Whole Brainers vs Localizers

What does the term "rival" mean?

• Divided

• Together

• Best friends

• On the same team.

Who were the two rival schools?

• Side brainers vs Localizers

• Phineas Gage vs Dr. Bigelow

• Whole Brainers vs Localizers

• Whole Brainers vs Phineas Gage

What do the Whole Brainers believe?

• thinks the brain is a “whole intelligence,” that is, that your brain is one interconnected “mind.”

• “localized function”; that is, they believe that the brain is divided into specific areas that control specific things.

• that “organs” inside the brain control specific functions

• that “organs” inside the brain control specific functions

What is another name for "Localizers"?

• Whole Brainers

• Phrenologists

• Rivals

• Whole Intelligence

What do "Localizers/Phrenologist" believe?

• thoughts and commands can originate anywhere in the brain jelly/cloud and flash into action.

• the brain is a “whole intelligence,” that is, that your brain is one interconnected “mind.

• in “localized function”; that is, they believe that the brain is divided into specific areas that control specific things.

• Phineas survived because he was lucky.

Why don't the Phrenologists have a way of knowing which part of the brain controls what?

• The didn't know Phineas so they couldn't talk to him.

• They felt the bumps on his head.

• They didn't know anything about the brain.

• They didn't have the right technology to see the brain.

When the speaker writes "How do they do it? Bumps. That’s right. Bumps on the head." The speaker feels _____.

• Amused.

• Sad.

• Shocked.

• Angry.

Which evidence supports the Whole Brainers theory?

• "If every part of the brain was vital, then he should be dead."

• "Therefore, the whole brain must be able to perform any function of one part."

• "The tamping iron has not killed him because the damage is limited to specific organs that are not critical to life."

"We have been informed by the best authority that after the man recovered, and while recovering, he was grossly profane, coarse, and vulgar, to such a degree that his society was intolerable to decent people.”

Who is this wonderful news for?

• Whole Brainers

• Localizers

"Dr. Harlow leaks the information to Dr. Sizer that the “completely recovered” Phineas is not the old Phineas."

Which group is this statement evidence for?

• Whole Brainers

• Localizers