Chapter 15 Quiz

Question 1

_____ is an interdisciplinary field that seeks to understand how the brain makes decisions.

Answer 1

Neuroeconomics

Question 2

The _____ plays a role in directing attention to the eyes to identify facial expressions.

Answer 2

amygdala

Question 3

The mind’s level of responsiveness to impressions made by the senses is called ________

Answer 3

consciousness

Question 4

_____ _______ provide the basis for cognition; _____ _____act as computational units.

Answer 4

Cell assemblies; individual neurons

Question 5

According to Donald Hebb, _____ is a term for innate intellectual potential, which is highly heritable and cannot be measured directly.

Answer 5

intelligence A

Question 6

When investigating recovery of function from brain injury, _____ animals showed a greater number of dendrites and greater numbers of dendritic spines.

Answer 6

ovariectomized

Question 7

As stated in the text, knowledge of what things are is _____; knowledge of how to grasp the object is _____.

Answer 7

temporale; parietal

Question 8

When considering movement, what deficits in movement occur when there is damage to the right hemisphere?

Answer 8

Difficulties occur in thinking about and making spatially guided movements.

Question 9

_____ ______ indicates that the two sides of the brain have different responsibilities.

Answer 9

cerebral asymmetry

Question 10

What are 3 examples of physiological constructs?

Answer 10

emotion, language, and memory (NOT movement)

Question 11

_____ _____ is a form of thinking that searches for a single answer to a question.

Answer 11

convergent thinking

Question 12

Attending to specific parts of the sensory world is a property of ___ ____

Answer 12

single neurons

Question 13

Which of the following areas of the brain has NOT been implicated in understanding oneself?
A) R lat. prefrontal cortex
B) medial prefrontal regions
C) lateral parietal cortex
D) medial preoptic area

Answer 13

medial preoptic area

Question 14

The neuron structure in the prefrontal region shows larger ____ _____ in males than in females.

Answer 14

dendritic fields

Question 15

_____ is the selectively narrowing or focusing of awareness to part of the sensory environment or to a class of stimuli.

Answer 15

attention

Question 16

The posterior temporal lobe is larger on the ___ side of the brain.

Answer 16

right

Question 17

The parietal lobe is larger on the __ side of the brain

Answer 17

left

Question 18

The primary auditory area is larger on the ____ side of the brain.

Answer 18

right

Question 19

____ ____ provide the basis for cognition; ___ __ act as computational units

Answer 19

cell assemblies; individual neurons

Question 20

What will a split-brain patient say he sees when shown a spoon in his left visual field?

Answer 20

“I see nothing”

Question 21

_____ ______ encompasses a whole range of mental functions that vary from navigational ability to the mental manipulation of complex visual arrays.

Answer 21

spatial cognition

Question 22

The text presents an experiment in which monkeys were taught to identify apparent motion in a set of moving dots. In investigating if individual neurons or cell assemblies were responsible for perception, what was the conclusion of this study?

Answer 22

Individual neurons, not cell assemblies, influence perception

Question 23

The _____ association cortex controls the ability to direct attention to where it is needed.

Answer 23

frontal

Question 24

Howard Gardner proposed a theory of _____ _______

Answer 24

multiple intelligences

Question 25

The dendritic fields in Broca’s area are larger than the same neurons on the right side of the brain. T/F

Answer 25

True!

Question 26

_____ ____ ____ is a condition in which a person’s speech zone is located in the right hemisphere or in both hemispheres.

Answer 26

anomalous speech representation

Question 27

According to Donald Hebb, _____ is a term for observed intelligence, influenced by experience and other factors in the course of development.

Answer 27

Intelligence B

Question 28

When we express attitudes, like prejudices, which of the following area(s) of the brain is(are) NOT activated?
A) ACC
B) lat parietal regions
C) temporal regions
D) prefrontal areas

Answer 28

temporal regions

Question 29

_______ _____ are hypothetical groups of neurons that become functionally connected via common sensory inputs.

Answer 29

cell assemblies

Question 30

An idea or set of impressions that some mental ability exists as an entity is called a ____ ____

Answer 30

psychological construct

Question 31

A _____ _____ is a map of the complete structural and functional fiber pathways of the human brain in vivo

Answer 31

brain connectome

Question 32

_____ ______ is a philosophical question focused on how the brain ties single and varied sensory and motor events together into a unified perception or behavior.

Answer 32

binding problem

Question 33

When tested, males excel on ___ ___ tasks

Answer 33

spatial reasoning

Question 34

The mind’s level of responsiveness to impressions made by the senses is called _____

Answer 34

consciousness