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Quiz: Cognitive Functions and Psychological
Disorders
Due Oct 13 at 11:59pm Points 125 Questions 40
Time Limit 90 Minutes Allowed Attempts 3
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Question 1
Anomia involves difficulty ____.
using prepositions and conjunctions
understanding written, as opposed to spoken, language
remembering the names of objects
speaking rapidly and uently
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Question 2
After an injury, Oscar seems to have stopped caring about others and
recognizing others’ emotional reactions. He will likely be diagnosed with
_______ because of damage to his ______.
frontotemporal dementia; ventromedial prefrontal and
orbitofrontal cortex
frontotemporal dementia; frontal orienting elds of the
prefrontal cortex
inattentional blindness; ventromedial prefrontal and
orbitofrontal cortex
inattentional blindness; frontal orienting elds of the prefrontal
cortex
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Question 3
Damage to the human left optic nerve before it crosses the optic chiasm would
result in the loss of vision in the ____.
left eye
right eye
right visual eld
left visual eld
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Question 4
Someone with Broca’s aphasia has the greatest difficulty ____.
understanding spoken language
understanding written language
remembering the names of objects
speaking
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Question 5
The comprehension of language in people with Broca’s aphasia is ____.
completely normal
poor for nouns, but ne for prepositions and conjunctions
similar to that of normal people who are just highly distracted
better than average
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Question 6
A split-brain patient sees something in her left visual field, and must reach
behind a screen and select the object from a group of objects. She will select the
object correctly with ____.
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the left hand
the right hand
either hand
neither hand
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Question 7
A condition in which brain neurons have repeated episodes of excessive,
synchronized activity is called ____.
dyslexia
epilepsy
hippocampal commissure
Broca’s aphasia
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Question 8
A specific impairment of reading in a person with adequate vision and adequate
skills in other academic areas is referred to as ____.
Broca’s aphasia
Wernicke’s aphasia
Williams’ syndrome
dyslexia
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Question 9
The planum temporale is located in the ____.
frontal lobe
parietal lobe
temporal lobe
occipital lobe
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Question 10
Someone suffering from Wernicke’s aphasia has difficulty ____.
articulating speech
reading aloud
understanding speech
using prepositions and conjunctions
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Question 11
Several months after split-brain surgery, the number of incidents of conflicts
between the two hemispheres diminishes because ____.
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portions of the corpus callosum grow back
the right hemisphere begins to control all body muscles
the hemispheres learn ways of cooperating with each other
the cerebellum assumes the former functions of the corpus
callosum
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Question 12
The point of origin of an epileptic seizure is called the ____.
scope
target
focus
heart
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Question 13
A loss of language ability, in general, is referred to as ____.
apraxia
dyslexia
aphasia
anomia
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Question 14
The Bode’s son has Williams syndrome. He would most likely be able to do
which of the following?
Estimating the length of a bus
Imagining the bus route to school
Drawing a bus
Singing “wheels on the bus”
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Question 15
Damage to the left hemisphere is more likely than right hemisphere damage to
impair which ability?
Understanding the meaning of language
Understanding that someone is joking when they speak
Producing facial expressions of emotion
Understanding other people’s facial expressions
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Question 16
Oxytocin helps ____.
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everyone with recognizing only fairly easy expressions
people who have trouble recognizing expressions, helping them
mainly with fairly easy expressions
people who have trouble recognizing expressions, helping them
mainly with fairly dicult expressions
everyone with recognizing fairly dicult expressions
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Question 17
Cecil is sensitive to how others around him are feeling and tries to identify with
their needs. He has high levels of _____.
empathy
social consciousness
altruism
anomia
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Question 18
Dyseidetic dyslexics have the most difficulty with ____.
recognizing whole words
hearing words
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guessing word meaning based on context
sounding out words
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Question 19
In order for a split-brain patient to name something, he must see it ____.
with the left eye
with the right eye
in the left visual eld
in the right visual eld
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Question 20
Deliberate, top-down direction of attention depends on parts of the prefrontal
cortex and the ____.
