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35 Cards in this Set
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Individuals with Asperger's Syndrome are likely to display
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inattention and impulsivity
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A dominant characteristic of stroke is
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general slowing
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What is the most common form of infiltrative tumor?
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glioma
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An individual with Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome is likely to be treated with a
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dopamine antagonist
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Which of the following tumors is most likely to result in stereognosis and apraxia?
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a parietal lobe tumor
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The Tower of London-Drexel provides a measure of
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executive planning
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The basal forebrain structures implicated in memory include all of the following except
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the nucleus accumbens
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Whihc of the following tumors has the worst prognosis?
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glioblastoma multiforme
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A child develops the ability to inhibit a response that is primed for release between ___ months
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8 to 12
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Apathy and euporia are most common in
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right hemisphere stroke
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Which of the following has been implicated in the etiology of ADHD
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all of these
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___ memory is to direct recall or recognition as ___ memory is to priming and skill demonstration
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Explicit; implicit
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Waterhouse and coworkers posit four neurofunctional mechanisms that create the core symptoms of autism. These four are:
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associality, extended selective attention,affective impairment, and canalesthesia
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Secondary emotions requre ____ processing and are orchestrated by ___ regions.
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higher-level; prefrontal
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The route of information through the Papez circuit is
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cingulate gyrus, parahippocampal gyrus, hippocampus, fornix, mammillary bodies, anterior nucleus of the thalamus, and back to the cingulate gyrus.
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Disorders showing prominent attentional dysfunction include all of the following except:
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apraxia
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Which of the following is themost severe form of stroke?
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hemorrhagic
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the ratio of dyslexia cases in boys versus girls is
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3:2
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Interference with the reabsorption of cerebrospinal fluid may result in
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communicating hydrocephalus
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A non-verbal learning disability (NVLD) is hcaracterized by
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impaired tactile-perceptual abilites
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The most commonly diagnosed childhood disorder is
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attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
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Which of the following neuroanatomical structures is implicated in phonologic processing?
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planum temporale
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The following may result from a transient ischemic attack except
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total paralysis
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Surface dyslexia refers to
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impaired who word reading but unimapired ability to sound out words
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Which of the following might result in giantism?
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acidophiclic adenoma
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Which of the following refers to a blood clot which has traveled from one part of the body to another?
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embolism
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Short term memory relies on ____ encoding while long term memory involves ___ encoding
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phonolgical; semantic
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Which neurotransmitter has been implicated as pathogenic of autism?
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serotonin
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Posed factial expressions are to ____ as spontaneous expressions are to ___.
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motor cortex; limbic cortex
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A TIA impacting posterior circulatio nis likely to result in
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double vision
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The cells that are highly sensitive to movement and low contrast are contained within the
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magnocellular visual system
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A learnign disability that involves impairment in written expression is called
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dysgraphia
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The three major constellations of brain structures implicated in declarative memory consolidation include all of the following except
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the basal ganglia
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Which of the following is most likely to be impacted by stroke?
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short term memory
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Which of the following subcortical structures of attention plays a role in the anticipatory responsidng?
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reticular activating system
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