Learning Quiz 3

Ralph was involved in a bar fight and sustained a blow to the back of the head from a beer bottle. He was dazed and could not see for about two minutes. Which lobe was affected? a) occipital b) frontal c) parietal d) temporal

James Olds and Peter Milner located reward centers in the brain structure known as the a) hypothalamus. b) cerebellum. c) medulla. d) amygdala.

Neurosurgeons have severed the corpus callosum in human patients in order to reduce a) lateralization. b) epileptic seizures. c) neural plasticity. d) neurogenesis.

The limbic system's hippocampus a) coordinates body movement and balance. b) regulates hunger and thirst. c) plays a central role in fear and rage. d) helps process explicit memories for storage.

The ______________ is to sensory input as an old-fashioned switchboard was to telephone calls. a) reticular formation b) cortex c) amygdala d) thalamus

Compared with fraternal twins, identical twins report ________ similarity in neuroticism, and ________ similarity in extraversion. a) more; less b) less; less c) more; more d) less; more

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is most directly involved in vision? a) temporal b) parietal c) occipital d) frontal

After suffering an accidental brain injury, Kira has difficulty walking in a smooth and coordinated manner. She has probably suffered damage to her a) amygdala. b) hypothalamus. c) cerebellum. d) hippocampus.

Dr. Hauser is a neurosurgeon working with patients who have major epileptic seizures. What part of the brain might Dr. Hauser sever to help reduce his patients' seizures? a) medulla b) corpus callosum c) reticular formation d) angular gyrus

Those whose corpus callosum is surgically severed are said to be patients with a) brain plasticity. b) brain fissures. c) neurogenesis. d) split brains.

The capacity of a brain area to develop new neural pathways as it adjusts to damage is known as a) lateralization. b) neurogenesis. c) the split brain. d) plasticity.

To demonstrate that brain stimulation can make a rat violently aggressive, a neuroscientist should electrically stimulate the rat's a) reticular formation. b) cerebellum. c) medulla. d) amygdala.

Concepts of masculinity and femininity that influence our comprehension of the world are called gender: a) roles. b) schemas. c) types. d) complexes.

In a study on aggression, a group of university students were given an experimental task meant to be purposely frustrating. Then, the participants were given a task that forced them to administer (fake) electric shocks to other participants. Given what we know about gender differences and aggression, who do you think administered more painful electric shocks? a) Men and women administered equally painful electric shocks. b) Men administered more painful electric shocks. c) Men refused to administer electric shocks. d) Women administered more painful electric shocks

Behaviors expected of those who occupy a particular social position define a a) class. b) role. c) schema. d) syndrome.

Social learning theory emphasizes that a) observation and imitation play a crucial role in the development of gender identity. b) children will exhibit only those gender-linked behaviors for which they themselves have been directly rewarded. c) children will not develop a clear gender identity if the same-sex parent is absent from the home. d) all of these statements are true.

When juries form, leadership tends to go to ________. When worker salaries are paid, those in traditionally ________ occupations receive more. a) females; male b) males; female c) females; female d) males; male

You have a limited budget for your research, so you need to focus on a small sample of individuals who are most likely to develop alcoholism and antisocial personality disorder. Given what we know about gender differences, which of the following groups would you choose? a) A group of adult males b) A group of teenage females c) A mixed group of adult males and females d) A group of adult females

Jake enjoys hunting, fishing, playing football, and wrestling more than the other boys, while Susan enjoys wearing fancy clothes, perfumes, and shopping more than girls her own age. We can say that Jake is exhibiting more _____________ traits, while Susan is exhibiting more _____________ traits as they are highly gender typed. a) masculine; feminine b) masculine; masculine c) feminine; masculine d) feminine; feminine

Your neighbors have three children, and both parents work. Without fail, whenever there is a sick child in the family, the expectation is that the mother will stay home to care for the child. The mother is fulfilling a set of expectations called a: a) gender schema. b) gender type. c) gender role. d) gender identity.