Scenarios
Rosemary had a stroke about a year ago and now she cannot understand what people are saying to her. This is embarrassing for her, so she responds using vague language and tries to make it appear as though she understands. Which area of Rosemary’s brain was likely damaged by the stroke?
What is Wernicke's area?
Jane clicks her tongue while tickling John. Eventually, John starts to squirm and giggle every time Jane clicks her tongue, even when he is not being tickled. In this example, tongue clicking is a(n) ________.
What is conditioned stimulus?
The brains ability to change, adapt and reorganize itself is called
What is Plasticity?
The ________ nervous system is responsible for responses such as pupil dilation, increased heart rate, and increased respiration.
What is Sympathetic?
The branch-like fibers extending in clusters from the neuron’s cell body are called ________.
What is a Neuron?
Grandma Jane had a stroke which impaired her ability to speak fluently although she can move all the necessary muscles. What is the most likely location(lobe) of her brain damage?
What is frontal lobe/broca's area?
Punishment ________ the likelihood that a behavior will occur while reinforcement ________ the likelihood of a behavior.
What is Decreases; Increases
Ashley processes visual information using her
What is Occipital lobe
The terms autonomic and somatic refer to the two main subdivisions of the
What is Peripheral Nervous System?
In Pavlov’s well known experiment with the dog, salivation is
What is Unconditioned Response/Conditioned response (depends on the phase) *either answer is correct?
Lana has been diagnosed with a small brain tumor. She first went to see her doctor after experiencing symptoms such as feeling very cold, almost fainting, a reduced appetite, and reduced sexual desire. Which of the following structures is her tumor most likely affecting?
What is Hypothalamus?
Frank tells a lie and is grounded. He does this several times, finally learning that his behavior (lying) is associated with a consequence (being grounded). Which kind of learning is this?
What is Operant conditioning?
A thick band of neural fibers enabling communication between the two brain hemispheres.
What is Corpus Callosum
The ________ nervous system is responsible for stimulating digestion and causing the bladder to contract.
What is Parasympathetic Nervous System
Number of universal emotions
What is seven
On Justin’s 21st birthday, police stopped his car. Justin’s speech was slurred, he couldn’t walk a straight line. The impaired functioning of what part of Justin’s brain is responsible for these difficulties with fine motor coordination & balance?
What is the Cerebellum?
Josh watches his grandfather repair watches. As Josh matures he imitates what his grandfather does, and then his grandfather shows him more complicated techniques. Eventually, Josh is as proficient at repairing watches as his grandfather. This exemplifies
What is Learning?
Sam was getting off an elevator when he dropped an important folder. As he reached down to pick it up, the evaluator doors closed and squeezed his head between them. Ever since the accident Sam has not been the same. For example, he goes to the same video store several times a week and always hands the clerk the same beat-up note with one word on it, Batman. The clerk always asks, “Have you ever seen Batman before?” Sam always shakes his head and replies, “No, it’s the first time. Is it any good?” The clerk always replies, “It’s really great. You’ll love it.” So far, Sam has rented Batman 74 times and can’t remember ever having seen it.
What is the Hippocampus?
What are the two parts of the Central Nervous Systems?
What is the brain and spinal cord?
The endocrine system consists of a series of glands that produce chemical substances known as ________
What is Hormones?
Walking down a dark New York street late at night, Crystal suddenly felt the metal barrel of a pistol press against her head behind her ear and heard the instructions “Don’t move a muscle while I slip your wallet out of your pocket.” Unfortunately she did move, the gun was fired, and the bullet entered the brain. Breathing and heart beat stopped almost immediately. Where was the bullet?
What is the medulla?
Latisha is 18 months old and she loves to play with her daddy when he comes home from work. When she hears his car pull into the driveway as usual, she gets very excited.
What is classical conditioning
Cindy has terrible sexual desires that she can just barely restrain. Sometimes she goes from restaurant to restaurant and eats 4-8 meals a day. Sometimes she goes to a water fountain and drinks water for 15 minutes straight. Sometimes she feels tremendous love for her boyfriend and then, without warning, hates his guts. Sometimes she is happy and then suddenly becomes angry. There is a tumor growing in Sharon’s brain
What is the Hypothalamus?
Mark wouldn’t listen because he wanted to show off. Shouting, “Look at me,” he jumped into the pool. He struck his head on the bottom and broke his neck. Although he survived the accident, Mark cannot move any parts of this body or feel any sensations from his shoulders down. However, all his other sensory and motor functions from the shoulders up are completely normal.
What is damage to the Spinal cord?
Dave’s boss told him that he doesn’t have to attend the company picnic (which everybody dislikes) if Dave meets his sales quota this month. Dave’s boss is using
What is negative reinforcement?