Introduction to brain and behaviour

Question 1

Each year how many people get a TBI?

Answer 1

2 and 7 million

Question 2

The brain is considered

Answer 2

The most complicated living organ on earth

Question 3

The brain and spinal

cord make up

Answer 3

The CNS

Question 4

the processes
radiating out beyond the
brain and spinal cord is

Answer 4

The PNS

Question 5

Nervous system is

composed of ____ called___

Answer 5

cells, neurons

Question 6

Neurons in the brain

communicate with _ _ _ _

Answer 6

One another
sensory receptors in the
skin.
muscles.

internal body organs

Question 7

Heavily folded outer layer of brain tissue

composed of neurons, this is

Answer 7

Cerebral Cortex

Question 8

The The cortex is called? a) tissue b) bark c) rivets d) wrinkles

Answer 8

bark

Question 9

Right Hemisphere is called__ it is responsible for

Answer 9

Forebrain, conscious behaviour

Question 10

DBS can treat disorders

such

Answer 10

Parkinson
disease and depression
and
aid recovery from
TBI.

Question 11

How does TBI work?

Answer 11

electrodes implanted in

the thalamus

Question 12

Behavior consists of

Answer 12

patterns in time.

Question 13

Most Behavior are

Answer 13

mix of inherited and

learned actions

Question 14

Behaviours are considered ___ and __

Answer 14

Relatively fixed (innate)
Dependent on heredity, Relatively flexible
behaviors

Question 15

Mentalism is

A) thought b) mindfulness c) an explanation of behaviour

Answer 15

An explanation of behavior as a function of the

nonmaterial mind

Question 16

Aristotle believed A) mind and body were separate b) the brain did produce behaviour c)The brain had a mind of its own c) Believed the brain cooled the blood; no role in producing
behavior

Answer 16

c) Believed the brain cooled the blood; no role in producing

behavior

Question 17

Aristotle believed A) the psyche an entity

independent of the body. B) children had no concious C)The brain had a mind of its own

Answer 17

The nonmaterial psyche was thought to be an entity

independent of the body.

Question 18

Dualism is

Answer 18

Both a nonmaterial mind and the material body

contribute to behavior

Question 19

René Descarte believed

Answer 19

Nonmaterial mind directs rational behavior.

Question 20

René Descarte thought the mind can be influenced by___ where it___

Answer 20

Mind can influence the
pineal gland, where it
directs the flow of fluid
through the ventricles
and into the muscles to
move the body

Question 21

Materialism is

Answer 21

Behavior can be explained as a function of the
nervous system without explanatory recourse to the
mind

Question 22

Members of a species with a particular genetic

makeup, or genotype, are likely to__ this is an example of

Answer 22

express (turn on)

similar phenotypic traits. Natural selection

Question 23

Eliminative materialism is

Answer 23

An understanding of brain function can replace mental

explanations for consciousness, pain, and attention.

Question 24

Contemporary brain theory is

Answer 24

materialistic

Question 25

materialistic

Answer 25

measurable
descriptions of behavior that can be referenced to brain
activity

Question 26

Nerve net

Answer 26

Simple nervous system with no center; consists of neurons
that receive sensory information and connect directly to other
neurons that move muscles

Question 27

Bilateral symmetry

Answer 27

The nervous system on one side of the animal mirrors that on

the other side

Question 28

Segmentation

Answer 28

The vertebrae (in humans) contain the repeating nervous
system segments of the spinal cord

Question 29

Ganglia

Answer 29

Clusters of Neurons: resemble primitive brains and function

Question 30

The spinal cord

Answer 30

A single nervous system pathway connects the brain with

sensory receptors and muscles