Chapter 1: Introduction To B&B

Question 0

Sulci/sulcus

Answer 0

Grooves, deeper grooves are called FISSURES.

Question 1

Gyrus/gyri

Answer 1

Bumps

Question 2

Forebrain

Answer 2

Conscious behavior

Question 3

Brainstem

Answer 3

Source of behavior in simpler animals; responsible for unconscious behavior

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Frontal lobe

Answer 4

Executive functions, decision making

Question 5

Parietal lobe

Answer 5

Integrates sensations into body coordinates

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Temporal lobe

Answer 6

Hearing, language, memory, smell, taste

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Occipital lobe

Answer 7

Visual processing

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CNS

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Brain and spinal chord

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PNS

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Divided into somatic and autonomic systems. Somatic=sensory and autonomic=muscles and organs

The autonomic system has two sub divisions: sympathetic and parasympathetic

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Innate behaviors

Answer 10

Relatively fixed, inherited

Question 11

Learned behavior

Answer 11

Relatively flexible, based off of learning/experience

Question 12

Mentalism

Answer 12

An explanation of behavior as a function of the non material mind.

Question 13

Aristotle and Mentalism

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Aristotle believed brain only existed to cool the blood. The mind is a separate entity.

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Dualism

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Both a non material mind and the material body contribute to behavior.

Question 15

Descartes and Dualism

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Mind directs rational behavior, body and brain direct all other behavior. Mind is located in pineal gland, flow of ventricular fluid

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Darwin and Materialism

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Behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind

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Darwin and Natural Selection

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How species evolve and change over time. Success in the reproduction of phenotypes results from interaction with environment

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Epigenetics

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Study of differences in gene expression related to environment and experience. Influences gene expression.

Question 19

Nerve net

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Simple NS with sensory and motor neurons

Question 20

Segmented nerve trunk

Answer 20

Bilaterally symmetrical and segmented

Question 21

Ganglia

Answer 21

Structures that resemble and function somewhat like a brain

Question 22

Hominids

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Primates, living and extinct, that walk upright.

Question 23

Jerison’s Principle of Proper Mass

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Species exhibiting more complex behaviors will possess relatively larger brains.

Question 24

Encephalization Quotient

Answer 24

Measure of brain size obtained from the ratio of actual brain size to the expected size for an animal of its size.

Question 25

Neoteny

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Rate of maturation is slowed due to immature species having children. This results in the adults retaining some infant characteristics