Damage to which of the following brain areas would create the most difficulty in interpreting feelings of heat and cold? a. Motor cortex. b. Sensory cortex. c. Frontal lobe d. Temporal lobe. e. Occipital lobe.

An individual experiences brain damage that results in an inability to make plans about the future. Which part of the brain was probably damaged? a. Parietal lobe. b. Corpus callosum. c. Frontal lobe. d. Occipital lobe. e. Temporal lobe.

What is the frontal lobe of brain?

The lobe of the brain that recognizes and interprets visual information is the a. occipital lobe. b. frontal lobe. c. parietal lobe. d. temporal lobe.

Prefixes and suffixes are small groups of letters that when added to the beginning or ending of words alter the definition of those words. Prefixes and suffixes, then, are examples of a. phonemes. b. morphemes. c. algorithms. d. accommodation. e. assimilation.

The primary motor area of the cerebrum is the __________ gyrus of the frontal lobe.

Blindness could result from damage to which cortex and lobe of the brain?

An injury that leads to the loss of binocular vision would have the greatest impact on a. visual acuity. b. color perception. c. peripheral vision. d. depth perception. e. selective attention.

What is confirmation bias? Provide an example.

Which of the following statements about alcohol is true?

• Alcohol consumption can contribute to malnutrition.

• Alcohol consumption can reduce the risk of cancer.

• Alcohol is absorbed faster on a full stomach than on an empty stomach.

• Moderate alcohol consumption lowers HDL cholesterol levels.

A girl developed generalized seizures. A CT scan revealed a single brain lesion consistent with a tumor. Biopsy of the lesion showed a cysticercus. The patient lived in South Carolina and had never traveled outside the state. What parasite caused her disease? How is this disease transmitted? How might it be prevented?

Which of the following has primary responsibility for eliminating alcohol from the bloodstream? A. Stomach B. Liver C. Spleen D . Both A and C

Of the following for which pair are both used to reveal activity in a person's brain? a. CT scan and PET scan. b. X-ray and fMRI. c. fMRI and MRI. d. PET scan and fMRI. e. CT scan and MRI.

Longitudinal studies suggest that certain characteristics, such as reactivity and intensity, appear early in life and remain stable from childhood into adulthood. Psychologists use what term to refer to these aspects of personality?

a. Schema

b. Reflex

c. Temperament

d. Fixation

e. Sensory adaptation