AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Damage to the left cerebral hemisphere is most likely to reduce people’s ability to ____ ?
A
speak fluently
B
copy drawings
C
see colors
D
recognize faces
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Following left side brain damage, the brain sometimes loses its ability to communicate fluently with the facial muscles. This leads to a condition called apraxia of speech, or verbal apraxia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Left hemisphere brain damage can lead to: Difficulty expressing and understanding language at the word, sentence, or conversational level. Trouble reading and writing. Changes in speech. Deficits in planning, organization, and memory as those skills relate to language.

Detailed explanation-3: -Effects of a left hemisphere stroke in the cerebrum The effects of a left hemisphere stroke may include: Right-sided weakness or paralysis and sensory impairment. Problems with speech and understanding language (aphasia) Visual problems, including the inability to see the right visual field of each eye.

Detailed explanation-4: -The left cerebral hemisphere controls movement of the right side of the body. Depending on the severity, a stroke affecting the left cerebral hemisphere may result in functional loss or motor skill impairment of the right side of the body, and may also cause loss of speech.

Detailed explanation-5: -Left hemisphere function include include language or you can say speech, then logic and mad, et cetera. So the correct answer for this is speak.

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