Functions of the Brain
Jay experiences brain damage that results in an inability to make plans about the future. What lobe of his brain was most likley damaged?
Fontal Lobe
What are the two main parts of the Central Nervous System?
spinal cord and brain
Torin believes in nature's influence on behavior, why Kyla believes in nurture's influence. What are their beliefs examples of?
Genetic factors / environmental factors
Thomas who drinks alcohol regularly, now finds that he requires a larger does to experience the same effect. this is called Tolerance or Addiction?
tolerance
When Elle is sleep-deprived she is more likely to be sick, why?
Sleep helps to restore the immune system
Kay has a damaged hippocampus. Would she have difficulties in creating new memories OR not be able to regulate her body temperature?
Creating new memories
What is the main function of the Peripheral Nervous System?
it connects the brain and the spinal cord to the rest of the body.
Jay is an evolutionary psychologist. Would he seek to understand behavioral tendencies through psychophysics or natural selection?
After taking a drug, Carmen experiences slow reactions, slurred speech, and decreased skill performance (reaction time). Which drug did he mostly take? Extasy or alcohol?
Alcohol
As part of a sleep study researchers notice bursts of rapid rhythmic brain-wave activity and determine that Jane is in sleep stage 2. What is she experiencing?
sleep spindles
When researchers surgically lesioned the amygdala of monkey's brain, would this result in him becoming more or less agressive?
less aggressive
what is the purpose of the myelin sheath?
to speed up the transmission of info within a neuron
The gene-environment interaction is the basic tenet (belief) of heredity of Evolutionary psychology?
Evolutionary psychology
Calvin is taking a dug that acts both as stimulant and a hallucinogen. It could disrupt his serotonin in the long term. Is he taking LSD, ecstasy, alcohol or cocaine?
Ecstasy
Math problem
Automatically pulling your hand away from a hot stove is an example of what?
The Reflex Arc
They are usually raised in the same environment but they do not have the same genetic code.
When Joe ingested an opioid drug, what neurotransmitters did the opioid mimic in his brain? norepinephrine or endorphins?
Endorphins
Sarah is about to take her driver's test. Which region of the brain plays the most significant role in her sense of alertness?
Medulla, Parietal Lobe, Hippocampus, or Reticular Formation
Reticular Formation
Pham's brain tissue has the ability to take on new functions, what is this an example of?
Neuroplasticity
If you are researching the electrical implusess that travel down axons to better understand their function, what are you researching?
Why do researchers use adoption studies in an effort to reveal genetic influences on personality?
to evaluate whether adopted children more closely resemble their adoptive parents of their bio parents
Lei has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Which of the following neurotransmitters most likely to contribute to the disorder? ACH, GABA, Glutamate, or Dopamine?
Dopamine
Surgical stimulation of the somatosensory cortex might result in the false sensation of what?
Flashes of color or someone tickling you?
Someone tickling you