Brain & Nervous System Ch3,4,5 11Psychology

Trephination can be defined as:

• an old procedure that was used to alleviate headaches and other physical pain by drilling a hole into someone’s head whilst they were still awake

• the belief that the mind is the same thing as the brain

• the belief that intelligence was connected to the shape of someone’s skull

• the ancient Egyptian’s process of mummification

According to a phrenologist, your brain is made up of __________ brain organs, and the size of these can influence your personality and character.

• 37

• 18

• 27

• 52

A CT scan uses:

• magnets

• sound waves

• x-ray technology

• radio waves

One advantage of using an MRI scan is that it:

• is cheap to run

• shows which areas of the brain are active during mental tasks

• produces highly detailed 3D images of the brain

• is very quiet

The mind-versus-body problem concerns the:

• view that consciousness is the result of complex interactions between neurons

• belief that nurture is more important than nature

• question of whether the mind is separate from the body, including the brain

• approach of explaining psychological phenomena

Which faculty was not associated with phrenology?

• causality

• calculation

• continuity

• creativity

Pierre Flourens discovered that different areas of the brain were responsible for different functions by:

• localising areas of pigeons’ and rabbits’ brains and studying the effects

• talking with individuals who had suffered a brain injury

• localising areas of human brains

• teaching animals to do different things

Where is Broca’s area found?

• right frontal lobe

• left temporal lobe

• right temporal lobe

• left frontal lobe

Electrical stimulation of the brain involves:

• severing the corpus callosum

• sending impulses through a probe to map the brain

• recording electrical activity in the brain

• measuring blood flow in the brain

What is a disadvantage of using an fMRI?

• You can view the blood flow and oxygen consumption of areas of the brain

• It provides detailed information of brain structure and action

• It is a very loud procedure

• It produces high-resolution 3D images of the brain