Chapter 01: Development of Neuropsycholgy

Question 0

What is the mind-body problem?

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How can a nonmaterial mind produce movements in a material body?

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dualism (n.)

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the idea that the mind and body are separate but can interact

Question 2

What is the term for someone who believes the mind and body are a unitary whole?

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Monists

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What is materialism?

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the idea that behavior can be explained by the workings of the nervous system (instead of a nonmaterial mind)

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phrenology (n.)

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the study of the relationship between the skull’s surface features and a person’s faculties and characteristics

Question 5

What is another name for Broca’s aphasia?

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Expressive aphasia or agrammatic aphasia

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Broca’s aphasia (n.)

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the loss of ability to produce language, spoken or written

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Wernicke’s aphasia (n.)

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the inability to understand written or spoken language, coupled with an inability to communicate meaningfully; patients still use normal grammar, syntax, rate, and intonation

Question 8

What is another name for Wernicke’s aphasia?

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Receptive aphasia or fluent aphasia

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alexia (n.)

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loss of the ability to read (“word blindness”)

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What is the binding problem?

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The puzzle of the unified nature of our perception despite the multiple, parallel channels the brain analyzes our senses through

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visual agnosia (n.)

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an inability to distinguish objects or vertical/horizontal orientation, despite unaffected visual acuity (blind sight/cortical blindness)

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trephining (n.)

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the cutting of a circular hole in the skull, described by Hippocrates

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psychometrics (n.)

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the science of measuring human mental abilities