapted to learn best during a critical period is to: a. determine whether people learn a second language if they start at various ages. 13

b. determine whether people learn a second language better than a first language. c. compare the vocabularies of children and adults.

d. compare the grammar use of children and adults. status: not answered () correct: a your answer: 14 Someone with Broca's aphasia has the greatest difficulty: a. remembering the names of objects. b. understanding spoken language.

c. speaking. d. understanding written language. status: not answered () correct: c your answer: Someone with Broca's aphasia is least likely to use: a. adjectives and adverbs. 15

b. verbs. c. nouns.

d. prepositions and conjunctions. status: not answered () correct: d your answer: Someone suffering from Wernicke's aphasia has difficulty: a. articulating speech. 16

b. using prepositions and conjunctions. c. understanding speech.

d. reading aloud. status: not answered () correct: c your answer: A person with anomia would have the most difficulty with: a. reaching out to touch objects. 17

b. remembering the names of objects. c. understanding written, as opposed to spoken, language.

d. speaking rapidly and fluently. status: not answered () correct: b your answer: More typical of dyslexic people than of other people is: a. a planum temporale that is larger in the left hemisphere than the right hemisphere. 18

b. damage to the posterior portion of the corpus callosum. c. an overresponsive magnocellular pathway in the visual system.

d. a bilaterally symmetrical cerebral cortex. status: not answered () correct: d your answer:

A symptom of right-hemisphere parietal lobe damage is the tendency to ignore the: a. ventral areas of the body. 19

b. dorsal areas of the body. c. ipsilateral side of the body and world.

d. contralateral side of the body and world. status: not answered () correct: b your answer: In many instances, spatial neglect appears to be linked to ________ problems. a. cognitive 20

b. motor c. sensory

d. attention status: not answered () correct: a your answer:...