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Question

1. You are presented with a case involving language deficits. After examining the patients, you conclude that the patient can speak fluently and appears to have no problems with auditory comprehension, but has significant issues when repeating sentences or even short phrases. Based on these results, which area of the brain would you most likely investigate for damage?

Wernicke's area

the arcuate fasciculus

the primary motor strip region that is responsible for outgoing signals to the lips.

Broca's region in the frontal lobes

2. In the article "The Breakdown of Language" Luke was diagnosed with _________________ and Beth was diagnosed with_____________

Broca's aphasia; Wernicke's aphasia

Global aphasia; Transcortical motor aphasia

Broca's aphasia; Conduction aphasia

Transcortical sensory aphasia; Global aphasia

Wernicke's aphasia; anomia

3. In the chapter "The Breakdown of Language" what were the etiologies (i.e. causes) of the aphasia for Luke and Beth?

Luke had a stroke; Beth overdosed on depressant medications

Both Luke and Beth had strokes, but different types of strokes

Luke had a stroke; Beth was involved in a motor vehicle accident

Luke had taken illegal drugs at a party; Beth had suffered a stroke

Luke was in a motorcycle accident; Beth had a stroke

4. Which of the following statements about dreaming is FALSE?

psychoanalytic thinkers often portray dreams as manifestations of our unconscious will, wants, and fears, which the "ego" attempts to control.

dreaming only occurs during REM sleep

according to research by Calvin Hall, dreams tend to include familiar places and events, but we're more likely to report being an observer and interacting with strangers

we sometimes incorporate elements of our external environment into our dreams. For example, if someone were to splash some water on our face while dreaming, we may dream that it has started raining

5. Peter thinks that he is the Elvis reincarnated and has the power to spread musical talent to others whom he chooses. Additionally, Peter believes the FBI, CIA, and INTERPOL are trying to track him down to abuse his gift and cover up the rebirth of Elvis from the general public. Most likely Peter has which type of schizophrenia?

Undifferentiated schizophrenia

Disorganized schizophrenia

Catatonic schizophrenia

Paranoid schizophrenia

6. Which of the following would be considered a negative symptom of a schizophrenia patient?

inappropriate laughter

uncontrollable temper tantrums

an expressionless face

loud and meaningful talking

7. Imagine that you're examining the brain of a schizophrenic patient using an fMRI. Which of the following results would you LEAST likely expect to find?

a smaller than average hippocampus

a significant asymmetry in size of the left versus the right hemispheres of the brain

enlargement of the lateral ventricles

overall shrinkage of the sulci of the brain

lower levels of activation in the frontal lobes

8. Family studies of schizophrenia reveal that

schizophrenia doesn't appear to have a genetic link

schizophrenia is more common among first degree relatives of patients with schizophrenia than it is in more distant relatives

schizophrenia is a sex-linked genetic disorder

virtually all relatives of patients have schizophrenia or schizophrenic-like symptoms at one time or another during their lifespan

9. Most medications to used to reduce positive symptoms of schizophrenia act as __________________ while more recent developed medications focusing on negative symptoms have been devised to primarily work as _____________________

GABA antagonists; serotonin agonists

Glutamate antagonists; dopamine agonists

Glutamate agonists; dopamine agonists

dopamine agonists; serotonin antagonists

dopamine antagonists; glutamate agonists

10. According to the reading "A 39 Year Follow-up of the Genain Quadruplets", which of the following statements is TRUE in regards to the Genain sisters?

Only Iris and Hester were ever placed on antipsychotic medications

all four sisters were diagnosed with the same subtype of schizophrenia and remain hospitalized to this day

Myra's outcome was very poor probably due to a number of factors including being treated harshly by her father and having to be placed on an incubator during the early weeks of her life

Hester performance on a majority of the neuropsychological measures was significantly lower than that of the other sisters tested. This suggests that her prefrontal cortex was more likely impacted by the disease than Myra.

the chromosomal abnormality found in a recent Swedish study was also found in all four sisters.