PSYCH 260 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
REVIEW MATERIAL
●● phrenology
Answer: claimed an individual's personality, intelligence, and character
traits could be determined by analyzing the shape, size, and bumps of
their skull (**led to current functional specialization**)
●● What did the Egyptians discover?
Answer: nerve damage causes paralysis (surgical papyrus=oldest known
medical writing)
●● What did the Ancient Greeks discover?
Answer: epilepsy is caused by the brain
●● mind-body dualism
Answer: "the mind is not a physical thing" can't be studied by physical
sciences (body=mechanical // mind=nonphysical)
●● monism
Answer: mind is a result of activity in the brain
,●● electricity
Answer: mode of communication in the NS (electrical stim causes
muscles to contract)
●● posterior spinal nerve roots
Answer: sensory (AFFERENT nerves TO spinal cord/brain) arrive
●● anterior spinal nerve roots
Answer: motor (EFFERENT nerves FROM spinal cord) exit
●● what kind of control do we have in our body?
Answer: contralateral control
●● Lizard brain
Answer: brain stem/cerebellum (fight or flight/autopilot)
●● Mammal brain
Answer: limbic system (emotions, memories, habits, decisions)
●● Human brain
Answer: Neocortex (language, abstract thought, reasoning)
, ●● synapses
Answer: tiny spaces between neurons
●● Invasiveness
Answer: degree of harm/risk of method
●● Spatial Resolution
Answer: ability to see fine detail in image (smaller frames=better)
●● temporal resolution
Answer: ability to obtain info w/o delay (when/where things happen)
●● histology
Answer: study of microscopic structures/tissues
●● CT scan
Answer: first high resolution image of human brain
*x-ray based
*3D structural images
Limitations: associated risk with repeated x-rays and no info on brain
function (can't distinguish dead vs. living)
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
REVIEW MATERIAL
●● phrenology
Answer: claimed an individual's personality, intelligence, and character
traits could be determined by analyzing the shape, size, and bumps of
their skull (**led to current functional specialization**)
●● What did the Egyptians discover?
Answer: nerve damage causes paralysis (surgical papyrus=oldest known
medical writing)
●● What did the Ancient Greeks discover?
Answer: epilepsy is caused by the brain
●● mind-body dualism
Answer: "the mind is not a physical thing" can't be studied by physical
sciences (body=mechanical // mind=nonphysical)
●● monism
Answer: mind is a result of activity in the brain
,●● electricity
Answer: mode of communication in the NS (electrical stim causes
muscles to contract)
●● posterior spinal nerve roots
Answer: sensory (AFFERENT nerves TO spinal cord/brain) arrive
●● anterior spinal nerve roots
Answer: motor (EFFERENT nerves FROM spinal cord) exit
●● what kind of control do we have in our body?
Answer: contralateral control
●● Lizard brain
Answer: brain stem/cerebellum (fight or flight/autopilot)
●● Mammal brain
Answer: limbic system (emotions, memories, habits, decisions)
●● Human brain
Answer: Neocortex (language, abstract thought, reasoning)
, ●● synapses
Answer: tiny spaces between neurons
●● Invasiveness
Answer: degree of harm/risk of method
●● Spatial Resolution
Answer: ability to see fine detail in image (smaller frames=better)
●● temporal resolution
Answer: ability to obtain info w/o delay (when/where things happen)
●● histology
Answer: study of microscopic structures/tissues
●● CT scan
Answer: first high resolution image of human brain
*x-ray based
*3D structural images
Limitations: associated risk with repeated x-rays and no info on brain
function (can't distinguish dead vs. living)
