Behavioral problems caused by senility, drug damage, brain injury or disease, and the toxic effects of poisons are classified as_____disorders.

Related Mcqs:

1. Behavioral problems in which the person exhibits symptoms suggesting physical disease or injury, but for which there is no identifiable cause, are called:

   A. mood disorder
   B. schizophrenia
   C. organic brain pathologies
   D. somatoform disorder

2. Obsessive-compulsive behavior, panic, and phobias are formally classified as_____disorders.

   A. psychotic
   B. manic
   C. anxiety
   D. mood

3. The effects of brain injury on personality would usually be investigated by the use of the:

   A. experimental method
   B. case study method
   C. naturalistic observation method
   D. survey method

4. In speech impairment from brain damage, damage has occurred in ____________?

   A. right cerebral hemisphere
   B. left cerebral hemisphere
   C. regular formation
   D. corpus collosum

5. Which, if any, of the following are true? 1: Each region of the neocortex may contain more specialized modules. 2: Damage to a given volume of neocortical tissue tends to be more profoundly disabling than damage to the same volume of the subcortex. 3: Functional neuro-imaging methods allow us to observe which brain regions are active.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 1 & 3
   D. None

6. A disease believed to be caused because of cell death in a brain area that produces dopamine:

   A. Alzheimer’s disease
   B. Drug abuse
   C. Epilepsy
   D. Parkinson’s disease

7. The capacity of the brain area to take over the function of another damaged brain area is known as brain _______________?

   A. regeneration
   B. accommodation
   C. aphasia
   D. plasticity

8. The capacity of one brain area to take over the functions of another damaged brain area is known as brain:

   A. tomography
   B. hemispherectomy
   C. phrenology
   D. plasticity

9. 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

10. A disease believed to be caused because of cell death in a brain area that produces dopamine:

    A. Alzheimer’s disease
    B. Drug abuse
    C. Epilepsy
    D. Parkinson’s disease