Topic 1.4 The Brain

Front

The area of the brain stem that is important in controlling breathing is the following: cerebellum, limbic system, medulla, hippocampus

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medulla

Front

Significant damage to which part of the brain will most likely cause a deep coma from which a person cannot awaken?

Back

Reticular formation

Front

What is the most appropriate response to Dr. Xiang's claim that anyone missing their cerebellum will always experience balance and coordination problems?

Back

It is not scientifically valid to generalize from a single case to all people.

Front

Why can't Dr. Xiang generalize her findings to the larger population?

Back

Dr. Xiang cannot generalize her findings to the larger population because she used a single case study.

Front

Which brain structure is most closely associated with Ted’s fear response when he sees a snake while hiking?

Back

Amygdala

Front

Damage to a small part of the occipital lobe would most likely result in a

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visual deficit

Front

Which brain region is primarily used to assess advantages and disadvantages of universities and decide where to attend?

Back

The frontal lobe

Front

J.S.'s performance on three tasks: 1) Forming new memories in a lab, 2) Driving course, 3) Task 3. What does Task 3 most likely involve? Options: recalling the names of all his cousins, matching photos of his aunts and uncles with their siblings, remembering events that occurred shortly before his accident, holding a random string of numbers in memory for several seconds.

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remembering events that occurred shortly before his accident

Front

Where in the brain is the most likely site of the lesion based on the graph in Professor Janeja's study on maze navigation?

Back

The hippocampus

Front

Major role of the thalamus?

Back

It relays most sensory signals to the cortex.