AP Psychology Unit 3B Quiz

Dr. Joann, a brain researcher, is investigating the connection between certain environmental stimuli and brain processes (i.e. which parts of the brain are associated with verbal processing). Which types of brain scans is he most likely to use?

PET and EEG

What happened when Paul Bucy surgically lesioned part of a rhesus monkey's brain that included the amygdala? See page 71.

The monkey became especially mellow

According to the theory of evolution, why might we call some parts of the brain the old brain and some parts the new brain?

The old brain developed first according to evolution.

This figure on page 70 shows that the cerebellum coordinates our voluntary movements. The second half of this figure gives the example of:

a soccer player directing the ball

An individual with damage to Wernicke's area is most likely to have difficulty

comprehending a spoken request for information

In 1848, Phineas Gage, a railroad construction foreman, survived when an explosion drove an iron rod through his head. The once friendly, soft-spoken Gage became irritable and dishonest. Gage's case provided evidence that which region of the brain plays a role in personality and behavior?

frontal lobes

Which of the following brain structures has the strongest influence on hunger and satiety?

hypothalamus

If you injured your cerebellum, your movements would be _____________. See page 71.

jerky and exaggerated

If Professor Kosiba lesions the amygdala of a laboratory rat, the rat will most likely become

less aggressive

To be learning about neuroscience now is ____________. See page 68.

like studying world geography while Magellan was exploring the seas

Which lobes of the brain receive the input that enables you to feel someone scratching your back?

parietal

After Terry lost a finger in an industrial accident, the area of his sensory cortex devoted to receiving input from that finger gradually became very responsive to sensory input from his adjacent fingers. This best illustrates

plasticity

For those with damage to their frontal lobes, moral judgements may seem unrestrained by normal emotions. Unlike most people, these individuals with damage to the brain area behind their eyes might advocate ____ . See page 79

pushing someone in front of a runaway boxcar to save five others

The parietal lobes are to ________ as the occipital lobes are to ________.

sensing touch; seeing

Which brain structure receives information from all the senses except smell?

thalamus