1. Intro

Question 0

Why was Phrenology important?

Answer 0

The underlying principle that functions could be localized in the brain turned out to be valuable.

Question 1

What is monism?

Answer 1

Opposite of dualism. The mind is viewed as the product of activity in the brain and nervous system.

Question 2

What is mentalism? And who first proposed it?

Answer 2

The idea that “something” inside us controls behaviour. Proposed by Aristotle.

Question 3

Why is evolution important to biological psychology?

Answer 3

Evolution causes adaptive behaviours which are encoded and passed on in genes which instruct behaviour.

Question 4

What is the neuron doctrine?

Answer 4

States that neurons are a collection of independent cells working together.

Question 5

Who invented the first microelectrode?

Answer 5

Ida Hyde

Question 6

What is a microelectrode?

Answer 6

A tool that uses electricity to stimulate cells on a cellular level.

Question 7

Where is Broca’s area, and what is it’s function?

Answer 7

Left frontal cortex. Motor movement associated with language.

Question 8

Where is Wernicke’s area, and what is it’s function?

Answer 8

Left temporal cortex. The organization and meaning of words in language.

Question 9

What is the brain hypothesis?

Answer 9

That the brain and nervous system are the source of behaviour.

Question 10

What is the cerebral cortex?

Answer 10

The outer layer of the brain.

Question 11

Name the four outer lobes of the brain.

Answer 11

Frontal, temporal, parietal, temporal, occipital.

Question 12

What is the name of the bumps on the brains surface?

Answer 12

Gyro (ghy-ree)

Question 13

What is the name of the cracks on be brains surface?

Answer 13

Sulci (suhl-sigh)

Question 14

What is the unit of the nervous system?

Answer 14

Neuron

Question 15

What are the three sections of the nervous system?

Answer 15

Central, somatic and autonomic

Question 16

What systems are included in the central nervous system?

Answer 16

Brain and spinal cord

Question 17

What systems are included in the somatic nervous system?

Answer 17

Cranial and spinal nerves.

Question 18

What systems are included in the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 18

The sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions.

Question 19

What is the function of the parasympathetic division?

Answer 19

Resting and digesting

Question 20

What is the function of the sympathetic division?

Answer 20

Fight or flight. (Heart rate, breathing, pupil dilation)

Question 21

What are the three hierarchical sections in the organization of the brain?

Answer 21

Reptilian, limbic system and neo-cortex

Question 22

What is the function of the limbic system?

Answer 22

Emotionality

Question 23

What is the function of the neo-cortex

Answer 23

Abstract thinking, time travel, complex behaviour, counting, cognition, meta-cognition, control over the other systems.

Question 24

What is a distributed system?

Answer 24

A series of structures in one or more parts of the brain that are interconnected through function.

Question 25

How is vision a distributed system?

Answer 25

Visual information is sent to the visual cortex then splits into the dorsal and ventral streams for processing. Both pathways work together to allow visual recognition of objects.

Question 26

What is the function of the dorsal stream?

Answer 26

The dorsal stream determines "where" an object is.

Question 27

Where is the dorsal stream located?

Answer 27

The dorsal stream is located at the top (dorsal) from the occipital lobe to the parietal lobe.

Question 28

What is the function of the ventral stream?

Answer 28

Ventral stream recognizes "what" an object is.

Question 29

Where is the ventral stream located?

Answer 29

At the bottom (ventral) from the occipital lobe to the temporal lobe.