PSY 304 Midterm #1 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
Neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of the
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nervous system |
Biopsychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of how biology influences
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behavior
Monism vs. dualism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-monism: consciousness is
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a function of the physical brain
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dualism: the notion, promoted by Rene Descartes, that the mind has an
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immaterial aspect that is distinct from the material body and the brain
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Hippocrates - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-(400 BCE) thought that the brain
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was the seat of emotion, perception, and thought
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Aristotle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-(350 BCE) thought that the heart was
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the seat of cognition, emotion, and perception. The brain was merely a
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cooling organ|
,Galen - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-studied the head injuries of gladiators
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which led him to believe that behavior came from the brain
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Rene Descartes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-(17th Century) Dualist, but
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proposed link |
between mind (soul) & brain, Thought movement was
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the result of a separate mind interacting with brain to push fluid
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through body to inflate muscles
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Luigi Galvani - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Electrical stimulation of the nerve
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in a frog's leg produced contraction of the leg muscle
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Johannes Müller - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-doctrine of specific nerve
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energy: all nerves and neurons communicate with the same type of
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signal or action potential, the different ways they're wired accounts for
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different functions |
Doctrine of Specific Nerve Energies - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-brain is
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functionally divided, with similar units (cells) carrying same basic signal
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(electrical impulse), but impact of this signal depends on the way the
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cells are connected (Johannes Müller)
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, Jean-Pierre Flourens - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-father of experimental
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neuroscience, lesioned pigeon's brains and studied the behavioral
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effects
Hermann von Helmholtz - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-studied human
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reaction time; estimated the length of nerve impulse (electrical wire)
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Paul Broca - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-functional localization. Injuries to a
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specific area of the brain caused deficits in speech (tan)
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Fritsch & Hitzig - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-electrical stimulation in the
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brain causes movement. (dogs brain and motor cortex)
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Ramon y Cajal and the Neuron Doctrine - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Neuron Doctrine: Neural tissue are composed of separate cells
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Phrenology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the belief that bumps on the skull
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reflect enlargements in the brain that are responsible for certain
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behavioral faculties and character traits
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Localization of function - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-specialization of
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particular brain areas for particular functions
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With Correct Answers
Neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of the
| | | | | | | |
nervous system |
Biopsychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-study of how biology influences
| | | | | | | |
behavior
Monism vs. dualism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-monism: consciousness is
| | | | | | | |
a function of the physical brain
| | | | |
dualism: the notion, promoted by Rene Descartes, that the mind has an
| | | | | | | | | | | |
immaterial aspect that is distinct from the material body and the brain
| | | | | | | | | | |
Hippocrates - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-(400 BCE) thought that the brain
| | | | | | | | |
was the seat of emotion, perception, and thought
| | | | | | |
Aristotle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-(350 BCE) thought that the heart was
| | | | | | | | | |
the seat of cognition, emotion, and perception. The brain was merely a
| | | | | | | | | | | |
cooling organ|
,Galen - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-studied the head injuries of gladiators
| | | | | | | | |
which led him to believe that behavior came from the brain
| | | | | | | | | |
Rene Descartes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-(17th Century) Dualist, but
| | | | | | | |
proposed link |
between mind (soul) & brain, Thought movement was
| | | | | | |
the result of a separate mind interacting with brain to push fluid
| | | | | | | | | | | |
through body to inflate muscles
| | | |
Luigi Galvani - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Electrical stimulation of the nerve
| | | | | | | | |
in a frog's leg produced contraction of the leg muscle
| | | | | | | | |
Johannes Müller - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-doctrine of specific nerve
| | | | | | | |
energy: all nerves and neurons communicate with the same type of
| | | | | | | | | | |
signal or action potential, the different ways they're wired accounts for
| | | | | | | | | | |
different functions |
Doctrine of Specific Nerve Energies - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-brain is
| | | | | | | | |
functionally divided, with similar units (cells) carrying same basic signal
| | | | | | | | | |
(electrical impulse), but impact of this signal depends on the way the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
cells are connected (Johannes Müller)
| | | |
, Jean-Pierre Flourens - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-father of experimental
| | | | | | |
neuroscience, lesioned pigeon's brains and studied the behavioral
| | | | | | | |
effects
Hermann von Helmholtz - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-studied human
| | | | | | |
reaction time; estimated the length of nerve impulse (electrical wire)
| | | | | | | | |
Paul Broca - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-functional localization. Injuries to a
| | | | | | | | |
specific area of the brain caused deficits in speech (tan)
| | | | | | | | |
Fritsch & Hitzig - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-electrical stimulation in the
| | | | | | | | |
brain causes movement. (dogs brain and motor cortex)
| | | | | | |
Ramon y Cajal and the Neuron Doctrine - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
Neuron Doctrine: Neural tissue are composed of separate cells
| | | | | | | |
Phrenology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the belief that bumps on the skull
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reflect enlargements in the brain that are responsible for certain
| | | | | | | | | |
behavioral faculties and character traits
| | | |
Localization of function - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-specialization of
| | | | | | |
particular brain areas for particular functions
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