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Chapter 1: Introduction To B&B Flashcards

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Sulci/sulcus

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Grooves, deeper grooves are called FISSURES.

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Gyrus/gyri

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Bumps

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Forebrain

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Conscious behavior

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Brainstem

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Source of behavior in simpler animals; responsible for unconscious behavior

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Frontal lobe

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Executive functions, decision making

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Parietal lobe

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Integrates sensations into body coordinates

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Temporal lobe

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Hearing, language, memory, smell, taste

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Occipital lobe

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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

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Relatively fixed, inherited

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Learned behavior

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Relatively flexible, based off of learning/experience

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Mentalism

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

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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.

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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.

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Nerve net

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Simple NS with sensory and motor neurons

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Segmented nerve trunk

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Bilaterally symmetrical and segmented

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Ganglia

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Structures that resemble and function somewhat like a brain

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Hominids

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Primates, living and extinct, that walk upright.

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Jerison’s Principle of Proper Mass

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Species exhibiting more complex behaviors will possess relatively larger brains.

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Encephalization Quotient

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

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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

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