Chapter 1: Introduction Flashcards
Basic working unit of the brain; where the adult brain form connections between.
Neurons
A biological process through which new neurons are formed; said to occur in the lateral subventricular zone (SVZ) & the DG of the hippocampus.
Neurogenesis
A region in a brain that is important in speech production.
Broca’s area
First psychology textbook written by Wilhelm Wundt.
Principles of Physiological Psychology
Primary function of the brain.
Control of movement
2 forms of scientific explanation.
Generalization
Reduction
Refers to explanations as examples of general laws, which are revealed through experiments.
Generalization
Refers to explanations of complex phenomena in terms of simpler ones.
Reduction
Can tell us something about psychological processes such as language, memory, or mood.
Psychological mechanisms
A system that receives information from the sensory organs and controls the movements of the muscles.
Nervous System
A belief in the dual nature of reality; mind and body are separate, the body is made of ordinary matter but the mind isn’t.
Dualism
A belief that everything in the universe consists of matter and energy; mind is a phenomenon caused by the workings of the nervous system.
Monism
Observation of Müller that although all nerves carry the same basic message—an electrical impulse—we perceive the messages of different
nerves in different ways.
Doctrine of specific nerve energies
A method where you could infer the
function of the missing portion of the brain by seeing what the animal could no longer do.
Experimental ablation
Where the nerve cells there communicate directly with those that cause muscular contractions.
Primary motor cortex
