Vidoes - Bio Basis of Behaviour

(My stroke of insight): Why did she study the brain

a) Her brother had schizophrenia

b) Her brother was diagnosed with BPD

c) brain tumors ran in her family

d) she was very interested

a) Her brother had schizophrenia

(My stroke of insight):They were mapping the ____________- of the brain which cells are communicating with which cells, with which chemicals, and how much quantities

a) cellar map

b) microcircuitry

c) macro circuitry

d) circuitry

b) microcircuitry

(My stroke of insight): On the morning of December 10, 1996, she woke up to discover that

a) her mom had a brain disorder of my own

b) she had a brain disorder

c) her brother died

d) her researched was not supported

b) she had a brain disorder, a blood vessel exploded in the left half of her brain

(My stroke of insight): She compared, the brain to a computer, saying our right hemisphere functions like a ___________ ________ while our left hemisphere functions like a serial processor.

a) parallel processor, parallel processor

b) serial processor, serial processor

c) serial processor, parallel processor

d)parallel processor, serial processor

d)parallel processor, (multiple tasks at once) serial processor ((completes tasks one at a time)

(My stroke of insight): True or false: “Our right hemisphere, it thinks in pictures

and it learns kinesthetically through the movement of our bodies.”

True

(My stroke of insight): Our left hemisphere thinks linearly and ___________

a) no one cares

b) in patterns

c) methodically

d) creatively

c) methodically

(My stroke of insight): Where was her pain located?

a) left leg

b) right eye

c) left eye

d) upper body

c) left eye

(My stroke of insight): This energy space she referred to was called

a) Dream-Land

b) Spaced out Energy

c) Out-of-body experience

d) La-la land

d) La-la land

(My stroke of insight): Why did she feel so good?

a) her left brain (logical) was silent, meaning she didn’t have to think logically about anything, cause euphoria.

b) her right brain (logical) was silent, meaning she didn’t have to think logically about anything, cause euphoria.

c) this euphoria was caused by drugs

d) none of the above

a) her left brain (logical) was silent, meaning she didn’t have to think logically about anything, cause euphoria.

(My stroke of insight): When she called her colleague, he sounded like a

a) dog

b) cat

c) bird

d) all of the above

a) dog

(My stroke of insight): The blood clot was the size of a

a) book

b) golf ball

c) iPhone

d) ball

b) golf ball

(My stroke of insight): How long did it take her to fully recover?

a) five years

b) seven years

c) six years

d) eight years

d) eight years

(3 clues to understanding your brain): Capgras syndrome means

a) inability to recognize voices

b) inability to recognize yourself

c) inability to recognize names

d) inability to recognize faces

d) inability to recognize faces (even yourself)

(3 clues to understanding your brain): Capgras delusion (very rare syndrome means) means

a) inability to recognize your mother

b) inability to recognize yourself

c) inability to recognize father

d) inability to recognize your friends

a) inability to recognize your mother (person has head injury, wakes up from the coma and realizes that there person looks like their mother, but believes that they’re an imposter!)

(3 clues to understanding your brain): Both of these conditions happen because of damage to the

a) cerebral cortex

b) left hemisphere

c) fusiform gryus

d) fusiform suculei

c) fusiform gryus (think of f for face, because both of these conditions have to do with the face)

(3 clues to understanding your brain): What’s the Freudian view that is a possible explanation for Capgras delusion? (applied to guys)

as a young baby you had a se*ual urge towards your mother (Oedipus complex) and as your cortex develops, these urgers are latent. But the damage to the head allows those urgers to emerge and you think it’s not your mom because of those s*ual thoughts, so it must be an imposter

(3 clues to understanding your brain): How many areas are associated with vison?

a) 50

b) 30

c) 40

d) 20

b) 30

(3 clues to understanding your brain): After the information goes to the fusiform gryus (the area that processes faces), it heads to the…

a) thalamus

b) hypothalamus

c) amygdala

c) somatosensory cortex

c) amygdala (cause your brain is trying to understand what you saw and process the emotional significance, like am I safe or in danger )

(3 clues to understanding your brain): After the information goes to the amygdala (the area that processes emotions), it heads to the…

a) somatic nervous system

b) autonomic nervous system

c) sympathetic nervous system

d) parasympathetic nervous system

b) autonomic nervous system (which divides into the sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system. It depends on the situation for which one is activated).

