PSYC 676 Quiz 1

PSYC 676 Quiz 1

PSYC 676 Quiz 1

PSYC 676 Quiz Researching the Brain

Covers the Learn material from Module 1: Week 1.

1. Apraxia is the inability to:
2. The brain and spinal cord together make up the _____ nervous system.
3. The scientist who discovers how a unitary perception is made from multiple streams of sensory information will have solved the:
4. Although all of the individuals listed made contributions to our knowledge of the lateralization of language functions in the brain, _____ is generally credited with the MOST important findings.
5. The folds or bumps characteristic of the cerebral cortex are called:
6. With respect to the “mind–brain” problem, followers of Wallace and Darwin would MOST likely consider themselves to be
7. Which of the following supported a cardiac hypothesis of behavior?
8. Materialism is the philosophical position that all behavior can be explained by the:
9. The cortical area MOST closely associated with speech comprehension is the _____ lobe.
10. Darwin’s principle that all animals’ nervous systems evolved from that of a common ancestor predicted that:
11. Communication between cerebral hemispheres occurs via the:
12. If a person believes that brain function is only the source of some behaviors, it is accurate to refer to that person as a:
13. Tay-Sachs disease is inherited through a _____ gene and Huntington’s disease is inherited through a _____ gene.
14. I left footprints over 3 million years ago. I was found by R. A. Dart. He named me:
15. The anatomical structures of rat or monkey brains:
16. The encephalization quotient relates a mammalian species’:
17. The study of nonhuman species is NOT useful in ______.
18. The larger frontal lobes in primates have come to be associated with:
19. Relative to animals with poor vision, animals that have high-acuity color vision and good depth perception would be expected to have:
20. Phenotypic plasticity accounts for:
21. The average weight of the human brain is between _____ ml.
22. According to Mendelian genetics theory experience _____, but it appears that through epigenetic mechanisms it
23. Which of the following is MOST ancient?
24. Phenotypic plasticity is due in part to:
25. The MOST recent stage of hominid evolution has involved the: