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1. A man whose eyes work normally is unable to see after getting shot in the head. Where in his brain did he most likely suffer damage?

A. the parietal lobes
B. the occipital lobes
C. the frontal lobes
D. the temporal lobes

2. Which of the following sentences would a person with Broca's aphasia find easiest to understand?

A. The red sports car was hit by the cement truck, which was speeding across a narrow bridge.
B. The speeding cement truck hit the red sports car on a narrow bridge.
C. The red sports car was hit by the speeding cement truck on a narrow bridge.
D. A person with Broca's aphasia would find all of these equally easy to understand.

3. Larry has received damage to his cerebral cortex — damage that makes it very difficult for him to make use of his internalized knowledge of the world. Which part of his cerebral cortex is most likely to be damaged?

A. the parietal lobes
B. the occipital lobes
C. the frontal lobes
D. the temporal lobes

4. With which of the following tasks would a person with prosopagnosia have the most difficulty?

A. finding a nose on a face
B. recognizing a person's voice
C. finding a specific location on a map
D. recognizing that an object is red

5. Which of the following is an example of a mental representation in working memory?

A. a learned emotional response
B. a melody that you can't seem to get out of your head
C. a memory of a sound stimulus.
D. an unconscious memory of a word list learned one month ago

6. Barry has experienced damage to a portion of his brain that controls the movements of his tongue and mouth. Thus Barry no longer can speak. Why would we not say that Barry is suffering from aphasia?

A. Because there is no evidence that he is unable to understand or use language.
B. Because there is no evidence that his problems are permanent.
C. Because aphasia involves the ability to write, not the ability to speak.
D. Because aphasia involves the inability to move other parts the body.

7. Activity in which of the following areas of the brain allows people to maintain information at the conscious level for a short period of time?

A. the frontal lobes
B. the parietal lobes
C. the occipital lobes
D. the temporal lobes

8. Which of the following is an example of a perception?

A. Your visual cortex is being activated.
B. You recognize your favorite song on the radio.
C. Touch receptors in your skin are being stimulated.
D. All of these are examples of perception.

9. Ever since his car accident, Stanley is easily distracted by events going on around him and is unable to complete even the simplest of tasks. Stanley most likely has suffered damage to which of the following brain areas?

A. Broca's Area
B. Wernicke's Area
C. the frontal lobes
D. the parietal lobes

10. Tamara's right arm has been paralyzed since her stroke. Which of the following areas is most likely to be damaged?

A. right parietal lobe
B. left parietal lobe
C. right frontal lobe
D. left frontal lobe

11. Which of the following sentences would a person with Wernicke's aphasia find easiest to understand?

A. The red sports car was hit by the cement truck, which was speeding across a narrow bridge.
B. The speeding cement truck hit the red sports car on a narrow bridge.
C. The red sports car was hit by the speeding cement truck on a narrow bridge.
D. A person with Wernicke's aphasia probably would have equal difficulty understanding all three sentences.

12. Gary had a stroke several months ago that left him impaired in several ways. When his doctor came to talk with him today, Gary began the conversation with the following statement: "God, I've been yawning a lot. I'm terribly tired because the computer is on the shelf and I won't talk about the selapane, last year, often enough. Everything's going great, I imply a bit now and then, otherwise, you understand, I need to go to the park, trope through the kiminee, and so on." Which of the following is Gary suffering from?

A. schizophrenia
B. subcortical epilepsy
C. Wernicke's aphasia
D. Broca's aphasia

13. Which of the following problems is the one that makes it most difficult
for people with damage to the frontal lobes to function in everyday life?

A. They have trouble initiating voluntary movements of the body.
B. They show large decreases in intelligence.
C. They have difficulty attending to pertinent information.
D. They are unable to form new memories.

14. A man is having a great deal of difficulty sensing touch on the left side of his body after having a tumor removed from his cerebral cortex. Where in his brain did he most likely suffer damage?

A. the right parietal lobe
B. the left parietal lobe
C. the right temporal lobe
D. the left temporal lobe

15. Samuel is unable to name fruits he is shown, although he can describe what they look like, what they taste like, and so on. Sam is suffering from

A. Broca's aphasia.
B. Wernicke's aphasia.
C. apraxia.
D. anomia.

16. Which part of the central nervous system is most likely to be damaged in a person who is having trouble with speaking and using language?

A. the brain stem
B. the limbic system
C. the cerebral cortex
D. the cerebellum

17. Jean had a stroke last year that left her impaired in several ways. Her biggest problem is that she is having difficulty with speaking and writing. She is unable to say or write more than a few words. She also is having trouble moving the right side of her body. Which part of her brain is most likely to have been damaged?

A. her left parietal lobe
B. her right parietal lobe
C. her left frontal lobe
D. her right frontal lobe

18. Helen has epilepsy. When she has a seizure, she often experiences visual hallucinations of people, animals, and even places. These symptoms suggest that Helen's seizures include excess electrical activity in pathways connecting the

A. occipital and parietal lobes.
B. occipital and temporal lobes.
C. frontal and parietal lobes.
D. frontal and temporal lobes.

19. Helen has epilepsy. When she has a seizure, she often sees colors, lights, and abstract forms. These symptoms suggest that Helen's seizures include excess electrical activity in the

A. occipital lobes.
B. temporal lobes.
C. parietal lobes.
D. frontal lobes.

20. Which of the following people has aphasia?

A. Anne, who is unable to speak or write after an auto accident in which her brain was damaged.
B. Mark, who is 13 months old and is able to say only about five words and understand perhaps about 10-15.
C. Richard, who is unable to speak clearly after a brain disease severely damaged his motor cortex.
D. All of these people have aphasia.

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