(3 clues to understanding your brain): What was his idea as to why a person can’t recognize someone

a) extensive damage to their cerebral cortex

b) extensive damage to the fusiform gruys

c) emotional core of the brain is cut

d) all of the above

c) emotional core of the brain is cut (e.g if someone says their your significant other, you can recognize it’s true by the fuzzy feeling you get inside, if you don’t then “supposedly” that’s not your boyfriend

(3 clues to understanding your brain): How do they test this

a) measure your heat response

b) measure your heart rate response

c) measure your galvanic skin response

d) none of the above

c) measure your galvanic skin response (measuring the electrical conductance of the skin, which fluctuates in response to emotional or physiological arousal, e.g sweat)

(3 clues to understanding your brain): How do they know that that emotional circuit is cut?

a) lack of galvanic skin response

b) lack of heart beat increase

c) lack of phycological arousal

d) all of the above

a) lack of galvanic skin response (e.g, no sweat)

(3 clues to understanding your brain): True or false: his vison areas are normal, his emotional areas are not

false, he still has emotions no emotional significance to people he should recognize

(3 clues to understanding your brain): This delusion does not happen over the phone, he can recognize the voice (because the hearing and emotional centers connect to that, have not been cut) When the mother comes back into the room, the patient

a) will STILL not recognize their mother

b) will recognize their mother

c) will doubt at first, then recognize their mother

d) idk

a) will STILL not recognize their mother

(3 clues to understanding your brain): What other syndrome do they use to test if it is nature, genes, or is it nurture?

a) Down Syndrome

b) Phantom limb

c) Asperger Syndrome

d) Cushing's Syndrome

b) Phantom limb

(3 clues to understanding your brain): How do they treat this?

a) virtual escape

b) mirror box

c) amputate

d) they don’t

b) mirror box

(3 clues to understanding your brain): True: Synesthesia was founded by

a) Charles Darwin

b) Fredrick Feud

c) Francis Galton

d) Harry Hoosen

c) Francis Galton

(3 clues to understanding your brain): True or false, Synesthesia (the ability to see colors), runs in family

True

(3 clues to understanding your brain): Causes of Synesthesia?

the color area and number are are adjacent to each other in the brain (fusiform gryus), so accidental crossing can lead to that. That accidental crossing is because of an abnormal gene that occurs because of mutation

(3 clues to understanding your brain): What if there is criss-cross everywhere?

a) engaging in metaphorical thinking (which can be very confusing)

b) they go nuts

c) nothing, they’re normal

d) they’re smarter than the average person

a) engaging in metaphorical thinking (which can be very confusing)

(How Evolution works): What is evolution?

b) development of life on earth, a process that developed millions of years ago and is still continuing.

c) development of life on earth, a process that developed billons of years ago and stopped continuing.

d) development of life on earth, a process that developed millions of years ago stopped continuing.

a) development of life on earth, a process that developed billons of years ago and is still continuing.

(How Evolution works): When looking at evolution, we look at

a) humans

b) animals

c) plants

d) fungi

b) animals

(How Evolution works): What is a species?

a) a group of animals that can produce offspring with one another

b) a group of animals that can produce offspring with any other animal

c) a group of animals that can produce offspring with one another under certain circumstances

d) none of the above

a) a group of animals that can produce offspring with one another

(How Evolution works): What are two key points he lists in the video?

a) uniqueness, selection

b) familiarity, selection

c) fertility, reproduction

d) fitness of health, reproduction

a) uniqueness, selection

(How Evolution works): uniqueness means

a) we’re all different (traits and characteristics)

b) we’re all the same

c) we’re all better than one another

d) no one knows

a) we’re all different (traits and characteristics)

(How Evolution works): What is the reason for uniqueness?

a) DNA has different genes, that is unique to every person

b) Chromosomes are different, that is unique to every person

c) Nucleus are different, that is unique to every person

d) all of the above

a) DNA has different genes, that is unique to every person (specifc codes that comes from the genes)

(How Evolution works): How is DNA created?

a) small offspring

b) medium offspring

c) lots of offspring

d) none of the above

c) lots of offspring (more offspring, more difference = more difference

(How Evolution works): What is another way for how is DNA created?

a) natural selection

b) heredity

c) fitness

d) survival

b) heredity (passing DNA to offspring, e.g., getting your moms red hair)

(How Evolution works): What two factors play in this process?

