Psychology Unit 2 Flashcards
Biological basis of behaviors
What can happen to make you see the impact on the mind
When a stroke damages a part of the brain
Stroke
When a blood vessel in the brain or on the surface of the brain leaks or breaks
What does a stroke cause to the brain
Bleeding in or around the brain,
What does bleeding in or around of the brain lead to
Leads to swelling and pressure, damaging brain cells and tissue
Why are injuries to the brain studied
to see the impact on the mind
What year was the case of Phones Gage and what happened
1848, a railroad worker survived an accident that drove a 13-pound iron bar through his head
Where did the iron bar shoot through in his skull
Through his skull, and obliterating the greater part of the left frontal lobe of his brain
How did his injury change his personality
Was often reported as having lost his inhibitions(things u don’t want to say), started to behave inappropriately in social situations.
Lesions
Surgical destruction of brain tissues
What were lesions initially performed on
First performed on animals
What has lesions done as giving information
Yielded some insights especially about less complex brain structures
Lesions are no longer necessary, now they do other things like:
Chemically or magnetically deactivate brain areas to get similar information
Why are surgeries performed
To fix a health issue or to attempt to change bad behavior
What is “split”
Surgery which the connection between the brain hemisphere is cut in order to end severe full-brain seizures
