PSB 3002 Final Exam Review
Questions with Correct Answers
neurons - correct answer cells in the brains
neurogensis - correct answer the generation of new neurons
function of nervous system - correct answer behavior
function of the brain - correct answer control movement
generalization - correct answer explanations as examples of general laws, which are revealed through
experiments
reduction - correct answer explanations of complex phenomena in terms of simpler ones
dualism - correct answer a belief in the dual nature of reality. Mind and body are separate; the body is
made of ordinary matter, but the mind is not.
monism - correct answer a belief that everything in the universe consists of matter and energy and that
the mind is a phenomenon produced by the workings of the nervous system
heart - correct answer thought to be the seat of thought and emotions by ancient Egyptians, Indian, and
Chinese cultures
Hippocrates (460-370 BCE) - correct answer concluded that the brain was the seat of thought and
emotions
, Aristotle - correct answer thought the brain served to cool the passions of the heart
Galen (130-200 CE) - correct answer dissected brains of animals and concluded Aristotle's theory was
"utterly absurd"
Rene Descartes - correct answer believed the human body was a machine as some movements were
automatic and involuntary.
reflexes - correct answer reactions that occur automatically
Luigi Galvani (1600s) - correct answer found that electrical stimulation of a frog's nerve caused
contraction of the muscle to which it was attached
Johannes Muller (1800s) - correct answer first to apply experimental techniques to physiology
doctrine of specific nerve energies - correct answer although all nerves carry the same basic message,
and electrical impulse, the messages of different nerves are perceived in different ways
Pierre Flourens (1800s) - correct answer removed various parts of animals' brains and observed their
behavior
experimental ablation - correct answer inferring function of missing portion of brain after viewing
animal could no longer do
Paul Broca (1861) - correct answer studied patients whose brains had been damaged by strokes
Broca's area - correct answer portion of the cerebral cortex on the front part of the left side of the brain
that performs functions that are necessary for speech
Gustav Fritsch and Eduard Hitzig - correct answer discovered that stimulation of different portions of a
specific region of the brain caused contraction of specific muscles on the opposite side of the body
Questions with Correct Answers
neurons - correct answer cells in the brains
neurogensis - correct answer the generation of new neurons
function of nervous system - correct answer behavior
function of the brain - correct answer control movement
generalization - correct answer explanations as examples of general laws, which are revealed through
experiments
reduction - correct answer explanations of complex phenomena in terms of simpler ones
dualism - correct answer a belief in the dual nature of reality. Mind and body are separate; the body is
made of ordinary matter, but the mind is not.
monism - correct answer a belief that everything in the universe consists of matter and energy and that
the mind is a phenomenon produced by the workings of the nervous system
heart - correct answer thought to be the seat of thought and emotions by ancient Egyptians, Indian, and
Chinese cultures
Hippocrates (460-370 BCE) - correct answer concluded that the brain was the seat of thought and
emotions
, Aristotle - correct answer thought the brain served to cool the passions of the heart
Galen (130-200 CE) - correct answer dissected brains of animals and concluded Aristotle's theory was
"utterly absurd"
Rene Descartes - correct answer believed the human body was a machine as some movements were
automatic and involuntary.
reflexes - correct answer reactions that occur automatically
Luigi Galvani (1600s) - correct answer found that electrical stimulation of a frog's nerve caused
contraction of the muscle to which it was attached
Johannes Muller (1800s) - correct answer first to apply experimental techniques to physiology
doctrine of specific nerve energies - correct answer although all nerves carry the same basic message,
and electrical impulse, the messages of different nerves are perceived in different ways
Pierre Flourens (1800s) - correct answer removed various parts of animals' brains and observed their
behavior
experimental ablation - correct answer inferring function of missing portion of brain after viewing
animal could no longer do
Paul Broca (1861) - correct answer studied patients whose brains had been damaged by strokes
Broca's area - correct answer portion of the cerebral cortex on the front part of the left side of the brain
that performs functions that are necessary for speech
Gustav Fritsch and Eduard Hitzig - correct answer discovered that stimulation of different portions of a
specific region of the brain caused contraction of specific muscles on the opposite side of the body
