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Forebrain
Basiclly everything but the brain stem and cerebellum prominent in mammals and birds,
responsible for most conscious behaviors
Central Nervous system
The brain and the spinal cord together make up the central nervous system (CNS)
receiving, processing, and responding to sensory information.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
All nerve processes and neurons outside the CNS (the PNS) are
Sensory receptors
Muscles
Internal organs
Somatic division
Deals with Volentray movement and it contains nerves that carry sensory signals, from the body to the central nervous system
Autonomic division
It carries signals from interal organs to the central nervous system and the other way around
Involtray controls
(In PNS)
Draw out Nervous sytem chart thing
Innate
Relatively Fixed (Innate) Behaviors
Dependent on heredity
Eating, for crossbills, is a fixed behavioral pattern that is inherited and does not require much modification through learning
Learned
Relatively Flexible Behaviors
Dependent on learning
Roof rats can eat pinecones efficiently only if they are taught to do so by an experienced mother
Mentalism
aristotle: psyche controls behavior (completely separate from brain and body); brain cools blood
Dualism
-psyche
-Pineal gland
the view that the mind and body both exist as separate entities………………………………………….
Psyche: Synonym for mind/soul
an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior
Descartes though the Mind is located in the pineal gland of the brain, which sits beside ventricles filled with fluid
he thought Mind (pineal gland) regulates behavior by directing the flow of ventricular fluid to appropriate muscles
When muscles have fluid, they flex
Behavior
Complexity of behavior varies considerably in different species
(depends on if they have a complex or simple nervous systeem)
Materialism
darwin: behavior is a function of the nervous system, not the mind (explains evolution)
Nerve Net
Nerve net: (sea anemone)
Simple nervous system with sensory and motor neurons
Segmented Nerve Trunk
Segmented nerve trunk: (flatworm)
Bilaterally symmetrical (the same on both sides of the body)
Segmented (divided into a number of parts)
Ganglia
Ganglia: (squid)
Structures that resemble and function somewhat like a brain
Grouping of nerves in a “head” area with some processing