PSYCH: Quiz 7

Question 0

Brain and body=

Answer 0

Mind

Question 1

How is the brain different from the mind?

Answer 1

Brain: physical, tangible, thing you can change
Mind: what the brain gives rise to the mind

Question 2

What does the body give us?

Answer 2

5 senses

Question 3

What is the difference between the old brain and the new brain

Answer 3

Old brain: the basement, instinctive, impulsive, reactive, emotional
New brain: the lobes, logical, planning, considering consequences and alternatives

Question 4

Which brain evolved earlier?

Answer 4

Old brain

Question 5

charts the electrical impulses in the brain

Answer 5

EEG

Question 6

uses radioactive glucose to see the active parts of the brain

Answer 6

PET scan

Question 7

uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to produce an image of the brain

Answer 7

MRI

Question 8

produces a moving image of which parts of the brain that are getting the most blood

Answer 8

FMRI

Question 9

What is human behavior a result of?

Answer 9

constant back-and-forth tug-of-war between the OLD BRAIN and the NEW BRAIN

Question 10

What is the cerebral cortex?

Answer 10

• The newer part of the brain

- Features many folds/crevices, giving the brain more surface area

Question 11

Why does the brain have folds and crevices ?

Answer 11

Information processing

Question 12

controls movement, more space devoted to fingers, hands, face(bc they are precision movements)

Answer 12

Motor Cortex

Question 13

controls hearing, in temporal lobe

Answer 13

Auditory cortex

Question 14

controls vision, occipital lobe

Answer 14

Visual cortex

Question 15

controls touch, more space devoted to fingers, toes, lips, genitals

Answer 15

Sensory cortex

Question 16

located in all lobes and responsible for integrating info

Answer 16

Association areas

Question 17

responsible for thinking, planning, judgement

Answer 17

Frontal lobe

Question 18

responsible for processing touch and body position

Answer 18

Parietal lobe

Question 19

responsible for processing sound info

Answer 19

Temporal lobe

Question 20

responsible for processing sight info

Answer 20

Occipital lobe

Question 21

To what extent can the brain adapt?

Answer 21

A lot because of neuroplacticity

Question 22

How does neuroplacticity work?

Answer 22

different parts of the brain can grow and take over other parts

Question 23

What is the deal with split brain patients

Answer 23

• Corpus collosum is split, deciding the two brains halves

- controls seizures

Question 24

What does splitting the brain eliminate?

Answer 24

Electrical transmission between both halves of the brain

Question 25

What do split brain patients reveal?

Answer 25

Info about the left and right brain

Question 26

Left brain

Answer 26

fact based, logical, verbal, categorization, organization, deliberation, decision making

Question 27

Right brain

Answer 27

perceptive, artistic, musical, creative, recognizes patterns and emotions

Question 28

Why is the left and right brain info a myth?

Answer 28

The brain is so adaptable

Question 29

Right Handedness

Answer 29

dominant in all cultures and has been for thousands of years

Question 30

Left Handedness

Answer 30

is correlated with greater artistic ability, musical ability, design ability, complex math ability