PSYC 387 UNL EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Phrenology - ANS *1. the mind is located in the brain*
*2. mental abilities are determined by innate faculties that are located in specific parts of the
brain*
3. the size of the brain there = strength of faculty
4. the shape and external characteristics of the skull there reflects the brain beneath
5. examination of the head/skull allows a description of the individual's personality and abilities
*only 1 and 2 are true*
physiological measures used to study personality? - ANS Electrodermal Activity (skin
conductance)
Cardiovascular Activity
Brain Activity
Brain Chemistry
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, Capgras Syndrome - ANS person believes someone he or she knows has been replaced by a
double
subjects report that they think their loved ones aren't themselves anymore
they feel emotionally disconnected from the people they know they care about
(frontal lobes)
Know the implications of the case of Phineas Gage on our knowledge of the brain and
personality - ANS Phineas Gage (1848) was the first case where we learned that the *brain
and personality are related*
Phineas Gage's fame stems not only from surviving but because he was the first patient to
suggest a *link between personality* and the functions of the *frontal lobes* in the brain
Somatic Marker Hypothesis (Damasio) - ANS the idea that changes in the body, experienced
as emotion, guide decision making
cognitive and emotion: both are needed for each to function fully
-bodily emotions are necessary for reasoning and decision making (heart racing, sweating, etc.)
-body picks up information giving an emotional sensation telling you to be safe
psychopaths cannot feel emotions (including fear), so they often make dangerous decisions
(frontal lobes)
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Phrenology - ANS *1. the mind is located in the brain*
*2. mental abilities are determined by innate faculties that are located in specific parts of the
brain*
3. the size of the brain there = strength of faculty
4. the shape and external characteristics of the skull there reflects the brain beneath
5. examination of the head/skull allows a description of the individual's personality and abilities
*only 1 and 2 are true*
physiological measures used to study personality? - ANS Electrodermal Activity (skin
conductance)
Cardiovascular Activity
Brain Activity
Brain Chemistry
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Capgras Syndrome - ANS person believes someone he or she knows has been replaced by a
double
subjects report that they think their loved ones aren't themselves anymore
they feel emotionally disconnected from the people they know they care about
(frontal lobes)
Know the implications of the case of Phineas Gage on our knowledge of the brain and
personality - ANS Phineas Gage (1848) was the first case where we learned that the *brain
and personality are related*
Phineas Gage's fame stems not only from surviving but because he was the first patient to
suggest a *link between personality* and the functions of the *frontal lobes* in the brain
Somatic Marker Hypothesis (Damasio) - ANS the idea that changes in the body, experienced
as emotion, guide decision making
cognitive and emotion: both are needed for each to function fully
-bodily emotions are necessary for reasoning and decision making (heart racing, sweating, etc.)
-body picks up information giving an emotional sensation telling you to be safe
psychopaths cannot feel emotions (including fear), so they often make dangerous decisions
(frontal lobes)
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
