Unit 1 psychology: Topic 4: How are mental processes and behaviour influenced by the brain?

Question 1

What is the brain versus heart debate?

Answer 1

Brain versus heart debate 
a historical debate as to
whether the heart or the
the brain is responsible for
mental processes, such
as thought, emotion, and
behaviour

Question 2

Dualism vs Monulism?

Answer 2

Dualism is the belief that
the human mind and
body are separate and
distinguishable from
one another

Monism is the belief that
the human mind and body
are together a singular
complete entity

Question 3

What is the cerebral hemisphere?

Answer 3

 
the symmetrical halves of
the cerebrum in the brain

Question 4

Hemispheric specialization is when..?

Answer 4

Hemispheric specialization
the difference in
functioning between the
left and right hemispheres
of the brain when
performing a specific
behavior or task

Question 5

Computerised tomography is a neuroimaging technique that does?

Answer 5

Computerised
tomography (CT) 
a neuroimaging
technique that involves
taking continuous twodimensional x-ray images
of the brain which are
then stacked to create a
comprehensive threedimensional image of
the brain

Question 6

How would you define MRI?

Answer 6

Magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) 
a neuroimaging technique
that uses magnetic
and radio fields to take
detailed two-dimensional
and three-dimensional
images of the brain

Question 7

A PET scan is when?

Answer 7

Positron emission
tomography (PET) 
a neuroimaging technique
that uses a scanning
device to take coloured
images of the brain,
showing its functional
activity by tracing the
levels of a radioactive
substance in the brain

Question 8

What is the brain? What is it’s function?

Answer 8

Brain a complex organ contained within the skull that coordinates mental processes and behaviour, and regulates bodily activity

Question 9

The cerebral cortex is ?

Answer 9

Cerebral cortex is the outer layer of the cerebrum that covers the brain

Question 10

What are the four lobes of the brain?

Answer 10

Occipital lobe  the rearmost lobe of the cerebral cortex, located behind the parietal lobe, and is composed of sensory and association areas

Frontal lobe the largest and frontmost lobe of the cerebral cortex that is composed of motor and association areas

Parietal lobe the lobe of the cerebral cortex, located behind the frontal lobe, and is composed of sensory and association areas

Temporal lobe the lowest lobe of the cerebral cortex, located beneath the parietal lobe, and is composed of sensory and association areas