Studying the brain
what year was the practice of phrenology started & for how years did it remain popular within europe & the americas
1810 to 1840's
which of the following is true about reflexes
A reflex reaction is an automatic reaction.
If you were being chased by a lion, which of the following would release adrenaline
Adrenal gland
Why is the work of Dr Franz Joseph Gall and his phrenology considered part of the development of neurology, which is a respected discipline while phrenology is not?
All of the answers are correct
A 3D image of the brain is called a
CAT scan
Which of the following is a symptom of hyperactive thyroid?
Difficulty sleeping
measuring electrical activity on the scalp of done by
EEG
Dr. Franz Joseph Gall was
German
How can parts of the limbic system be remembered?
Hungry Hounds Ate Pavlov
using magnets to get an image of the brain is called a(n)
MRI
A disease or other issue in the brain is called
Pathology
When a make hits puberty, which of the following is responsible for telling the tests to release testes to release testosterone
Pituitary gland
How are we able to experience things through our senses of taste and smell
Sensory neurons called chemoreceptors
Why would a specialist use DTI
To examine the brain's white matter.
what is ruptured aneurysm
a blood vessel that has burged and plopped
What is considered head trauma
all of the answers are correct
what causes brain tumors
all of the following listed
what is brain lesion
all of the listed answers
before the accident, gae was said to be calm and mild mannered. after the accident, friends of gage reported that he appeared to be mostly
angry
injuries to the brain can cause language impairments known as
aphasia
what is not a symptom of brain lesion
bad breath
The oldest parts of the brain are the
brainstem, thalamus, reticular formation, cerebellum
I send signals to motor neurons, what am I?
central nervous system
white matter
communicate information
in a split brain patient, the _____ has been removed
corpus callosum
the structure that helps your left cerebral hemisphere communicate with the right cerebral hemisphere is known as the
corpus callosum
german physician franz joseph galt theorized
different areas of the brain are responsible for different parts of personality
brain lateralization refers to the fact that
each hemisphere of the brain is specialized for certain types of information
which of the following is a function of the right hemisphere
facial recognition
The case of phineas gage allowed researchers and psychologist to investigate the study within which area of the brain?
frontal lobe
Mary's research is focused on looking for a specific gene that might predispose someone to criminal behavior. What kind of researcher is she?
geneticist
The biological theory of criminology is focused on _____ and _____
genetics; neuroscience
Which of the following does the pancreas regulate?
how much sugar is absorbed by cells
What neurons in the central nervous system only interact with other neurons?
interneuron
The idea of being right-brained or left-brained _____.
is a myth because it over generalizes research looking at the functions of the right and left brains
Why has the biological theory of criminology been criticized?
it absolves people of responsibility for their actions
The groove which separates the left and right cerebral hemispheres is know as the:
langitanlinal fissure
Which of the following is a function of the left brain?
language
the word phrenology comes from the greek words or knowledge and
mind
Some studies have shown that in a set of identical twins who are raised separately, if one twin commits a crime, the second twin is _____ likely to also commit a crime, as compared to two siblings raised separately that are not twins
more
Mark's research if focused on looking or abnormalities in a person's brain that might lead to criminal behavior, what kind of research is this?
neuroscientist
Phrenology
practice of measuring the shape of the skull in order to determine the shape and size of various regions
what fairy ten explains the basic principle behind phenology?
princess and the pea
If you had a neurological disorder affecting your thermoreceptors, what symptom would you experience?
problems perceiving hot and cold
At the time of his accident, Phineas Gage worked as a foreman for a:
railroad
which part of the brain is composed of nerve cells that filter stimuli and runs from the spinal cord through the brainstem and thalamus ?
reticular formation
Phineas Gage died as a result of
seizures
the temporal lobe process info about _______, the parietal lobe process info about _____, and the occipital lobe of the brain process info about____ respectively
sound, touch sight.
How do the roles of the hippocampus and the hypothalamus differ?
the hippocampus processes long term memory while the hypothalamus regulates hunger
mozart effect
the name given to findings of an experiment in which college students who listened to a Mozart sonata scored high than they had after experiencing the same amount of silence or listening to relaxation instructions
In which of the following situations would insulin be released from the pancreas
when you've eaten a lot of candy at a party.
a lot of nerve cell bodies are located in the
white matter
the corpus callosum is made up mainly of
white matter
