Mind brain and behavior set 1

quiz 1 and practice quiz 1

The case of Phineas Gage seemingly supported the theory of ____________. 

Localization

The mind is essentially defined as: 

 

consciousness and awareness

Twin studies support the idea that heritability is the most important aspect of human behavior. (True or False?)

False

The study of how genes can be modified with chemical "markers" to control their expression is called _________. 

 

epigenetics

A physical neuroscientist is defined as a scientist who strongly believes that the mind and the brain are the same thing. The brain is controlling the brain. This would mean that a physical neuroscientist would have been called a __________ in PRESCIENTIFIC psychology. 

monist

In the 17th century, ______________ was influenced by statues that moved when water was forced through them (at Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye) and used this as a theoretical model for how the nerves control the movement of the body. 

Decartes

Early experiments by all but ______________  were seen as evidence (now known to be false) that the brain functions are strictly localized. 

 

Hermann von Helmholtz

The ____________ of the brain are important for executive function and higher order processes and the ________ is a small part of this area on the left side that is important for speech and and the ability to understand language. 

 

frontal lobes; Broca's area

_________________ was a prescientific field in which the bumps on a person's skull were felt and measured in order to determine a person's personality and mental predisposition. 

phrenology

_______________________demonstrated the connection between electricity and nerves by using electricity to stimulate the nerves in the legs of frogs.

 

Luigi Galvani

The work of ______________________ was later used to support the notion of localization. 

 

Gustav Fritsch and Eduard Hitzig

The idea that the brain can function as an undifferentiated whole is called ____________. 

Equipotentiality

__________________is the idea that the mind and body consist of the same substance, while __________is the idea that the mind and body are separate. 

 

Monism; dualism