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4) Patient A is in a car accident and a metal rod penetrates andinjures the frontal lobe. Which of the following may you expect toobserve?

Improvements in auditory processing

Impairments in judgment and decision making

Impairments in visual processing

Improvements in speech comprehension

5) Patient B suffers from a hemorrhagic stroke in the lefttemporal lobe. Which of the following deficits would you expect toobserve?

Impairments in learning and memory

Improvements in speech comprehension

Improvements in auditory processing

Impairments in judgment and decision making

6) Drug addiction is characterized by...

Moral inadequacy

Deficits in visual processing of drug-associated cues

Neurodegeneration within the cerebellum

Compulsive, impulsive and socially inappropriate behavior

8) Cocaine is a stimulant and it increases heart rate. Why?

An increase in dopamine, activating the nucleus accumbens

An increase in acetylcholine, activating the parasympatheticnervous system

An increase in GABA, depressing nervous system function

An increase in norepinepherine and epinepherine, activating thesympathetic nervous system