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1 In most humans, control of language is centered in the:

a. right hemisphere.
b. cerebellum.
c. corpus callosum.
d. left hemisphere.
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2 The right hemisphere of the human brain receives visual input from the:
a. left half of each retina.
b. right half of each retina.
c. retina of the left eye.
d. retina of the right eye.
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3 In general, drugs that treat epilepsy work by:
a. preventing the sodium-potassium pump from working.
b. causing apoptosis.
c. enhancing the effects of GABA.
d. relaxing the cell membrane.
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4 Several patients have had their corpus callosum cut surgically as a treatment for severe cases of:
a. obsessive-compulsive disorder.
b. epilepsy.
c. dyslexia.
d. schizophrenia.
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5 Which of the following tasks would split-brain patients be able to perform better than other people?
a. Using both hands simultaneously to draw separate shapes.
b. Completing an intelligence test.
c. Unfamiliar tasks.
d. Tying their shoes.
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6 Control of the emotional content of speech depends on:
a. the right hemisphere.
b. both hemispheres equally.
c. the corpus callosum.
d. the left hemisphere.
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7 The planum temporale is larger in the:
a. left hemisphere but only for newborns.
b. right hemisphere but only for newborns.
c. left hemisphere for most people.
d. right hemisphere for most people.
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8 In people born without a corpus callosum can compensate for a lack of corpus callosum because of the extra
development of the:
a. brainstem.
b. thalamus.
c. fornix.
d. commissures.
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9 The ability to produce new combinations of signals to represent new ideas, such as with language, is known as:
a. productivity.
b. implicit memory.
c. conjunctivity.
d. lateralization.
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10 Early studies taught chimpanzees to use symbols to communicate with a computer and each other. Which of the
following does NOT characterize their use of symbols?
a. They frequently made requests.
b. They consistently used the same symbol patterns.
c. They learned to type messages to other chimps.
d. They frequently used new and original combinations.
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11 Studies of nonhuman language abilities call attention to the:
a. difficulty of defining language.
b. close relationship between language and classical conditioning.
c. close relationship between language and brain size.
d. ability of many species to learn language.
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12 The language of children with Williams syndrome is:
a. comparable to that of a normal adult's second language.
b. comparable to children with other forms of mental retardation.
c. impossible to understand.
d. a byproduct of their intelligence.
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13 One way to test the hypothesis that people are biologically adapted to learn best during a critical period is to:
a. determine whether people learn a second language better than a first language.
b. compare the vocabularies of children and adults.
c. compare the grammar use of children and adults.
d. determine whether people learn a second language if they start at various ages.
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14 Someone with Broca's aphasia has the greatest difficulty:
a. understanding written language.
b. speaking.
c. remembering the names of objects.
d. understanding spoken language.
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15 Someone with Broca's aphasia is least likely to use:
a. nouns.
b. verbs.
c. prepositions and conjunctions.
d. adjectives and adverbs.
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16 Someone suffering from Wernicke's aphasia has difficulty:
a. using prepositions and conjunctions.
b. understanding speech.
c. reading aloud.
d. articulating speech.
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17 A person with anomia would have the most difficulty with:

a. understanding written, as opposed to spoken, language.
b. speaking rapidly and fluently.
c. remembering the names of objects.
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18 More typical of dyslexic people than of other people is:
a. a planum temporale that is larger in the left hemisphere than the right hemisphere.
b. a bilaterally symmetrical cerebral cortex.
c. an overresponsive magnocellular pathway in the visual system.
d. damage to the posterior portion of the corpus callosum.
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19 A symptom of right-hemisphere parietal lobe damage is the tendency to ignore the:
a. ventral areas of the body.
b. dorsal areas of the body.
c. contralateral side of the body and world.
d. ipsilateral side of the body and world.
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20 In many instances, spatial neglect appears to be linked to ________ problems.
a. cognitive
b. motor
c. attention
d. sensory