CH. 1 - Evolution of Brain/Behaviour

Question 1

innate behavior

Answer 1

inherited, no experience, instinctual.

Question 2

learned behavior

Answer 2

practice required, dependent on brain plasticity

Question 3

mentalism

Answer 3

Aristotle, non-material mind and the psyche beginning of modern psychology

Question 4

dualism

Answer 4

descartes, no-material mind + body = behaviour

Question 5

materialism

Answer 5

darwin and Wallace, most common and modern, function of the nervous system.

Question 5

what happened: 4.5bya, 3.7bya, 700mya, 250mya, 6mya, 200,000ya

Answer 5

4.5: earth formed
3.7: first life form
700: first brain cells
250: first brain
6: humanlike brain
200,000: modern human brain

Question 5

controlled experiment

Answer 5

control group vs. experimental group

Question 5

randomized experiment

Answer 5

randomly assigned specimens to either group without bias

Question 6

blinded experimentation

Answer 6

recording sample results without knowing which group’s data it belongs to

Question 7

order of taxonomical organization

Answer 7

(biggest to smallest): domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Question 8

first hominin

Answer 8

Australopithecus africanus, the first to walk and use tools, about 30% of human brain size, lived about 3.8mya.

Question 9

Harry Jerison encephalization quotient

Answer 9

(EQ) = actual brain size - expected brain size