Psych Study Guide 3

Question 1

the processing of both conscious and unconscious information simultaneously

Answer 1

Dual processing

Question 2

control—the ability to resist urges and thoughts that offer short-term benefits rather than long-term.

Answer 2

impulse control

Question 3

A dynamite accident sent a metal rod through his frontal cortex–he was perfectly healthy, but now more abrasive, ill-tempered personality

Answer 3

Phineas Gage

Question 4

This area (cerebrum) is responsible for interpreting, integrating, and acting on sensory info and linking it with stored memories

Answer 4

Association areas

Question 5

a disorder in which the parts of the
brain that recognize features has been damaged, we can no longer
remember or recognize faces

Answer 5

prosopagnosia

Question 6

the idea that some functions are more dominant in one side of the brain.

Answer 6

hemispheric specialization

Question 7

What side of the brain?
Roughly speaking
Mastery
Organization of what we already know (like speech)

Answer 7

left side

Question 8

What side of the brain?
Exploring new ideas or concepts we don’t understand
Creativity
Complex and inferential thought

Answer 8

right side

Question 9

the notion that visual fields and motor functions run by the opposite hemisphere of the brain.

Answer 9

brain lateralization

Question 10

is the brain’s ability to change across one’s life or mend itself after damage by developing new or alternative neural pathways from existing neurons.

Answer 10

plasticity

Question 11

additionally, recent research has shown that the brain can slowly create small amounts of new neurons.

Answer 11

neurogenesis

Question 12

the area in the left hemisphere that controls language expression. Discovered by Paul Broca, the Broca area of the frontal lobe directs muscle movements involved in speech.

Answer 12

Broca’s area

Question 13

the inability to understand or formulate language.

Answer 13

Aphasia

Question 14

controls language reception & plays a key role in language development. It is located in the temporal lobe on the left hemisphere.

Answer 14

Carl Wernicke

Question 15

group is an alkyl derived from methane, containing one carbon atom
bonded to three hydrogen atoms — CH3. In formulas, the group is often abbreviated Me. Such
hydrocarbon groups occur in many organic compounds.

Answer 15

Methyl Molecules

Question 16

won a Nobel prize for his research on the split brain, it’s interaction, and motor and
sensory neurogenesis.

Answer 16

Sperry

Question 17

emphasized the importance of the unconscious mind, and a primary assumption of
Freudian theory is that the unconscious mind governs behavior to a greater degree than
people suspect.

Answer 17

Freud

Question 18

This area contains the largest bundle of nerve fibers in the brain and
connects the two sides (hemispheres) of the brain.

Answer 18

Corpus Callosum

Question 19

individual neurons—or groups of neurons—in the

brain which code for perceptually significant stimuli.

Answer 19

Feature Receptors

Question 20

Hemispheric Specialization

Answer 20

the idea that some functions are more dominant in one side of
the brain.

Question 21

A dynamite accident sent a metal rod through his frontal cortex–he was
perfectly healthy, but now more abrasive, ill-tempered personality.

Answer 21

Phineas Gage

Question 22

Plasticity

Answer 22

is the brain’s ability to change across one’s life or mend itself after damage by
developing new or alternative neural pathways from existing neurons.

Question 23

Epigenetics

Answer 23

Factors such as stress, diet, and drugs or chemicals can act as activators or
deactivators, and change a gene’s expression.

Question 24

Brain Lateralization

Answer 24

Lateralization of the brain hemispheres refers to a functional dominance of one hemisphere over the other, in which one is more responsible or entirely responsible for control of a function in comparison to the other.

Question 25

conducts research on how the brain enables mind and behavior. Special patient
populations are used in a variety of methodologies including visual psychophysics, brain
imaging and anatomy.

Answer 25

Gazzaniga