THIS IS THE BAND OF AXON FIBERS THAT CONNECTS THE TWO HEMISPHERES OF THE BRAIN
What is THE CORPUS CALLOSUM
100
THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX, WHICH SEPARATES HUMANS FROM ALL OTHER SPECIES IS FOUND IN WHICH LOBE OF THE BRAIN?
What is THE FRONTAL LOBE
100
THIS IS THE PATHWAY OF NEURAL FIBERS TO AND FROM THE BRAIN; IT ALSO CONTROLS SIMPLE REFLEXIVE ACTION.
What is THE SPINAL CORD
100
HIS 'NATURAL SELECTION" THEORY IS THE FOUNDATION FOR EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY.
Who was CHARLES DARWIN
100
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE VISCOUS SUBSTANCE THAT HELPS COOL THE BRAIN AND PROVIDES A BARRIER BETWEEN THE CRANIUM AND THE BRAIN?
What is CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
200
THIS IS THE "RELAY CENTER" OF THE BRAIN THAT ROUTES INCOMING SENSATION (EXCEPT SMELL) TO LOBES AND CORTICES
What is THE THALAMUS
200
THE PARIETAL LOBE SPECIALIZES IN THE INTERPRETATION OF WHICH HUMAN SENSE?
What is TOUCH
200
NAME THE FOUR (4) BASIC STRUCTURES OF ALL NEURONS:
What are DENDRITES, CELL BODY, AXON, AND TERMINAL BUTTONS
200
GENETICALLY (NORMALLY) A HUMAN HAS 46 __________ AND 20,000-25,000 _____________.
What are CHROMOSOMES AND GENES
200
WHAT IS "SPLIT" IN A BRAIN-SPLITTING PROCEDURE?
What is THE CORPUS CALLOSUM
300
THE HYPOTHALAMUS, AMYGDALA, HIPPOCAMPUS AND PITUITARY GLAND ARE ALL A PART OF THE ______________; MEMORY FORMING, EMOTIONS, 4 F'S AND HORMONAL FLOW ARE PART OF ITS OVERALL PRODUCTION.
What is THE LIMBIC SYSTEM
300
THE DURABLE BUT PLIABLE OUTER SURFACE OF THE BRAIN IS KNOWN AS THE ______________.
What is THE CEREBRAL CORTEX
300
THIS BRAIN STRUCTURE "TALKS TO" THE "MASTER GLAND."
WHAT ARE THERE NAMES?
What are THE HYPOTHALAMUS AND THE PITUITARY GLAND
300
DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IDENTICAL AND FRATERNAL TWINS (THINK BREAKFAST AND DENIM PANTS)
What is IDENTICAL TWINS ARE FROM THE SAME FERTILIZED EGG AND HAVE THE SAME GENES; FRATERNAL TWINS ARE FROM DIFFERENT FERTILIZED EGGS AND HAVE DIFFERENT GENES
300
THE NOTION STUDIED BY COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENTISTS THAT HUMANS HAVE INFORMATION THAT IS PROCESSED SIMULTANEOUSLY ON BOTH A CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS TRACK IS KNOWN AS __________________ OR A TWO-TRACK MIND.
What is DUAL PROCESSING
400
THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA AND TWO OTHER BRAIN STRUCTURES FORM THE BRAINSTEM - THE OTHER TWO (2) ARE:
What are THE RETICULAR FORMATION AND THE PONS
400
BOTH HEARING AND BALANCE OCCUR IN THIS LOBE OF THE BRAIN.
What is THE TEMPORAL LOBE
400
NAME FOUR (4) OF THE SIX MAJOR NEUROTRANSMITTERS
What are GABA, ACETYLCHOLINE, SEROTONIN, NOREPINEPHRINE, DOPAMINE, GLUTAMATE (ALL RIGHT, I WILL ACCEPT ENDORPHINS).
400
THE MATHEMATICAL ESTIMATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF A PARTICULAR TRAIT IS KNOWN AS:
What is HERITABILITY
400
THE FORMATION OF NEW NEURONS IS KNOWN AS:
What is NEUROGENESIS
500
BOTH BROCA'S AND WERNICKE'S AREAS ARE FOUND IN THIS SIDE OF THE BRAIN.
What is THE LEFT SIDE
500
NAME THE TWO (2) CORTICES FOUND BORDERING THE PARIETAL LOBE:
What are THE MOTOR CORTEX AND THE SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX
500
IN TERMS ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, IT DIVIDES IN THE CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS. THE PERIPHERAL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BREAK DOWN INTO TWO MORE LEVELS OF MICROSYSTEMS - CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THESE:
What are THE AUTONOMIC AND SOMATIC SYSTEMS AND THE AUTONOMIC DIVIDES INTO THE SYMPATHETIC AND PARASYMPATHETIC
500
THIS APPROACH TO INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT SUGGESTS ADDRESSES THE NATURE VS. NURTURE QUESTION BY NOTING THAT OUR GENETIC MAKE-UP, OUR PARENTS AND PEERS, AND OUR PERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR.
What is THE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH
500
1. OF OUR SCHOOL'S FOUR ADMINISTRATORS, WHICH ONE DID I STUDENT TEACH?
2. WHICH MEMBER OF MY DEPARTMENT WAS ONE OF MY MASTER TEACHERS?
3. WHICH MEMBER OF THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT DID I HAVE COLLEGE CLASSES WITH?
4. WHICH COUNSELOR AT OUR SCHOOL IS MY FAVORITE COUNSELOR (i RESPECT AND ADMIRE THEM ALL, BUT ONE IS A BIT MORE SPECIAL TO ME)?
5. WHICH HIGH SCHOOL IN OUR LEAGUE DID I GRADUATE FROM IN 1979?
6. WHICH MEMBER OF THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT PLAYED ON A HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM THAT I COACHED (HINT: IT IS NOT MR. LIVINGSTON)
What are:
1. MR. JAFFE
2. MR. HARVEY (DEXTER)
3. MR. ANTHONY
4. MISS GERVASINI
5. POWAY
6. MR. BODAS