PSB Test 1

First Quiz

96 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

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Dualism
Body and mind exist. The body is physical, the mind is not. You don't have a mind of your own-it is just part of matter and energy.
Materialism
The world consists of only matter and energy, and the mind is part of it. Body solution of monism(either body or mind).
Descartes
Chief architect interactionism-the interaction of the material body and immaterial mind takes place in the brain. Mind and body interact in the brain. The body works like a machine-it followed the law of physics. The mind controls the body, but the body can influence the otherwise rational mind.
Aristotle
The brain cools the passions of the heart. The mind resides in the heart.
Reflex
An involuntary response to a stimulus, causes by a direct connection between a sensory receptor and a muscle.
P. Gage
He was a good man, and then got a rod stuck through his head. He survived, but the accident completely changed who he is.
Dorsal
Cuts off the ability to feel pain, though you still have the reflex.
Ventral
Cuts off the ability to move and perform the reflex, though you still feel the pain.
Broca's area
Speech. If damaged, you can understand language, but can't speak.
Wernicke's area
Understanding language. If damaged, can speak, but it is gibberish. Low level of understanding.
Animal research
Animals now have rights and cannot be harmed during research. However, many discoveries have resulted in harming animals in the past.
Synapse
The point of functional contact between a nueron and its target. Where a nueron and the target meet.
Parts of a nueron
Answer 13
Soma-cell body
dendrites-transmit info toward the cell body
axon-transmits info away from cell body
Occipital lobe
Vision
Temporal lobe
Skin sensations