Multiple Choice

Question 1

Most of the visual information from the retina is connected via optic tracts to:

Answer 1

lateral geniculate nuclei

Question 2

The retinohypothalamic tracts send visual information to the ____________ :

Answer 2

Suprachiasmatic nucleus in the hypothalamus

Question 3

Research and clinical data indicate that the superior temporal stream (STS) is
important for the perception and processing of ____________ :

Answer 3

social interactions

Question 4

Which of the following is considered a semantic paraphasia?

Answer 4

door for gate

Question 5

Which of the following is considered a phonemic paraphasia?

Answer 5

stable for fable

Question 6

Which statement is consistent with the Network Perspective regarding language processing?

Answer 6

White-matter interactions between brain regions are important for language processing

Question 7

Which statement is not consistent with our current understanding of lateralization of hemispheric functions/contributions?

Answer 7

For left-hand dominant individuals, language is a Right-hemispheric function***

Question 8

Which statement is not consistent with research findings?

Answer 8

When comparing ratios of gray to white matter, the Right hemisphere has more gray matter than the Left hemisphere

Question 9

Right hemispheric contributions to language do not include _____________ :

Answer 9

integrating words in a sentence

Question 10

Which of the following brain regions are known to be involved with dopaminergic processes?

Answer 10

ventral tegmentum

Question 11

Skilled actions rely on the integrity of _______________ :

Answer 11

Basal ganglia

Question 12

Perceptual learning requires involvement of _______________ :

Answer 12

Specific and multisensory cortices

Question 13

The amygdala is known to be crucial for _________________ :

Answer 13

Fear conditioning

Question 14

What is the contribution of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex to encoding of information?

Answer 14

Focusing on relevance

Question 15

What is the contribution of the Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex to encoding of information?

Answer 15

Focusing on relevance

Question 16

Difficulties “throwing away” irrelevant information are considered the result of lesions to the ________________ :

Answer 16

inferior-temporal cortex

Question 17

Recognition ability starts ________________ :

Answer 17

in early infancy

Question 18

Short Term Memory (STM) is limited in span and in time. Length of STM can be prolonged by ____________ , and span can be prolonged by ______________ :

Answer 18

Rehearsal; chunking

Question 19

Fear conditioning is mediated by:

Answer 19

Amygdala

Question 20

Multiple choice questions tap more into _____________ processes, while essay questions tap more into ___________________ processes.

Answer 20

Left hemisphere; right hemisphere

Question 21

Research findings indicate that _________ regions of the hippocampus are involved in retrieval of stored information.

Answer 21

posterior

Question 22

A 4th grader with academic problems is described by the teacher as having ‘short attention span.’ If the teacher describes this student accurately, the student, most likely, has problems with:

Answer 22

vigilance

Question 23

Which brain region is considered the interface between arousal and more advanced forms of attention?

Answer 23

Thalamus

Question 24

Automatic orientation to a specific object in the visual filed is quick and reflexive when

Answer 24

the object is novel

Question 25

Which of the following activities do not require divided attention?

Answer 25

performing a multi-step calculation

Question 26

Which of the following brain areas are involved in coordination of movements reactive to environmental stimuli?

Answer 26

Premotor area

Question 27

‘Obligatory attention’ dominates the attention of a baby in the first:

Answer 27

2 months of life

Question 28

Which of the following brain-stem structures are known to be involved in the fight-flight mechanism?

Answer 28

locus coeruleus

Question 29

A new client is referred to you for psychotherapy by a neurologist. This client is described by the neurologist as an individual with frontal lobe dysfunctions. You are not surprised when this client is presenting you difficulties with:

Answer 29

delay of gratification

Question 30

Which part of the brain informs the hypothalamus when to activate the fight-flight mechanism?

Answer 30

amygdala

Question 31

Cortisol, the stress hormone, is secreted by:

Answer 31

adrenal cortex

Question 32

Which part of the brain activates the fight-flight mechanism?

Answer 32

Hypothalamus

Question 33

The connections between the amygdala and the hippocampus are important to:

Answer 33

Remember events which are emotionally charged

Question 34

Which of the following is crucial in perceiving and representing interoception?

Answer 34

Insula

Question 35

Which of the following is a known area where cognition, emotion, and motor control interact?

Answer 35

Cingulate gyrus

Question 36

Which part of the prefrontal cortices is most implicated in integration of emotions and decision making?

Answer 36

orbitofrontal cortex

Question 37

Implicit negative biases about specific social groups are associated with increased activity in the :

Answer 37

Amygdala

Question 38

The concept of ‘stereotype threat’ was coined to describe:

Answer 38

How a stereotype can result in underperformance by a member of the stereotyped group

Question 39

Which of the following statements is consistent with the current state of research about mirror neurons?

Answer 39

In human brains, researchers identified several areas in which specific neurons behave like mirror neurons in monkeys