| Study Questions
Number 9 Chapter 4. Neurons, hormones, and the brain (118-139) |
Student
Name _____________________ Date due: 9-27-04 Introduction to Psychology 101 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D. |
| 1. | What is localization of function? (118) |
| 2. | What is the brain stem and what does it do? (119) |
| 3. | What is the cerebellum and does it do? (119) |
| 4. | Know what the limbic system is and what it does. What does brain stimulation do? (120) |
| 5. | Know the definitions and functions of the amygdala and hippocampus. (121) |
| 6. | Know the definitions and functions of the cerebrum, corpus collosum, occipital lobes, parietal lobes, temporal lobes, and frontal lobes. (122-125) |
| 7. | How has split-brain surgery informed psychology? What is the problem with popular misinterpretations of hemispheric specialization? (126-130) |
| 8. | Where is the self? Which of the speculations do you favor? (131-132) |
| 9. | What are the three problems with conclusions by popular writers who have used assumed brain differences between men and women to explain differences in behaviors between men and women? (132-134) |