OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Evaluating
11. Localizationist is to ________ as holistic is to ________.
a. Wernicke; Gall c. Flourens; Broca
b. Gall; Flourens d. Broca; Wernicke
ANS: B DIF: Medium REF: 1.2 The Brain Story
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Understanding
12. Gall’s method for investigating phrenology was flawed because
a. he used the wrong language to explain the characteristics he observed.
b. he did not tell Napoleon Bonaparte that he possessed noble characteristics.
c. he sought only to confirm, not disprove, the correlations he observed.
d. he used his own skull as the base model.
ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: 1.2 The Brain Story
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Remembering
13. The view known as aggregate field theory, which stated that the whole brain participates in behavior,
is most associated with
a. Broca. c. Brodmann.
b. Hughlings Jackson. d. Flourens.
ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: 1.2 The Brain Story
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Remembering
14. The key observation leading John Hughlings Jackson to propose a topographical organization in the
cerebral cortex was that
a. speech disturbances could be identified by left-hemisphere lesions.
b. the two hemispheres of the brain served different functions.
c. seizures begin in a localized region of the cortex.
d. focal brain damage causes specific behavioral deficits.
ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: 1.2 The Brain Story
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Analyzing
15. In developing phrenology, Gall’s main failure was that
a. he did not seek disconfirming evidence.
b. he was not a scientist.
c. his method was correlational.
d. All of the answer options are correct.
ANS: D DIF: Difficult REF: 1.2 The Brain Story
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Analyzing
16. Giovanni visits his local phrenologist. What is this person likely to tell him?
a. You are a domineering person.
b. Your father was a very domineering person.
c. Your brother is a domineering person.
d. Your mother was a very domineering person.
ANS: A DIF: Medium REF: 1.2 The Brain Story
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Applying
17. The view developed by Marie Jean Pierre Flourens, based on the idea that processes like language and
memory cannot be localized within circumscribed brain regions, was known as
a. the neuron doctrine. c. rationalism.
b. aggregate field theory. d. the law of effect.
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: 1.2 The Brain Story
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Remembering
18. John Hughlings Jackson proposed a ________organization in the cerebral cortex, based on his work
with people with ________.
a. holistic; aphasia c. topographic; epilepsy
b. topographic; aphasia d. holistic; epilepsy
ANS: C DIF: Medium REF: 1.2 The Brain Story
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Understanding
19. ________ was one of the first brain scientists to realize that specific cognitive functions can be
localized to specific parts of the brain and that many different functional regions can take part in a
given behavior.
a. Broca c. Flourens
b. Hughlings Jackson d. Brodmann
ANS: B DIF: Medium REF: 1.2 The Brain Story
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Remembering
20. Which 19th-century scientist suggested that the frontal lobe contributes to language and speech
production?
a. Flourens c. Broca
b. Wernicke d. Brodmann
ANS: C DIF: Medium REF: 1.2 The Brain Story
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Remembering
21. Patient Leborgne was nicknamed "Tan" because that was the only word he could utter. Leborgne had
developed an aphasia due to a lesion in which area of the brain?
a. frontal cortex c. cerebellum
b. Broca’s area d. Wernicke’s area
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: 1.2 The Brain Story
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Remembering
22. Which of the following things would have been the most difficult for the famous individual studied by
Paul Broca to do, compared to before his stroke?
a. listening to a piano recital c. reading a book aloud
b. appreciating a painting d. playing a game of cards
ANS: C DIF: Medium REF: 1.2 The Brain Story
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Applying
23. Which of the following things would have been the most difficult for the famous individual described
by Carl Wernicke to do, compared to before his stroke?
a. understanding a speech c. singing a song
b. painting a picture d. riding a horse
ANS: A DIF: Medium REF: 1.2 The Brain Story
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Applying
24. Wernicke was an early researcher who suggested that the ________ contributes to language
comprehension.