Yale Psyc 110 Questions and answers
2025
Phineas .Gage .- .ANS✓✓-
Metal .rod .through .left .cheekbone .and .brain, .could .still .speak, .read, .see. .Becam
e .angry, .no .self-control
Materialism .- .ANS✓✓-Brain .is .the .source .of .mental .life
Dualism .- .ANS✓✓-Material .bodies, .but .minds .are .non-material .and .non-physical
Dendrites .- .ANS✓✓-Get .info .from .other .neurons
Axons .- .ANS✓✓-Send .info .to .other .neurons
Sensory .neurons .- .ANS✓✓-Take .in .info .from .the .outside
Motor .neurons .- .ANS✓✓-Connect .to .the .muscles
Interneurons .- .ANS✓✓-Connect .neurons
Excitatory .neurotransmitter .chemicals .- .ANS✓✓-
Increase .the .potential .of .other .neurons .firing
Inhibitory .neurotransmitter .chemicals .- .ANS✓✓-
Decrease .the .potential .of .other .neurons .firing
Agonist .drugs .- .ANS✓✓-Increase .neurotransmitters, .stop .clean .up
, Antagonists .- .ANS✓✓-Decrease .neurotransmitters
Medulla .(brain) .- .ANS✓✓-autonomic .functions .
(heartbeat, .breathing, .blood .pressure, .swallowing)
Cerebellum .- .ANS✓✓-complicated .skills .
(motor .movements, .mental .and .sensory .tasks, .automation .of .many .tasks)
Hypothalymus .- .ANS✓✓-regulatory .component, .hungry, .thirst, .sleep, .body .temp
Cerebral .Cortex .- .ANS✓✓-
Wrinkly .part, .higher .thought .process, .consciousness, .frontal, .temporal, .occipita
l, .parietal .lobes
Amygdala .- .ANS✓✓-
temporal .lobe, .memory, .decision .making, .emotional .responses
Apraxia .(damage .to .the .brain) .- .ANS✓✓-Motor .disorder
Agnosia .(damage .to .the .brain) .- .ANS✓✓-
Perception .issues. .Visual: .can't .recognize .objects, .prosopagnosia: .can't .recogni
ze .faces
Sensory .neglect .(damage .to .the .brain) .- .ANS✓✓-delusions
Aphasia .- .ANS✓✓-problems .with .speaking .or .understanding .language
Acquired .Psychopathy .- .ANS✓✓-moral .problems: .reasoning .or .understanding
Corpus .Callosum .- .ANS✓✓-
pathway .between .the .two .hemispheres, .stream .of .nerves
Lateralized .functions .- .ANS✓✓-left: .spoken .language, .reasoning
right: .art .awareness, .facial .recognition, .music
2025
Phineas .Gage .- .ANS✓✓-
Metal .rod .through .left .cheekbone .and .brain, .could .still .speak, .read, .see. .Becam
e .angry, .no .self-control
Materialism .- .ANS✓✓-Brain .is .the .source .of .mental .life
Dualism .- .ANS✓✓-Material .bodies, .but .minds .are .non-material .and .non-physical
Dendrites .- .ANS✓✓-Get .info .from .other .neurons
Axons .- .ANS✓✓-Send .info .to .other .neurons
Sensory .neurons .- .ANS✓✓-Take .in .info .from .the .outside
Motor .neurons .- .ANS✓✓-Connect .to .the .muscles
Interneurons .- .ANS✓✓-Connect .neurons
Excitatory .neurotransmitter .chemicals .- .ANS✓✓-
Increase .the .potential .of .other .neurons .firing
Inhibitory .neurotransmitter .chemicals .- .ANS✓✓-
Decrease .the .potential .of .other .neurons .firing
Agonist .drugs .- .ANS✓✓-Increase .neurotransmitters, .stop .clean .up
, Antagonists .- .ANS✓✓-Decrease .neurotransmitters
Medulla .(brain) .- .ANS✓✓-autonomic .functions .
(heartbeat, .breathing, .blood .pressure, .swallowing)
Cerebellum .- .ANS✓✓-complicated .skills .
(motor .movements, .mental .and .sensory .tasks, .automation .of .many .tasks)
Hypothalymus .- .ANS✓✓-regulatory .component, .hungry, .thirst, .sleep, .body .temp
Cerebral .Cortex .- .ANS✓✓-
Wrinkly .part, .higher .thought .process, .consciousness, .frontal, .temporal, .occipita
l, .parietal .lobes
Amygdala .- .ANS✓✓-
temporal .lobe, .memory, .decision .making, .emotional .responses
Apraxia .(damage .to .the .brain) .- .ANS✓✓-Motor .disorder
Agnosia .(damage .to .the .brain) .- .ANS✓✓-
Perception .issues. .Visual: .can't .recognize .objects, .prosopagnosia: .can't .recogni
ze .faces
Sensory .neglect .(damage .to .the .brain) .- .ANS✓✓-delusions
Aphasia .- .ANS✓✓-problems .with .speaking .or .understanding .language
Acquired .Psychopathy .- .ANS✓✓-moral .problems: .reasoning .or .understanding
Corpus .Callosum .- .ANS✓✓-
pathway .between .the .two .hemispheres, .stream .of .nerves
Lateralized .functions .- .ANS✓✓-left: .spoken .language, .reasoning
right: .art .awareness, .facial .recognition, .music
