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Paul Broca
Test Description: Describe Broca’s approach to brain research. What conclusions did he reach concerning the functioning of the brain?
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1) What is Phrenology?
A
The characteristics of intelligence based on race
B
Bumps and depressions on the skull determine personality
C
The localization of brain functions
2) What was Paul Broca's most important contribution to psychology?
A
Craniometry
B
The founding of Phrenology
C
The discovery of Broca's Area
3) What method did Broca use in approaching brain research?
A
The clinical method
B
The biological method
C
The analytical method
4) Why was Phineas Gage important in brain research?
A
The study of his injury led to evidence of Flouren's idea that the cortex acted as a unit
B
The brain deficit he was born with caused aphasia
C
The study of his injury led to evidence of brain localization
5) Describe Broca's approach to brain research
A
Autopsies performed on patients from mental hospitals
B
The comparison of brains from patients with mental disorders compared to brains of people without a mental disorder
C
First determining a behavior disorder in a living patient and then, after death, locating the part of the brain damaged
6) What is Broca's area responsible for?
A
Auditory processing
B
Speech reception
C
Speech production
7) What is Wernicke's area responsible for?
A
Auditory processing
B
Speech reception
C
Speech production
8) True or False: Broca's localizing of a function on the cortex supported the phrenologists and damaged Flourens contention that the cortex acted as a unit
A
True
B
False
9) True or False: Damage to Broca's area damages the muscle movements involved in speech
A
False
B
True
10) What conclusions did Broca reach concerning the functioning of the brain?
A
The brain is localized, meaning certain areas of the brain are involved in certain behaviors
B
The cortex acts as a unit
C
Phrenology is accepted, meaning the bumps on the skull determine one's personality
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