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VCE Psychology Unit 1 AOS1 Brain Questions
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Mind-body problem Ans: the question of whether our mind and body
are distinct, separate entities or whether they are one and the same
thing
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Phrenology Ans: the study of the relationship between the skull's surface
features and a person's personality and behavioural characteristics
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Electrical stimulation of the brain (ESB) Ans: stimulation or detection of
electrical activity in the brain using an electrode
Split-brain surgery Ans: cutting the band of nerve tissue connecting the
two hemispheres of the brain
Neuroimaging technique Ans: a technique that captures a picture of
the brain
MRI Ans: uses harmless magnetic fields to vibrate atoms in the brain's
neurons and generate a computer image of the brain
fMRI Ans: detects and records brain activity by measuring oxygen
consumption across the brain
Central nervous system Ans: consists of the brain and spinal cord
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Brain Ans: an intricate network of cells that plays a vital role in
processing information received through nerve pathways from the body
and in directing responses
Spinal cord Ans: the long, thin bundle of nerve tissue that extends from
the base of the brain to the lower back
Peripheral nervous system Ans: the entire network of nerves located
outside the CNS that transmits information to and from the CNS
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Somatic nervous system Ans: a network of nerves that carry sensory
information to the CNS and motor information from the CNS
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Autonomic nervous system Ans: a network of nerves that carries
messages between the CNS and the heart, lungs and other internal
organs and glands
Sympathetic nervous system Ans: arouses the body when we
experience an extreme emotion or feel threatened
Parasympathetic nervous system Ans: calms or restores the body to its
normal state of functioning after an extreme emotion subsides or a
threat has passed
Neuron Ans: an individual nerve cell
Dendrite Ans: a thin extension of a neuron that receives information
from other neurons and transmits it to the soma (the listener)
Soma Ans: integrates the neural information received from the many
dendrites and sends it to the axon