occipital cortex
corpus callosum
temporal cortex
parietal cortex
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Question 21
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Attempts to identify individual genes associated with addiction have found
____.
many genes, each with a small effect
a small number of genes with limited cumulative effects
many genes, each with a substantial effect
a small number of genes with substantial cumulative effects
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Question 22
Incorrect
Incorrect
Research suggests that the brain abnormalities of schizophrenics develop ____.
early and progressively get worse
early and then remain fairly steady
late in life and progressively get worse
late in life and remain fairly steady
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Question 23
A drug that blocks the effects of a neurotransmitter is a(n) ____; a drug that
mimics or increases the effects is a(n) ____.
neuromodulator; synergist
agonist; antagonist
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depressant; stimulant
antagonist; agonist
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Question 24
The concordance rate of schizophrenia among twins is ____.
higher in dizygotic than monozygotic twins
higher in monozygotic than dizygotic twins
equally high in monozygotic and dizygotic twins
very dicult to determine
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Question 25
Which effect would be considered to be antagonistic?
Blocking the synthesis of neurotransmitters
Stimulating the release of neurotransmitters
Blocking the reuptake of neurotransmitters
Interfering with the breakdown of neurotransmitters
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Question 26
Incorrect
Incorrect
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What happens when schizophrenics stop taking neuroleptic drugs?
Auditory hallucinations dissipate slowly.
Schizophrenic symptoms return immediately and with more
intensity.
Tardive dyskinesia may continue.
Memory problems become more apparent.
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Question 27
The two chemical families to which most antipsychotic drugs belong are ____.
phenothiazines and butyrophenones
tricyclics and MAOIs
nitrates and glucocorticoids
benzodiazepines and antihistamines
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Question 28
Which category of antidepressant drugs operates by blocking the enzyme that
metabolizes catecholamines and serotonin into inactive forms?
Tricyclics
MAOIs
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
Atypical antidepressants
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Question 29
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors operate similarly to ____.
tricyclics
MAOIs
Antabuse
L-Dopa
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Question 30
Disorganized speech and grossly disorganized behavior represent the ____ in
schizophrenia.
a wide range of possible positive symptoms
a concrete set of dening positive symptoms
a wide range of possible negative symptoms
a concrete set of dening negative symptoms
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Question 31
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On average, those with the short form of the ____ transporter gene and a history
of stressful experiences reported more than average symptoms of depression.
acetylcholine
dopamine
serotonin
calcium
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Question 32
Xander is an alcoholic. To help him stop drinking, his doctor prescribed _____
which would make him sick to his stomach if he consumed alcohol.
Antabuse
lithium
LAAM
methodone
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Question 33
To say that a drug has an affinity for a particular type of receptor is to imply that
the drug ____.
breaks down neurotransmitter chemicals at that receptor site
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will always excite the postsynaptic receptor
will always inhibit the postsynaptic receptor
binds to that receptor
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Question 34
Bipolar I disorder and bipolar II disorder differ with regard to ____.
how many relatives also have the condition
how rapidly the cycles occur
whether they include full-blown manic phases
whether they develop suddenly at an early age or gradually at a
later age
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Question 35
The doses of various drugs that are typically prescribed for schizophrenia are
closely related to the strength of what effect?
Elevated alpha waves on an EEG
Blockage of dopamine receptors
Delays in the onset of REM sleep
Increases in the rate of dopamine synthesis
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Question 36
Which drug is used in the treatment of opiate addiction and has the advantage of
producing a long-lasting effect so that the person visits a clinic three times a
week instead of daily?
Antabuse
Naloxone
LAAM
Methodone
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Question 37
Worldwide, the median incidence estimate for autism spectrum disorders is
about one in ____.
60
160
260
600
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Question 38
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Aria suffers from seasonal affective disorder. She is most likely to have trouble
with her symptoms _____.
when the days are short in the winter
when the leaves change in the fall
when it gets really hot in the summer
each time she has a menstrual cycle
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Question 39
The problems that schizophrenics have with memory and attention are most
likely related to an increased tendency of having brain damage in the ____.
cerebellum
prefrontal cortex
occipital cortex
medulla
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Question 40
An example of a “negative symptom” of schizophrenia is ____.
hallucinations
poor emotional expression
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delusions
thought disorder
Quiz Score: 118.76 out of 125
