Addie Has Recently Been Diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/hyperactivity Disorder

question 148

Multiple Choice

Addie has recently been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Her psychiatrist tells her that there are several different brain areas that might contribute to her various symptoms.Which of the following would the psychiatrist be unlikely to name as an involved brain structure?

• A)the cerebellum
• B)the basal ganglia
• C)the striate nucleus
• D)the corpus callosum

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Definitions:

Paleoanthropological Evidence

Fossils and other physical remnants of early humans and their ancestors, used to study human evolution.

Facultative Bipedalism

The ability to walk on two legs (bipedally) when necessary or advantageous, but not as the primary mode of locomotion.

Sexual Dimorphism

The condition where two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs.

Sahelanthropus

An extinct genus of hominids believed to be one of the earliest members of the human lineage, dating back to approximately 7 million years ago.