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Lectures 4, 5 & 6

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Psychology (Introduction to Neuropsychology) Quiz on Lectures 4, 5 & 6, created by Mara Ramallo Martínez on 14/11/2024.
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Quiz by Mara Ramallo Martínez, updated 9 days ago
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Question 1

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Which of the following statements about cerebral lateralization is true?
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  • Most cognitive processes occur exclusively in one hemisphere.
  • The left hemisphere is specialized for spatial tasks.
  • Both hemispheres contribute to most cognitive functions, with some specialization.
  • The right hemisphere is responsible for all language functions.

Question 2

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What type of visual disorder involves the inability to recognize familiar faces, typically resulting from damage to the temporal lobe?
Answer
  • Simultagnosia
  • Apperceptive agnosia
  • Prosopagnosia
  • Visual neglect

Question 3

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Which condition results in a patient not perceiving half of their visual field, often due to right parietal lobe damage?
Answer
  • Hemianopia
  • Optic ataxia
  • Contralateral neglect
  • Visual agnosia

Question 4

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Damage to the left anterior parietal lobe could lead to:
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  • Difficulty recognizing faces.
  • Problems with tactile recognition of objects (astereognosis).
  • Contralateral visual field loss.
  • Complete motor paralysis.

Question 5

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Which brain region is involved in integrating auditory and visual information for social cognition?
Answer
  • Primary auditory cortex
  • Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
  • Superior temporal sulcus (STS)
  • Occipital cortex

Question 6

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Which of these describes a frontal lobe function?
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  • Processing of auditory information
  • Coordinating fine motor actions and planning movements
  • Object recognition and categorization
  • Visual spatial navigation

Question 7

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Lesions in which part of the brain are most likely to result in a decline in verbal fluency and spontaneous speech production?
Answer
  • Right parietal lobe
  • Left frontal lobe
  • Right temporal lobe
  • Left occipital lobe

Question 8

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A patient with damage to the dorsal stream of visual processing might exhibit:
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  • Problems with visual object recognition.
  • Difficulty in visual-guided actions, like reaching for objects.
  • An inability to perceive colors.
  • Blindsight.

Question 9

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The WADA test is used to:
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  • Measure visual-spatial skills.
  • Evaluate the function of each hemisphere independently.
  • Diagnose cortical blindness.
  • Treat temporal lobe epilepsy.

Question 10

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Which of the following is true regarding frontal lobe injury?
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  • It primarily affects basic sensory functions.
  • It can lead to difficulties with task planning and impulsivity.
  • It usually results in complete loss of long-term memory.
  • It causes prosopagnosia.

Question 11

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Which test would best assess a patient's tendency to show contralateral neglect following right parietal lobe damage?
Answer
  • Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
  • Line bisection task
  • Stroop Test
  • Dichotic listening task

Question 12

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The WADA test is primarily used to determine:
Answer
  • The location of language centers in the brain.
  • Visual-spatial processing ability.
  • The effect of dopamine in motor control.
  • The type of agnosia present in a patient.

Question 13

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A patient who can recognize individual letters but has trouble integrating them into words likely has:
Answer
  • Alexia with agraphia
  • Prosopagnosia
  • Associative agnosia
  • Apperceptive agnosia

Question 14

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Which of the following describes a typical symptom of left parietal lobe damage?
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  • Hemispatial neglect.
  • Acalculia and left-right confusion.
  • Prosopagnosia.
  • Enhanced emotional expression.

Question 15

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Damage to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex would most likely impair which function?
Answer
  • Recognition of familiar objects.
  • Execution of movement sequences and working memory.
  • Visual processing of color and form.
  • Emotional response regulation.

Question 16

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Which condition is best assessed using the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test?
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  • Working memory deficits.
  • Perseveration and flexibility in thinking
  • Object recognition issues.
  • Language comprehension.