1. Recombination (random mixing of two creatures)

2. Mutation

(How Evolution works): Recombination

a) happens twice. First time is when they make the gametes, which take half of their genes and shuffle it. Then through contraception it is mixed again

b) happens once, through contraception it is mixed again.

c) happens twice, through contraception then when they make the gametes

d) happens once, when they make the gametes,

a) happens twice. First time is when they make the gametes, which take half of their genes and shuffle it. Then through contraception it is mixed again

(How Evolution works): Mutation are

a) random changes in DNA

b) selective changes in DNA

c) random changes in Genes

d) random changes in cells

a) random changes in DNA (when DNA is altered

(How Evolution works): Mutations can be neutral or positive, which example does the video gives

a) the ability to tolerate milk

b) the ability to speak

c) blue eyes

d) wisdom teeth

c) blue eyes

(How Evolution works): The mutation has to occur in the

a) cell

b) DNA

c) chromosomes

d) gametes

d) gametes (literally the starting cell to reproduce)

(The Secret Life of The Baby's Brain): Why are premature babies vulnerable

a) brain hasn’t formed all the nesccesary connections yet

b) because they’re too young

c) because their premature

d) because they a child!

a) brain hasn’t formed all the nesccesary connections yet

(The Secret Life of The Baby's Brain): She says to think of this development like a

a) show

b) movie

c) play

d) book

c) play

(The Secret Life of The Baby's Brain): How many weeks until the cells are folded like a ball

a) four weeks

b) three weeks

c) six weeks

d) nine weeks

b) three weeks

(The Secret Life of The Baby's Brain): What week does the neuron form

a) four weeks

b) three weeks

c) six weeks

d) nine weeks

a) four weeks (500,000 neurons every minute)

(The Secret Life of The Baby's Brain): How do neurons know where to go?

a) they recognize their position in the brain and understand where to migrate to

b) they don’t know

c) they recognize their position in the brain and use other neurons to guide them there

d) none of the above

a) they recognize their position in the brain and understand where to migrate to

(The Secret Life of The Baby's Brain): Neurons come from:

a) glia

b) the bloodstream

c) stem cells

d) other neuron cells that’ve been divided

c) stem cells (seeds from tissues, and can become ANY type of cell)

(The Secret Life of The Baby's Brain): What was her experiment?

a) took a descendant of the stem cell and before it became a neuron, she put in a developing brain, then watched it migrate

b) took a descendant of the stem cell and converted it to a neuron, then put in a developing brain to watch it migrate

c) watched the neurons migrate in a developing baby

d) lol

a) took a descendant of the stem cell and before it became a neuron, she put in a developing brain, then watched it migrate

(The Secret Life of The Baby's Brain): How did the neuron migrate

a) looked at its fellow neuron neighbors

b) used visual pathways

c) guessed

d) trial and error

a) looked at its fellow neuron neighbors (basically watching what the other does)

(The Secret Life of The Baby's Brain): What was the difference between the stem cell becoming a neuron, and a neuron when they’re put into developing brain

a) the stem cell watched its neighboring neurons, learned from them and took their function. The neuron had it’s own genetic code and decided to do their own thing

b) the stem cell and neuron watched its neighboring neurons, learned from them and took their function.

c) the neuron watched its neighboring neurons, learned from them and took their function. The stem cell had it’s own genetic code and decided to do their own thing

d) the stem cell and neuron had it’s own genetic code and decided to do their own thing

a) the stem cell watched its neighboring neurons, learned from them and took their function. The neuron had it’s own genetic code and decided to do their own thing

(The Secret Life of The Baby's Brain): By _________ weeks, the vitals are well formed

a) 25

b) 24

c) 23

d) 26

b) 24 (heart can best on its own, brain is almost finished, lungs can breathe on it’s own)

(The Secret Life of The Baby's Brain): How does the brain accurately wire itself?

a) it’s in the nucleus, the genes give them instructions to follow

b) it’s in the chromosomes, the genes give them instructions to follow

c) it’s in the genes, the genes give them instructions to follow

d) it’s in the DNA, the genes give them instructions to follow

b) it’s in the chromosomes, the genes give them instructions to follow

(The Secret Life of The Baby's Brain): If the connections are being used, they’re ____________, if they’re not being used they’re ________

a) strengthened, weakened

b) strengthened, strengthened

c) weakened, strengthened

d) weakened, weakened

a) strengthened, weakened

(The Secret Life of The Baby's Brain): What was the name of the researcher who restructured brains of newborn ferrets?

a) Dr. Margret

b) Dr. ivanka Trump

c) Dr. Mriganka Sur

d) Dr. Downsekin

c) Dr. Mriganka Sur

(The Secret Life of The Baby's Brain): What was the experiment?

