UNIT 2 LESSON 3 Flashcards

Biological Basis for Behavior

1
Q

the conscious and unconscious processing of information
simultaneously

A

dual processing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

the outermost layer of our brain containing four lobes

A

cortical region

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

the last area of the brain to fully develop and connect; responsible for the majority of one’s creativity, problem-solving, abstract thinking, and personality

A

prefrontal cortex

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

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

A

impulse control

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

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

A

Phineas Gage

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

responsible for the interaction
of our thoughts, memories, problem-solving, and
personalities, and are networked without a fixed
function

A

cerebrum

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

responsible for interpreting, integrating, and acting on sensory info and linking it with stored memories

A

Association Areas

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

memories and experiences over time that our cerebrum can interact with, and provide us with more, efficient thinking

A

working memory

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

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

A

prosopagnosia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

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

A

hemispheric specialization

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

deals with roughly speaking, with mastery and organization of what we already know

A

left hemisphere

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

deals more with exploring new ideas or concepts we don’t
understand (things like creativity, and complex & inferential thought)

A

right hemisphere

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

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

A

brain lateralization

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

area the two hemispheres of the brain can communicate through

A

corpus callosum

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

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

A

Plasticity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

the brain can slowly create small amounts of new neurons

A

neurogenesis

17
Q

the area in the left hemisphere that controls language expression

A

Broca’s area

18
Q

the inability to understand or
formulate language

19
Q

damaged areas in the brain

20
Q

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

A

Wernicke’s area

21
Q

traits that allow populations to reproduce, expand, and survive are passed on to subsequent generations

A

natural selection

22
Q

one’s character, interests, temperament—are largely genetic

A

personality

23
Q

despite not even knowing their biological parents, the personality of children tends to reflect biological parents rather than adoption parents

A

Adoption studies

24
Q

tend to demonstrate large
similarities in personality

A

identical twins studies

25
exhibits behavior differences at the same rate of non-twin siblings
fraternal twins
26
clusters in a genetic clusters within our DNA
alleles
27
environment can impact the actual genes and DNA of organisms—particularly during gestation
interaction
28
stress, diet, and drugs or chemicals can act as activators or deactivators, and change a gene’s expression
epigenetics