Question 17

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A patient can "see" an object without consciously perceiving it after V1 damage. This phenomenon is known as:
Answer
  • Blindsight
  • Simultagnosia
  • Apperceptive agnosia
  • Hemianopia

Question 18

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The superior temporal sulcus (STS) is primarily involved in:
Answer
  • Movement planning
  • Language production
  • Social cognition and analyzing biological motion
  • Fine motor control

Question 19

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Which type of cognitive impairment is commonly seen in patients with orbitofrontal cortex damage?
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  • Deficits in episodic memory.
  • Problems with moral and context-related decision-making.
  • Loss of auditory processing ability.
  • Enhanced ability to perform divergent thinking tasks.

Question 20

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A patient with temporal lobe damage exhibiting difficulty in distinguishing between similar melodies likely has:
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  • Aphasias
  • Amusia
  • Apraxia
  • Hemispatial neglect

Question 21

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The frontal lobe's ventromedial region is especially important for:
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  • Auditory processing.
  • Controlling motor responses.
  • Evaluating the emotional meaning of stimuli and decision-making.
  • Visual processing of form and motion.

Question 22

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What type of visual impairment results from damage to the dorsal stream involving the parietal lobe?
Answer
  • Difficulty recognizing faces.
  • Motion blindness.
  • Problems with spatial orientation and visually guided movements.
  • Color blindness.

Question 23

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A patient has difficulty recognizing common objects by touch but can identify them by sight. This symptom, known as astereognosis, likely results from damage to:
Answer
  • The primary motor cortex
  • The anterior parietal lobe
  • The occipital lobe
  • The posterior temporal lobe

Question 24

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Which type of agnosia is characterized by an inability to recognize the meaning of objects, even when they can be accurately described and drawn?
Answer
  • Apperceptive agnosia
  • Associative agnosia
  • Simultagnosia
  • Prosopagnosia

Question 25

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Which cognitive function is most likely impaired following a lesion in the right temporal lobe?
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  • Word recognition and speech comprehension
  • Recognition of musical patterns and emotional prosody
  • Semantic categorization of words
  • Logical reasoning and problem-solving

Question 26

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The dorsal auditory pathway, projecting from auditory areas to the posterior parietal cortex, primarily supports:
Answer
  • Language comprehension.
  • Directing movements based on auditory information.
  • Processing auditory-visual integration.
  • Emotional responses to sound.

Question 27

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Which symptom would most likely result from a lesion in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex?
Answer
  • Visual field deficits.
  • Reduced ability to plan complex sequences and problem-solve.
  • Complete loss of tactile sensation.
  • Enhanced impulsivity and poor emotional regulation.

Question 28

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Mirror neurons, located in the premotor cortex, are hypothesized to be crucial for:
Answer
  • Coordinating left and right hand movements.
  • Understanding others' actions and facilitating imitation.
  • Visual processing of complex patterns.
  • Regulating involuntary muscle movements.

Question 29

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Damage to which area would most likely cause optic ataxia, where a patient has difficulty using vision to guide hand movements?
Answer
  • Inferior temporal cortex
  • Primary visual cortex (V1)
  • Posterior parietal cortex
  • Lateral geniculate nucleus

Question 30

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If a patient presents with pseudo-psychopathic behavior, including impulsivity, inappropriate social behavior, and a lack of tact, the most likely damaged region is:
Answer
  • Right parietal lobe
  • Right frontal lobe
  • Left temporal lobe
  • Left occipital lobe

Question 31

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Simultagnosia, the inability to perceive more than one object at a time, is most often associated with:
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  • Damage to the left occipital lobe.
  • Bilateral parietal lobe lesions.
  • Damage to the ventral stream.
  • Lesions in Broca's area.

Question 32

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A patient with damage to the medial temporal lobe is likely to exhibit:
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  • Impaired long-term memory and difficulties with spatial navigation.
  • Complete loss of voluntary motor control.
  • Superior auditory processing but poor visual processing.
  • Enhanced ability to multitask but with impulsive behavior.

Question 33

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Which type of cognitive task is most affected in constructive apraxia?
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  • Understanding spoken language.
  • Executing simple reflexes.
  • Spatial tasks like assembling puzzles and drawing.
  • Recognizing familiar voices.
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