Week 6 pt 1

Question 1

Larynx changed location 300,000 yrs ago, which caused what?

Answer 1

vulnerability to choking

Question 2

The gene for speech evolved by natural selection how long ago

Answer 2

100,000-200,000 years ago

Question 3

Speech gene evolved by natural selection how long ago

Answer 3

100,000-200,000 years ago

Question 4

language is lateralized usually on what side of the brain

Answer 4

left

Question 5

intelligence, criminology, and higher rates of breast cancer are found in right or left handed people?

Answer 5

left handed

Question 6

Do right handed or left handed people have LESS lateralization

Answer 6

left handed

Question 7

Broca’s Aphasia (“Broken, Non-Fluent”)
Location?
Causes what?
aphasia of what?
what makes it worse?

Answer 7

Frontal part of the brain
Causes difficulty with speech PRODUCTION
Expressive aphasia
Worsens with anxiety or pressure demands

Question 8

Wernicke’s Aphasia (“Fluent”)
Impairs what?
what kind of aphasia?

Answer 8

Impaired comprehension
Receptive aphasia

Question 9

You can’t understand the sound to make a meaning out of them, but are unaware of it.

Answer 9

Wernicke’s Aphasia (“Fluent”)

Question 10

They are aware that they cannot produce speech

Answer 10

Broca’s Aphasia (“Broken, Non-Fluent”)

Question 11

Broca’s Area is in what part of the brain?

Answer 11

frontal

Question 12

Wernicke’s Area is in what part of the brain?

Answer 12

temporal & primary auditory cortex

Question 13

Aphasia in Borca’s & Wernicke’s Area

Answer 13

Global aphasia

Question 14

Information is first processed through our senses e.g., echoic memory in what stage of learning?

Answer 14

Stage 1 - Sensory Information

Question 15

Short term memory (meaningful/salient information) occurs in what stage of learning?

Answer 15

Stage 2

Question 16

CONSOLIDATION i.e., made solid occurs in what stage of learning

Answer 16

Stage 3 – Long term memory

Question 17

(7 +/- 2) Rule is what?

Answer 17

you can remember 7 things at once, plus or minus 2

Question 18

Repetition or Chunking is part of what stage of learning

Answer 18

Stage 2 – Short term memory

Question 19

4 Main Types of Learning

Answer 19

• Motor Learning
• Observational Learning
• Perceptual Learning
• Stimulus-Response Learning

Question 20

Classical conditioning & Operant Conditioning are part of what type of learning?

Answer 20

Stimulus-Response Learning

Question 21

Classical conditioning involves what 3 parts of the brain?

Answer 21

• Hippocampus
• Amygdala
• Thalamus

Question 22

Basal ganglia taking over actions is the result of what?

Answer 22

over learned motor behaviors

Question 23

What two systems support learning?

Answer 23

Mesolimbic & mesocortical system

Question 24

learning a skilled task and then practising with a goal in mind until the skill is executed automatically.

Answer 24

Motor Learning

Question 25

when repeated exposure enhances the ability to discriminate between two (or more) otherwise confusable stimuli.

Answer 25

Perceptual Learning

Question 26

Prior experiences that influence (bias) your perception of stimuli (2)

Answer 26

* Attribution Bias * Confirmation Bias

Question 27

What type of learning allows us to identify and categorize objects?

Answer 27

Perceptual Learning

Question 28

Process of learning by watching the behaviors of Models

Answer 28

Observational Learning/Social Learning Theory

Question 29

Observational learning occurs via what 2 type of conditioning?

Answer 29

Operant Conditioning & Vicarious Conditioning

Question 30

prompts others to engage in aggressive/unhealthy bx

Answer 30

Antisocial modeling

Question 31

prompts engagement in helpful and healthy bx

Answer 31

Prosocial modeling

Question 32

type of brain cell that respond equally when we perform an action and when we witness someone else perform the same action.

Answer 32

Mirror neurons

Question 33

Your brain responds the same way to what 3 things?

Answer 33

performing, witnessing, and hearing an action.

Question 34

Mirror neurons are essential brain cells for what type of interaction?

Answer 34

social interactions

Question 35

True or False: there is evidence of different learning "styles"

Answer 35

False

Question 36

Breaking up your learning with long breaks over time is called what?

Answer 36

Spaced Learning

Question 37

Taking different topics and switching learning between them every 45 min is called what?

Answer 37

Interleaving learning