Introduction

Question 1

Body and mind are separate entities, mind is separate from the brain

Answer 1

Dualism

Question 2

Automatic, stereotyped movements as a result of a stimulus

Answer 2

Reflexes

Question 3

“The seat of the soul” = how the body communicates with the mind

Answer 3

pineal body

Question 4

Argued that the brain is responsible for behavior and phrenology

Answer 4

Franz Joseph Gall

Question 5

Believed that the brain is the center of thoughts and emotions

Answer 5

Hippocrates

Question 6

Father of modern philosophy, reflexes, dualism, the body communicates with the brain through the pineal body

Answer 6

Descartes

Question 7

Experimental ablation: the removal of body part or brain to see effects of behavior

Answer 7

Pierre Flourens

Question 8

Electrical stimulation of the nerve in a frog’s leg produced contraction of the leg muscle

Answer 8

Luigi Galvani

Question 9

Used Golgi stain to describe individual neurons -> discovered synapse

Answer 9

Ramon yCajal

Question 10

What is the purpose of having a large brain compared to the rest of the body?

Answer 10

1. Tool Use
2. Color vision
3. Fire
4. Upright posture
5. Language

Question 11

Neoteny

Answer 11

the slowing of the process of maturation

Question 12

These fibers that release inhibitory neurotransmitters (GABA) were named after the man who discovered them

Answer 12

Jan Purkinje

Question 13

____ & ____ used electrical stimulation of the brain to understand function and influence behavior

Answer 13

Fritsch & Hirtzig

Question 14

3 Main contributions of Hermann von Helmholtz

Answer 14

1. Law of conservation of energy
2. Theory of color blindness
3. First measurements of the speed of nerve conduction

Question 15

Who concluded that every brain region participates in ALL behaviors?

Answer 15

Karl Lashley

Question 16

Who formed the doctrine of specific nerve energies?

Answer 16

Muller