The Brain and Behavior
This lobe is responsible for processing visual information.
What is the occipital lobe?
involves the influence of the environment
nature
Which part of the brain is involved in your ability to see?
Occipital lobe
nature involves the influence of ______ inherited characteristics
genetics
A full sleep cycle lasts about ______ and people go through multiple cycles per night
what is 90 minutes
This part of the brain is involved in emotions, especially fear and aggression
What is the amygdala?
This sleep stage is associated with dreaming and rapid eye movement.
REM
if you suddenly without warning slip into REM sleep during the day, you may have a condition called?
narcolepsy
If you have problems storing away new memories, which area of your brain is most likely damaged?
Hippocampus
REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep itself is one stage of sleep, but the sleep cycle consists of four stages:
what is
This structure connects the brain's two hemispheres and is sometimes severed to treat severe epilepsy.
What is the corpus callosum?
Principle of the biological approach: Behavior may be influenced by...
Temporal Lobe
Which part of the brain is involved in much of sensory processing, such as touch?
parietal lobe
a persons awareness of the world around him or her.
What is Consciousness
the bodies 24 hour time clock is called
What is the circadian rhythm?
which brain structure is responsible for our balance posture and muscle tone?
cerebellum
Which of the following areas of the brain seems to be responsible for fear response?
amygdala
the sleep wake cycle typically follows a 24 hour cycle and is regulated by the
hypothalamus
Principle of the biological approach: Behavior can be...
genetically inherited
which is not a characteristic of REM sleep?
Principle of the biological approach: Behavior may be influenced by...
evolutionary processes.
Which one of the following is not a principle of the biological approach?
Behavior is the product of physiology.
occurs when a shift takes place in the quality or pattern of your mental activity
Altered States of Consciousness
In which disorder does breathing stop for nearly half a minute or more?
As consequences to stopping drug use, headaches nausea and elevated blood pressure are all signs of
Withdrawals