Biopsychology

What is Brain Plasticity? (2 marks)

• Our brain is rubbery.

• Adapting through using our senses to for our environment.

• Adapting through an increase of grey matter to our environment.

• Learning from past experiences.

What set of systems is the Para/Sympathetic systems under?

• CNS

• ANS

• SNS

• PNS

Identify James-Lange’s main theory

• Event > Arousal > Interpretation > Emotion

• Fight or Flight response

• Scenario > Adrenaline > interpretation > Emotion

• Event > Arousal > Emotion > Interpretation

What is a weakness for Penfield’s experiment?

• Sample bias

• Unethical

• Reliability

• Applicable to real life

Challenge: What is a reflex arc?

• A conscious decision when reacting.

• An angle in maths?

• How quickly you react.

• An immediate response to minimise damage.

What comes first in James-Lange’s Theory?

• Event > Physiological Changes > Interpreted Emotion

• Event > Emotion > Physiological Changes

What are ALL the strengths for Penfield’s experiment?

• Ecologically valid, Generalisable.

• Reliable, Applicable, Contributed to medical field, supports localisation.

• Treated epilepsy.

• Reliable, Successful treatment, Ecologically valid, Generalisable.

Which part of a neuron is responsible for carrying the impulses down?

• Dendrites

• SOMA

• Axon

• Axon Terminal

Challenge: What do the Nodes of Ranvier do?

• Speed up the transmissions.

• Protect the axon.

• They don’t do anything.

• Connects the Myelin Sheaths together.

The Interpretive Cortex stores information on our memory recall

• True
• False