Phineas gage - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is the 3-part definition of psychology? correct answers Psychology is the study of: 1) how the brain takes in information, 2) how the brain processes that information 3) and what behavior results from this process. How are academic and clinical psychologists different? correct answers Academic psychologists work in schools, for the most part, doing research or teaching psychology. Clinical psychologists practice psychology and help others through therapy, counseling, or diagnosis/prescri...

AQA PSYCHOLOGY - AGGRESSION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE Person-orientated aggression the main aim is to cause harm and hurt someone else e.g. punching a person who is annoying. Instrumental Aggression The main goal is to use aggressive behaviour as means of obtaining a desired reward e.g. stealing a bag. Limbic System Located in the frontal cortex area of the skull just above the brain stem, the neural structures within the limbic system are involved ...

Why is the word scientific important to psychology? Another important word in the definition of psychology is scientific. Psychologists don't just speculate about behavior and mental processes, accepting guesses and gut feelings as the truth. Instead, we measure the merit of those ideas by applying the scientific method. What areas would interest a cognitive psychologists? Emphasizes processes such as thinking, language, attention, memory, and intelligence. Correlation and coefficient definit...

Psych 115 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass How does facial somatosensatory information enter the brain? - Answer- through cranial rather than spinal nerves dermatome - Answer- area of skin innervated by a single spinal nerve How is the spinal cord subdivided? - Answer- cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal What protects the spinal cord? - Answer- bony vertebrae and the meninges ventral roots - Answer- carry motor commands out of the spinal cord to the muscles dorsal ro...

AQA A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY: (BIOPSYCHOLOGY) WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS A+ GRADED!! Localisation of function - CORRECT ANSWER-Theory that states that different areas of the brain are responsible for different behaviours, processes or activities. Motor area - CORRECT ANSWER-Back of frontal lobe, involved in regulating movement. Somatosensory area - CORRECT ANSWER-Front of both parietal lobes, processes sensory information such as touch. Parts of the brain: Visual area. - CORRECT ANSWER-Occipital lobe, ...

What was the case of Henry Molaison? correct answers 1. He was someone who suffered from severe seizures in his temporal lobes. 2. in 1953 the doctors chose to remove his anterior lobes on both sides of his brain 3. He developed a disorder called anterograde amnesia What was the Case of Philip? correct answers 1. This was an electrical engineer with severe alcoholism. 2. He was someone who was very paranoid and violent to his wife and resulted in arrest. 3. He was declared incompetent to...

PRE-ASSESSMENT: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY. Questions and answers, graded A+ Psychologists Nicholas Spanos and Theodore X. Barber contended that hypnosis is not an altered state but rather a succession of everyday human experiences. Which term defines this scientific viewpoint? - -Theory In designing research, what is the difference between population and sample? - -The population includes all those the researcher wishes to study. The sample is a representation of the population. Ph...

Introduction to Psychology WGU C180. Exam Questions and answers, 100% Accurate.VERIFIED. Phineas Gage was involved in a serious railway construction accident in 1848. A steel rod went through his left cheek and exited through the top of his head. After he recovered, people who knew him noticed that his personality and behavior were different. Eventually, descriptions of Gage before and after the accident provided evidence that the frontal lobe is involved in executive functioning. W...

PSY 240 FINAL EXAM (UOFT) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT Psychopathology - Answer- symptoms that cause mental, emotional, and/or physical pain abnormality - Answer- Any pattern of behavior that causes people significant distress, causes them to harm themselves or others, or interferes with their ability to function in daily life. Culture and Gender and diagnoses - Answer- culture and gender can influence: 1. the ways people express symptoms 2. People's willingness to admit to certa...

HBS Unit 2 Questions and Answers Why is the story of Phineas Gage considered so extraordinary? What does his story teach us about the brain? - Correct Answer️️ -The story of Phineas Gage is extraordinary because he was able to survive and function after a railroad spike impaled his brain. It teaches us that the brain has great plasticity. What was the supposed rationale behind Gall's phrenology map? - Correct Answer️️ - That the size and shape of the skull reflects a person's men...