PSYC 676 Quiz 5
PSYC 676 Quiz 5
PSYC 676 Quiz Typical Brain Development and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Covers the Learn material from Module 5: Week 5.
- The concept that sparing of function follows infant brain lesions is known as the:
- Which of the following would appear earliest in the developmental sequence?
- Dendrite growth differs from axonal growth in that:
- The number of synapses in the human cerebral cortex is approximately:
- Early damage to the medial temporal area is MOST likely to be noticed in:
- Some cortical areas are myelinated as early as age:
- Kolb and colleagues demonstrated that tactile stimulation following lesions of the frontal cortex resulted in which of the following?
- The main changes in the visual system following monocular deprivation in kittens are seen at the level of the:
- In humans, synaptic density is greatest at about age:
- A study of Romanian orphans showed that infants adopted at 18 months or older tended to have IQs that were _____ points lower than average.
- According to Epstein, the human brain exhibits several growth spurts. The last of these occurs at about age:
- Migrating neuroblasts are guided by:
- CSF is made by the:
- Stimulants may be effective for some cases of learning-disabled children because the cerebral activation increases:
- Because reading is central to success in school _____ is central to the study of neurodevelopmental disorders.
- The MOST likely cause(s) of cerebral palsy is(are):
- By adolescence, _____ percent to _____ percent of hyperactive children have begun to have problems with the law.
- A less severe form of autism is termed:
- The dictionary-like store of words in the brain is referred to as:
- The Geschwind–Galaburda hypothesis proposes to account for all EXCEPT which of the following?
- The male-to-female ratio in autism is about:
- The MOST typical cause of hydrocephalus is:
- Reading by sounding out the phonemes is termed _____ reading.
- Developmentally dyslexic individuals do particularly poorly on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children test of:
- Impairments seen in children with autism in learning various motor skills and conditioned responses may be related MOST closely to abnormalities in the _____ of these individuals.