Multiple Choice Quiz


1	The brain hypothesis is the idea that the brain is the biological organ that
		A)	controls and directs behavior.
		B)	is developed first in the fetus.
		C)	produces animal spirits.
		D)	contains the cellula phantastica, cellula logistica, and cellula memoralis.


2	Trepanning is
		A)	part of the mummification process.
		B)	the surgical removal of a small part of the brain.
		C)	a noninvasive way to scan and study the brain.
		D)	drilling a hole in the skull.


3	The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus documented a case of
		A)	a beheading resulting in death.
		B)	brain damage resulting in behavioral problems.
		C)	an individual being born without a brain.
		D)	an individual surviving a spike through the head.


4	Hippocrates wrote about behavioral problems after damage to the
		A)	liver.
		B)	stomach.
		C)	brain.
		D)	heart.


5	Galen's localization of function idea focused on the
		A)	pineal gland.
		B)	corpus callosum.
		C)	ventricles.
		D)	cortex.


6	Luigi Rolando is best remembered for
		A)	discovering the hypothalamus and pituitary gland.
		B)	performing the first successful brain surgery on a human.
		C)	formulating the brain hypothesis.
		D)	making the first accurate representation of the gyri and sulci of the cortex.


7	Rene Descartes was a proponent of
		A)	monism.
		B)	materialism.
		C)	dualism.
		D)	idealism.


8	What are the two names most associated with phrenology?
		A)	Fritsch and Hitzig.
		B)	Gall and Spurzheim.
		C)	Flourens and Lashley.
		D)	Plato and Aristotle.


9	What are the two names associated with experimental lesions in laboratory animals?
		A)	Fritsch and Hitzig.
		B)	Gall and Spurzheim.
		C)	Flourens and Lashley.
		D)	Plato and Aristotle.


10	Broca coined what term to describe the language impairments he observed?
		A)	Aphemia.
		B)	Aphasia.
		C)	Agnosia.
		D)	Apraxia.


11	Left frontal lesions are indicative of
		A)	conduction aphasia.
		B)	Wernicke's aphasia.
		C)	Broca's aphasia.
		D)	global aphasia.


12	Left posterior lesions are indicative of
		A)	conduction aphasia.
		B)	Wernicke's aphasia.
		C)	Broca's aphasia.
		D)	global aphasia.


13	Alexia without agraphia is produced by damage to the
		A)	genu of the corpus callosum.
		B)	splenium of the corpus callosum.
		C)	ventricles.
		D)	thalamus.


14	Liepmann studied which disorder?
		A)	Aphemia.
		B)	Aphasia.
		C)	Agnosia.
		D)	Apraxia.


15	John Hughlings-Jackson proposed that the brain is organized
		A)	serially.
		B)	holistically.
		C)	hierarchically.
		D)	in modules.


16	According to Hughlings-Jackson, brain damage can result in loss of function or
		A)	release symptoms.
		B)	elation.
		C)	euphoria.
		D)	depression.


17	Visual agnosia is characterized by a problem with
		A)	object recognition.
		B)	word finding.
		C)	a lazy eye.
		D)	double vision.


18	Who was highly critical of the concept of visual agnosia due to his preconception?
		A)	Sigmund Freud.
		B)	Eberhard Bay.
		C)	John Hughlings-Jackson.
		D)	Norman Geschwind.


19	The psychometric approach is characterized by
		A)	measuring the skull with precise instruments.
		B)	utilizing case studies of rare disorders.
		C)	studying group differences with statistics.
		D)	designing brain-scanning equipment.


20	Before becoming immersed in psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud wrote a book about
		A)	agnosia.
		B)	aphasia.
		C)	ataxia.
		D)	alexia.

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