Chapter 5 - Conciousness

Question 0

What does the left hemisphere do?

Answer 0

Controls writing.
Controls movement of the right side of the body.
Dominant in language.

Question 1

What does consciousness refer to?

Answer 1

Awareness of thoughts, perceptions, memories and feelings.

Question 2

What does the right hemisphere do?

Answer 2

Controls the left side of the body.

Dominant in nonverbal tasks.

Question 3

What is the corpus callosum?

Answer 3

Permits info to travel between the left and right hemispheres.

Question 4

Restoration Theory

Answer 4

During sleep the body is essentially “repaired”.

Question 5

Circadian Rhythm Theory

Answer 5

Sleep is to keep animals quiet during dangerous times. (like night)

Question 6

Facilitation of Learning Theory

Answer 6

Sleep is to refine things you have learned by strengthening neural connections.

Question 7

Tolerance

Answer 7

When you feel the effects of drugs less after extensive use.

Question 8

Withdrawal

Answer 8

Negative effects of not using a drug you have used a lot.

Question 9

Insula

Answer 9

Part of the brain linked to craving and addiction.