Cog Chap Assessment 2

Damage to Wernicke's area is in which lobe of the brain? a. Temporal b. Parietal c. Occipital d. Frontal

a. Temporal

The study of the physiological basis of cognition is known as a. cognitive neuroscience. b. neuroscience. c. cognitive psychology. d. neuropsychology.

a. cognitive neuroscience.

The _____ lobe of the cortex receives information from all of the senses and is responsible for coordination of the senses, as well as higher cognitive functions such as thinking and problem solving. a. frontal b. subcortical c. occipital d. parietal

a. frontal

A 10-month-old baby is interested in discovering different textures, comparing the touch sensations between a soft blanket and a hard wooden block. Tactile signals such as these are received by the _____ lobe. a. parietal b. occipital c. temporal d. frontal

a. parietal

In most people the left hemisphere of the brain is dominant for language. Based on this finding, we can expect that _______. a. people tend to remember words better when the words are projected to the right visual field b. people tend to remember words better when the words are projected to the left visual field c. people tend to remember words better when the words are projected to the center of the visual field d. people tend to remember only a few words when the words are projected visually

a. people tend to remember words better when the words are projected to the right visual field

The temporal lobe is a. where signals are received from the auditory system. b. important for higher functions such as language, thought, and memory, as well as motor functioning. c. the first place in the cerebral cortex where visual information is received. d. important for language, memory, and hearing. It is also where the primary visual cortex is located.

a. where signals are received from the auditory system

Which of the following is consistent with the idea of localization of function? a. Specific areas of the brain serve different functions. b. All of the above. c. Neurons in different areas of the brain respond best to different stimuli. d. Brain areas are specialized for specific functions.

b. All of the above.

Sarah has experienced brain damage making it difficult for her to understand spatial layout. Which area of her brain has most likely sustained damage? a. Fusiform face area (FFA) b. Parahippocampal place area (PPA) c. Functional magnetic area (FMA) d. Extrastriate body area (EBA)

b. Parahippocampal place area (PPA)

The key structural components of neurons are a. transmitters, dendrites, and nodes of Ranvier. b. cell body, dendrites, and axon. c. cell body, cellular membrane, and transmitters. d. axon, dendrites, and glands.

b. cell body, dendrites, and axon.

Neurons that respond to specific qualities (e.g., such as orientation, movement, and length) that make up objects are called a. receptors. b. feature detectors. c. retinal cells. d. dendrites.

b. feature detectors.

Groups of neurons or structures that are connected within the nervous system are called ________. a. neuronal bridges b. neural networks c. fused conduits d. synaptic vesicles

b. neural networks

When conducting an experiment on how stimuli are represented by the firing of neurons, you notice that neurons respond differently to different faces. For example, Arthur's face causes three neurons to fire, with neuron 1 responding the most and neuron 3 responding the least. Roger's face causes three different neurons to fire, with neuron 7 responding the least and neuron 9 responding the most. Your results support ____ coding. a. specificity b. sparse c. distributed d. divergence

b. sparse

You are walking down the street and see a really nice car drive by. You notice many features of it: its color, movement, shape, location, and so forth. All of these features are processed a. in one localized area of the brain. b. through fMRI potentials. c. in different parts of the brain. d. by the grandmother cells in the brain.

c. in different parts of the brain.

Groups of interconnected neurons are referred to as a. spreading activations. b. potentiated somas. c. neural circuits. d. myelin sheaths.

c. neural circuits.

If the intensity of a stimulus that is presented to a touch receptor is increased, this tends to increase the _____ in the receptor's axon. a. all of these b. speed of nerve conduction c. rate of nerve firing d. size of the nerve impulses

c. rate of nerve firing

Brain-imaging techniques can determine all of the following EXCEPT a. localization of brain activity in response to a specific stimulus. b. areas of the brain activated during cognitive tasks. c. the structure of individual neurons. d. patterns of blood flow in the brain.

c. the structure of individual neurons.

Early studies of brain tissue that used staining techniques and microscopes from the 19th century described the "nerve net." These early understandings were in error in the sense that the nerve net was believed to be a. composed of discrete individual units. b. composed of cell bodies, axons, and dendrites. c. composed of neurotransmitters rather than neurons. d. continuous.

d. continuous.

Paul Broca's and Carl Wernicke's research provided early evidence for a. prosopagnosia. b. neural net theory. c. distributed processing. d. localization of function.

d. localization of function.

If kittens are raised in an environment that contains only verticals, you would predict that most of the neurons in their visual cortex would respond best to the visual presentation of a a. brick wall. b. solid wall. c. chain link fence. d. picket fence.

d. picket fence.

The idea of a grandmother cell is consistent with a. distributed coding. b. subtraction techniques. c. primary receiving areas. d. specificity coding.

d. specificity coding.