Test 1: History

Question 1

False Dichotomies

Answer 1

Mind vs Brain
Psychological vs Biological
Genetic vs Environmental

Question 2

Hippocrates

Answer 2

“The brain is the most powerful organ in the human body”

Question 3

Aristotle

Answer 3

Brain acted as a radiator to cool blood

Question 4

Galen

Answer 4

Saw sensory organs were connected to brain

Question 5

Descartes

Answer 5

• Human body was a machine
• Reflexes were bodily movements that were automatic
• Mind and brain were separate; interacted at the pineal body

Question 6

Golgi

Answer 6

Developed a silver chromate stain

Question 7

Cajal

Answer 7

• Determined there were different kinds of neurons with specialized functions
• Developed neuron doctrine: N is basic signaling unit. Info travels from dendrites–>soma–> axon

Question 8

Aggregate Field Theory

Answer 8

Theory on the organization of the brain:

• Not localized to specific parts of brain
• Mental functions are functions of the whole nervous system

Question 9

Localization of Function

Answer 9

Theory on the organization of the brain:

Mental functions can be localized to certain areas of the brain

Question 10

Broca’s aphasia

Answer 10

Aka expressive aphasia. Cannot produce speech but can understand speech
Broca’s area is located in the region of the frontal cortex on the left side

Question 11

Wernicke’s Aphasia

Answer 11

Trouble understanding language but can produce speech (does not make sense)
Wernicke’s area is in the region of the temporal cortex on the left side of the brain

Question 12

Lashley determined that it was how much of the brain was taken that determined function, not place. What about this?

Answer 12

• The NS is not only serial processing but also parallel processing
• Alternate paths in the NS can be used if the main one is damaged
• A complex maze uses many different regions of the brain and therefore deficits are not always noticed with selective lesions of the brain