Brain Structures
Cortex
Evolution
Nature vs. Nurture
Misc.
100

Lima-bean sized structures in the brain that effect emotion and drives

Amygdala

100

True or False: The more sensitive the body area, the less space is given to that body area on the sensory cortex

False

100

Evolutionary Psychology is mostly related to whom?

Charles Darwin

100

Every non-genetic influence, ranging from pre-natal nutrition to the people and things that surround us. 

Environment

100

True or False: the Hypothalamus is also known as the pleasure center

True

200

Baseball-sized structures that sits behind the brain stem. Functions include balance and monitoring sensory input

Cerebellum

200

What are the four lobes of the brain?

Frontal

Parietal

Occipital

Temporal

200

What was the name of the book Darwin wrote

On the Origin of Species

200

Fraternal Twins come from ____ egg(s)

Identical Twins come from ____ egg(s)

2

1

200

True or False: The brainstem begins where the spinal cord ends

True

300

System that includes the hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus

Limbic System

300

This is 85% of the brain's weight and consists of the two hemispheres.

Cerebrum

300

____ --> Chromosomes --> DNA

Genes

300
Separated Identical Twin studies showed that the environment in which the twins were raised 

Played NO effect on their behavior.

Biology had more to do with it. 

300

Who was responsible for conducting the Split Brain Procedure

Gazzaniga

400

In the experiments on rats, researchers thought they placed electrodes on amygdala, however, they actually placed it on __________

Hypothalamus

400

_____ Area is when the patient can understand speech, but not speak fluently.

_____ Area is when the patient does not understand speech, but can speak fluently

Broca's

Wernicke's

400

What is the name of the theory that Darwin created to better help understand the reproduction, adaptation and survival of animals by the passing down of certain genes?

Natural Selection

400

What is the name of the ship Charles Darwin traveled on?

U.S.S. Beagle

400

Term for when the brain changes structure after damage or when building new pathways based on experience.

Plasticity

500

What structures make up the brainstem?

Medulla, Pons, Thalamus

500

The motor cortex is located towards the back of the ____ lobe and the sensory cortex is located at the front of the ____ lobe

Frontal

Parietal

500

DNA also stands for 

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

500

In reality we are both the _____ and _____ of our worlds

Creatures & Creators

500

According to the narrator,what was damaged in The Story of Phineas Gage? 

Connection between frontal cortex and the limbic system

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