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True or False: Psychological, Biological, and Social influences can explain all human behavior
True
Charles Whittman was the University of Texas mass shooter. Why has he become a case study for behavioral psychologists?
Brain tumors, drug abuse, trauma and environmental factors influenced his behavior
The left and right side of the brain working together is called
Contralateral
True or False: You can be considered a left or right brained person based on personality, skills, and interest
FALSE
The brains ability to adapt..
Its stronger when you younger
Brain plasticity
Cable-like structures found within the human body that carry electrical signals or messages
Nerves
Responsible for emotion and learning it is located within the temporal lobe
Hippocampus
This system of the brain is responsible for motivation and emotion
_______________–means “little brain” (Latin) - looks like a smaller brain in the back of cortex
- coordination/voluntary movements
Cerebellum
Part of the brain, Functions:
•Processes somatosensory information
oPain & sensation
oTouch
oTaste
•Spatial sense & navigation
o Distinguishing left from right
Parietal Lobe
The purpose of this part of the cell is to transmit chemical information between neurons
Axon
The cell body of a neuron
Soma
These types of neurons carry information from the sensory organs to the spinal cord/brain
Sensory neurons
These types of neurons carry information from the spinal cord/brain to the muscles/glands for movements/reactions
Motor neurons
Part of the brain
Function: Processing visual information
Occipital
The area where the neuron receives chemical information
Dendrites
These are the chemical messengers of the brain.
These are neurotransmitters
The very small space between the neurons that neurotransmitters pass through
Synapse
These types of neurons carry information from neuron to neuron
Interneurons
Part of the brain
Functions:
•Processing auditory information (hearing)
•Processing olfactory information (smell)
Important in understanding semantics (the meaning of language
Temporal Lobe
An insulating layer found around the axon to speed up the information transmission process
Myelin Sheath
This band of fibers connects the left hemisphere of the brain with the right hemisphere.
The Corpus Callosum
The gland that regulates your heart rate, body temperature, and hunger
hypothalamus
A set of neurons in the prefrontal cortex and parietal lobe that BOTH fire when you do something AND when you observe others do something
Mirror Neurons
Part of the Brain
Functions:
•Reasoning
•Planning
•Problem-solving
•Creativity
•Speech
•Motor control
Frontal Lobe