After Rauf’s serious snow-skiing accident, doctors detected damage to his cerebral cortex in Wernicke’s area. Because of the damage, Rauf is most likely to experience difficulty in:

Related Mcqs:

1. After he suffered a stroke, Mr. Salim’s physical coordination skills and responsiveness to sensory stimulation quickly returned to normal unfortunately, however, he began to experience unusual difficulty figuring out how to find his way to various locations in his neighborhood. it most likely that Mr. Salim suffered damage to his:

   A. cerebellum
   B. autonomic nervous system
   C. thalamus
   D. association areas

2. In a recent car accident, Taimor sustained damage to his right cerebral hemisphere. This injury is most likely to reduce Tamior’s ability to:

   A. facially express emotions
   B. solve arithmetic problems
   C. understand simple verbal requests
   D. process information in an orderly sequence

3. Zeeshan was involved in a bad car accident three weeks ago in which his best friend died at the scene. Ever since the accident, Zeeshan has not been able to sleep, thinks about the accident all the time and refuses to ride in a car. Zeeshan is most likely suffering from:

   A. Depression
   B. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
   C. Acute Stress Disorder
   D. PTSD

4. It has been suggested that Alaskan Eskimos’ rich vocabulary for describing snow enables them to perceive differences in snow conditions that would otherwise go unnoticed. This suggestion most clearly illustrates:

   A. belief perseverance
   B. the farming effect
   C. the representativeness heuristic
   D. linguistic determinism

5. The cerebral cortex is composed of two sides or:

   A. pons
   B. positrons
   C. connector neurons
   D. hemispheres

6. Mrs. Aftab is just beginning to experience sensorineural hearing loss. She is likely to have the greatest difficulty hearing sounds of:

   A. High frequency and high amplitude
   B. Low frequency and high amplitude
   C. Low frequency and low amplitude
   D. High frequency and low amplitude

7. Comparatively speaking, ___________ has the most prominent cerebral cortex?

   A. alligator
   B. pigeon
   C. dog
   D. rabbit

8. Most sensory information is relayed to the cerebral cortex by the ____________?

   A. transducer
   B. medulla
   C. bipolar cells
   D. thalamus

9. The cerebral cortex receives information from the ___________?

   A. auditory system
   B. visual system
   C. motor system
   D. all of the above

10. Pervez has profound difficulty producing spoken language. if his problem attributable to brain damage would probably be found in:

    A. the cerebellum
    B. Sperry’s area
    C. Broca’s area
    D. Wernicke’s area