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final exam - 3 Flashcards

1
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true or false: A bilingual person with brain damage may show deficits in one or both languages they speak, depending on the location of the damage

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true

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If a person had a condition that disrupted their ability to understand prosody, which deficit is most likely to be seen?

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not understanding when speaker is being sarcastic

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In which type of aphasia is characterized by people unable to repeat nonsense words and replacing words with similar ones when repeating a sentence back?

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conduct aphasia

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true or false: people w Wernicke’s Aphasia speak fluently and grammatically

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true

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true or false: people w pure Alexia cannot read bc written words have lost their meaning; they can see the words on the paper but they are meaningless scribbles

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true

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true or false: people w phonological dyslexia have difficult reading unfamiliar words due to inability to sound out words

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true

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7
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where you are unable to pronounce new words or write them out

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phonological dysgraphia

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if asked verbally to point out a picture of a chicken what disorder would make that difficult

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wernicke’s aphasia and pure word deafness

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what is phonagnosia

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inability too recognize the identity of a known speaker fro vocal cues

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Which type of aphasia results in patients omitting words like “of”, “and”, “have”, etc.?

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brocas aphasia

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When is someone who stutters most likely to stutter?

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at the start or initiation of speech

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true or false: those w surface dyslexia have deficit in whole word reading, they listen to their readings to best understand

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true

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13
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when you hear “meow” and think of a cat

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relational learning

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14
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Eric has suffered a traumatic brain injury that has impacted his memory. He has problems remembering the several hours before his injury. Which type of amnesia is Eric experiencing?

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retrograde amnesia

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15
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In the Little Albert experiment, the loud, frightening sound that caused Little Albert to cry was the ____________________.

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unconditioned stimulus

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16
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Roughly how many things can be held in short term memory at one time with active rehearsal?

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8-10

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17
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Which is one of the main areas of the brain that is known to have neurogenesis in adults?

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hippocampus

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18
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You are reading a book and your friend comes up to you to ask you a question. You missed their question and ask them to repeat themselves. However, you then hear the echo of their voice in your head and realize what they asked you and respond before they can ask again. The ability to hear their voice even after they stopped talking is an example of ____________________.

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sensory memory

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19
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What was the cause of H.M’s severe case of amnesia?

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a surgical removal of parts in his brain

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20
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true or false: LTP strengthens the connection bt two neurons By increasing the number of receptors on the post-synaptic cell and increasing the neuron transmitter release from the pre-synaptic cell, it is more likely an action potential will happen

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true

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21
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true or false: chronic methamphetamine use, learning new motor skills. learning sending language do DECREASE the number and complexity of dendrites in the brain

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false

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true or false: when neurons die after damage to the brain, the brain attempts to restore function via recruitment, axonal sprouting, and rerouting connections

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true

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true or false: The majority of information we encounter in our everyday lives never even makes it to short term memory because it does not have any meaning to us

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true

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24
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Which neurotransmitter is released in the mesolimbic pathway during reinforcement?

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dopamine

25
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What is the most common cause of traumatic brain injuries?

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falling

26
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Which neurotransmitter systems do the medications for Alzheimer’s Disease work on?

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acetylcholine and glutamate

27
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A hemispherectomy is a rare treatment option for which neurological condition?

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epilepsy

28
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Reinforce desired or positive behaviors while discouraging undesirable or negative behaviors

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applied behavioral analysis

29
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true or false: Children with FASDs do not survive long enough after birth to receive any diagnosis, so the estimated number of cases is a pure guess

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false

30
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Why is the corpus callosum sometimes surgically severed or damaged as a treatment for epilepsy?

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it prevents a localized seizure from becoming a general seizure

31
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true or false: Primary injury happens immediately at the time of the TBI whereas secondary injury takes place minutes to days later as biochemical mechanisms are triggered that make the initial injury worse

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true

32
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true or false: the only way to diagnose Alzheimers is after patient dies

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true

33
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Teaching young children with various neurological conditions necessary skills like communication, socializing, and walking

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Early intervention Services

34
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true or false: late stage of AIDS, Huntington’s, and Parkinson are all causes of dementia

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true

35
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Neurofibrillary tangles and Beta-Amyloid plaques are MOST associated with which neurological disorder?

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alzheimers disease

36
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Why is an accumulation of phosphorylated tau (p-tau) a problem in Alzheimer’s Disease?

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they collect together to form neurofibrillary tangles that kill the cell

37
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A patient comes in having sustained a TBI in a car accident. Their head was thrown backwards initially and then rapidly was thrown forward and hit the steering wheel. Based on this is an example of which kind of TBI?

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rotational TBI and direct TBI

38
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Which of the neurological disorders discussed has profound impacts on other body systems like the skeletal, cardiac and other organ systems?

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fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

39
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Which system in the brain is dysfunctional in Parkinson’s Disease that causes motor impairments?

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basal ganglia

40
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true or false: severe memory impairments is NOT a symptom commonly seen in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder?

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true

41
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What measures electric activity in the brain?

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electroencephalogram

42
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Where do beta-amyloid plaques come from?

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accumulation of the breakdown of membrane protein

43
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what is stimulus response learning

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performing a specific behavior in the presence of a specific stimulus

44
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what is HEBB known for

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neurons that fire together wire together

45
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dopamine is associated w what pathway

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mesolimbic pathway

46
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motor learning changes

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behavior

47
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perceptual learning is

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recognition of stimuli

48
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what are the two types of memories that make up long term memory

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declarative and non-declarative

49
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true or false: declarative memory is about facts and events while non declarative is about skills (auto pilot)

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true

50
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what to types of memories make up declarative memory

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episodic and semantic

51
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semantic memory is

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facts and concepts

52
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episodic memory is

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events and experiences

53
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what is amnesia

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disorder that impacts an individuals memory

54
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true or false: Korsakoff’s syndrome, Alzheimers, TBI, stroke, seizures, tumors, encephalitis all can cause amnesia

A

true

55
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what an example of procedural memory

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skip of tracing star through mirror

56
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what is example of perceptual learning

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recognition of umbrella drawing

57
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increased response to frequently repeated stimuli

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sensitization

58
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deceased response to frequently repeated stimuli

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habituation

59
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process where synaptic connections bt neurons becomes stronger w frequent activation

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LTP

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