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Why is the story of Phineas Gage considered so extraordinary? What does his story teach us about the brain? - ANSWER-It is extraordinary because Cage went through a terrible accident that damaged his brain. Part of his frontal lobe was removed due to the accident. We can learn from this event that the brain can still function after accidents like this. Also Cage's personality changed and he acted different. New research is using functional MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), a scan of the br...

An instinct. - ANSWER-What is an unlearned and inherited complex behavior that is a fixed action pattern? The Drive Reduction Theory. - ANSWER-What states that a physiological need alters a state of tension between the need and the drive to satisfy that need? Examples of external incentives are: 1) The sight, sound and smell of food. 2) Culture shapes our attitudes toward eating as well as affect our taste. - ANSWER-What are some external incentives that may serve as a cataylyst for hung...

Hypothalamus - ANSWER-Regulate basic biological needs, hunger, thirst Pons - ANSWER-Sleep and arousal Cerebellum - ANSWER-Balance Corpus Callosum - ANSWER-Pass info between the two brain hemispheres Broca's Area - ANSWER-Speech production Hippocampus - ANSWER-Regulates emotions and memory Amygdala - ANSWER-Regulates emotions and feelings for survival

consciousness - ANSWER-our awareness of ourselves and our environment cognitive neuroscience - ANSWER-the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory and language) dual processing - ANSWER-the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks blindsight - ANSWER-a condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it select...

Problem - ANSWER-A situation in which there is an obstacle between a present state and a goal state and it is not immediately obvious how to get around the obstacle Restructuring - ANSWER-the process of changing the problem's representation according to Gestalt psychologists, this is the key mechanism in problem solving Gestalt Psychologist Problem Solving - ANSWER-all about... 1. How people represent a problem in their mind 2. How solving a problem involves this restructuring or reo...

What is the best example of stimulus appraisal in the story on the shark attack that opens the chapter? - ANSWER-Rick interprets the stimulus or shark as a threat to his well being What are the components of emotion? - ANSWER--Components: Subjective feeling, observable behaviors, appraisal of stimulus, and physiological response -NOT a component: unconscious motive Marcus is appraising a stimulus, having a subjective feeling, experiencing physiological responses, and showing overt behav...

case study - ANSWER-A research technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles computed axial tomography (CAT or CT) - ANSWER-a series of x-ray photographs taken from different angles and combined by computer into a composite representation of a slice through the body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) - ANSWER-Techniques using magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer-generated images ...

Tobias Wolff - ANSWER-Author of "Bullet in the Brain" Anders, long line - ANSWER-The story opens in a bank. _______________, a curmudgeonly literary critic, arrives shortly before the bank's closing time, and he is frustrated by the ________________. bank staff, trivial - ANSWER-When a woman in front of him complains about the ________________, Anders mocks the woman for complaining about something ______________. ski masks - ANSWER-Suddenly, two armed robbers wearing _________...

serve and return - ANSWER-repeated interactions with a caregiver that build brain development childhood stress can be _______ and _______ - ANSWER-healthy (good stress) and unhealthy (toxic stress) Healthy brain development will lead to the development of basic emotional and social skills known as ___________ _____________ and ________-______________. - ANSWER-executive function and self regulation Serve and return helps to create __________ ______________ between all different areas of...

Right Hemisphere - ANSWER-This half of the brain specializes in perception of physical environment, art, nonverbal communication, music & spiritual aspects. It receives information from and controls the opposite side of the body. (left side of body) Left Hemisphere - ANSWER-This half of the brain generally specializes in analysis, calculation, problem solving, verbal communication, interpretation, language, reading & writing. It receives info and controls opposite of the body. (right side of ...