a) She rewired the circuits, instead of going to the eyes, it went to the ears (auditory cortex), to see if it would become a seeing cortex

b) She rewired the circuits

c) She rewired the circuits, instead of going to the eyes, it went to the eyes (visual cortex), to see if it would become a seeing cortex

d) She rewired the circuits, instead of going to the ears, it went to the eyes (visual cortex), to see if it would become a hearing cortex

a) She rewired the circuits, instead of going to the eyes, it went to the ears (auditory cortex), to see if it would become a seeing cortex. If it doesn’t, nature wins. If it does, nurture is important

(Lobotomy): What was the name of the first patient to become lobotomized?

a) Lonesco ellen

b) Ellen Loner

c) Ellen Ionesco

d) Ellenardo

c) Ellen Ionesco (ellen l she loneso, that’s why she got a lobotomy yo)

(Lobotomy): The lobotomist is named

a) Walter Freeman.

b) Walter White

c) Freeman Walter

d) Walter Lonesco

a) Walter Freeman (literally practiced this weeks ago)

(Lobotomy): He called it ___________________

a) lobotomy

b) sagittal lobotomy

c) transorbital lobotomy

d) lobotomy lobotomy

c) transorbital lobotomy

(Lobotomy): How did the transorbital lobotomy work?

the patient would become unconscious through an electroconvulsive shock machine (three-six for young, one for old). The nurse covered their face by a towel, then he used a thin ice needle (FROM THEIR KITCHEN BRO) with a peeled back eyelid. Then, use a hammer, tap it to move the brain. To hide the black eyes, they were given dark sunglasses

(Lobotomy): Where was the ice needle specifically placed?

a) top of the eyeball, plane of the nose

b) top of the eyeball, bottom of the nose

c) bottom of the eyeball, bottom of the nose

d) bottom of the eyeball, top of the nose

a) top of the eyeball, plane of the nose

(Lobotomy): How long would the lobotomy take (HINT: it’s very quick)

a) 3-4 hours

b) 5 minutes

c) 3-4 minutes

d) depends

c) 3-4 minutes

(Lobotomy): Walter went from doing 150 in 1945 to ______________ in 1949

a) 400

b) 2000

c) 300

d) 5,000

d) 5,000

(Lobotomy): Lobotomy stopped because

a) he got fired

b) a pill

c) he didn’t want to do it anymore

d) reasons unspecified

b) a pill (Thorazine, a chemical lobotomy)

(Lobotomy): Freedman move to…. to resurrect his career

a) India

b) Toronto

c) Los Altos, California

d) Los Angelos, California

c) Los Altos, California (very rich people there)

(Lobotomy): True or false, Freeman lobotomized children

True, 19 children. His youngest was a four-year-old

(Lobotomy): By 1967, Freedman had performed _________________ lobotomies

a) 2900

b) 2900

c) 2900

d) all of the above

d) all of the above. almost 3000… wtf

(Lobotomy): When was Freeman’s last lobotomy?

a) 1967 at Herricks Memorial Hospital in Berkley, the patient died from a brain hemorrhage

b) 1967 at Herricks Memorial Hospital in Berkley, the patient died from a seizure

c) 1967 at Herricks Memorial Hospital in Berkley, the patient died from a heart attack

d) 1967 at Herricks Memorial Hospital in Berkley, the patient died from a stroke

a) 1967 at Herricks Memorial Hospital in Berkley, the patient died from a brain hemorrhage.

(Lobotomy): Lobotomy is still done in rare cases for

a) BPD

b) APSD

c) OCD

d) none of the above

c) OCD (maybe because to stop brain from thinking so much about decisions, so by damaging it they lose that portion)

(What percentage of your brain do you use?) What was the nickname for brains that didn’t do anything

a) useless function

b) silent areas

c) useless areas

d) idk

b) silent areas

What percentage of your brain do you use? - Rodents and canines uses 5% of their brains, monkeys 10%, adults use __________, children _________ and infants use ____________

a) 50, 60, 30

b) 20, 30, 50

c) 20, 50, 60

d) 60,50,20

d) 60,50,20

(What percentage of your brain do you use?) Our brain weights…

a) 3.5 k.g

b) 30 k.g

c) 1.5 k.g

d) 2 k.g

c) 1.5 k.g

(What percentage of your brain do you use?) Half the brain’s burned calories goes towards

keeping the brain intact

(What percentage of your brain do you use?) What percent of cells should be active in the brain

a) 1-16

b) 2-19

c) 12-24

d) 3-50

a) 1-16

Human Nervous System: There’s 3 meninges attached to the brain. List them (Hint: PAD)

1) Pia mater - attached DIRECTLY to the brain

2) Archnoid Matter

3) Dura matter: outermost of the brain