Multiple Choice Quiz


1	In discussing intelligence, who compared magnetic attraction in inanimate objects to attraction in human beings, using Romeo and Juliet as an example?
		A)	Pinker.
		B)	Broca.
		C)	James.
		D)	Brodmann.


2	Who documented the case of Phineas Gage?
		A)	James.
		B)	Harlow.
		C)	Pinker.
		D)	Goldman-Rakic.


3	What type of cell is predominantly found in layer IV of the prefrontal cortex?
		A)	Basket.
		B)	Purkinje.
		C)	Granule.
		D)	Pyramidal.


4	To influence autonomic and endocrine functioning, the prefrontal cortex projects to the
		A)	hypothalamus.
		B)	neostriatum.
		C)	superior colliculus.
		D)	premotor cortex.


5	According to the working model of prefrontal function, which of the following activities is disrupted most due to a prefrontal lesion?
		A)	Finding food.
		B)	Getting a drink.
		C)	Putting a letter in the mailbox.
		D)	Attending college.


6	What term describes the disregard a prefrontal patient has for the impact of his behavior on others?
		A)	Pseudodepression.
		B)	Euphoria.
		C)	Disinhibition.
		D)	Psuedopsychopathy.


7	Memory impairment in a prefrontal patient manifests as
		A)	poor recognition memory.
		B)	failure to release from proactive inhibition.
		C)	poor recall memory.
		D)	inability to remember one's own name.


8	What type of memory is disrupted most by prefrontal lesions?
		A)	Working.
		B)	Long-term.
		C)	Recent.
		D)	Procedural.


9	Which of the following is NOT typically an impairment of language due to a prefrontal lesion?
		A)	Diminished scope of narrative expression.
		B)	Reduction of spontaneous speech.
		C)	Reduction of volume.
		D)	Disruption of the smoothness of speech.


10	Who argued that the executive function impairment in prefrontal lesions is a consequence of an impairment in language and its role in behavior?
		A)	James.
		B)	Luria.
		C)	Harlow.
		D)	Broca.


11	Which test, sensitive to prefrontal lesions, requires subjects to sort cards and shift the sorting concept throughout the test?
		A)	Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
		B)	California Card Sorting Test.
		C)	Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.
		D)	Tower of London Test.


12	What term best describes prospective memory?
		A)	Executive.
		B)	Divergent thinking.
		C)	Foresight.
		D)	Temporal integration.


13	The inhibition of responses to features that are not relevant to a task is demonstrated by
		A)	impulsive behavior.
		B)	exclusionary attention.
		C)	selective attention.
		D)	divided attention.


14	What type of behavior accounts for the impaired abilities of prefrontal patients on the Stroop Test?
		A)	Stimulus bound.
		B)	Utilization behavior.
		C)	Euphoria.
		D)	Convergent thinking.


15	The ability to integrate input to the sensory-perceptual system with the activity of the motor system is
		A)	cognitive estimation.
		B)	convergent thinking.
		C)	corollary discharge.
		D)	utilization behavior.


16	The ability to maintain behavior strategies in the face of negative feedback is
		A)	cognitive estimation.
		B)	corollary discharge.
		C)	selective attention.
		D)	perseveration.


17	Which prefrontal syndrome is most often compared to sociopathy?
		A)	Orbital prefrontal.
		B)	Dorsolateral.
		C)	Medial.
		D)	Ventrolateral.


18	Who developed the theory of prefrontal functioning as the regulation of behavior by representational knowledge?
		A)	Rolls.
		B)	Damasio.
		C)	Duncan.
		D)	Goldman-Rakic.


19	Who originally found that monkeys with prefrontal lesions were severely impaired on spatial delayed-response tasks?
		A)	Rolls.
		B)	Goldman-Rakic.
		C)	Jacobsen.
		D)	Ferrier.


20	Lesions in monkeys that impaired only delayed-response tasks in the visuospatial domain were located in the
		A)	arcuate sulcus.
		B)	orbital prefrontal convexity.
		C)	inferior prefrontal convexity.
		D)	principal sulcus.

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