The Brain

Question 1

What is the frontal lobe?

Answer 1

• SUPPRESES socially inappropriate behav.
• PREDICTS cons. of act.
• CHOOSE bad + good actions

Question 2

What is the temporal lobe?

Answer 2

• Assists with PERCEPTION + INTERPRETATION of sound

- RECOGNITION of obj. + visual memory

Question 3

What is the Parietal lobe?

Answer 3

• helps with INTERPRETATION of TOUCH

- knowledge of numbers

Question 4

What is the role of the prefrontal cortex?

Answer 4

• Deals with:
  
  • planning complex cognitive behav.
  • personality expression
  • decision making
  • moderating social behaviours

Question 5

Describe the case of Phineas Cage

Answer 5

• Before accident: young,reflective,determined + goal-oriented
• September 13,1843: tamping rod went through left side of his face
• destroyed much of his PFC
• change in personality observed–> mild-mannered 2 erratic + angry

Question 6

What is the limbic system?

Answer 6

• a complex set of structures in the CENTRE of brain
  
  • hypothalamus, the hippocampus, the amygdala
• controls FIGHT or FLIGHT response

Question 7

Explain how the amygalda functions

Answer 7

• takes info from the thalamus
• interprets whether info is a threat or not
• produces fear or aggression

Question 8

What is the supporting evidence for the Amygdala’s role in aggression?

Answer 8

• Charles Witman
• John Flynn
• Egger and Flynn

Question 9

Explain the case of Charles Whitman

Answer 9

• 1966: murdered his family then mass-murdered strangers

- autopsy: brain tumour the size of a pecan nut pressing on amygdala