Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password

Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Biological Basis of Behavior

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Term
Definition
Amygdala   show
🗑
Aphasia   show
🗑
Association Areas   show
🗑
Behavioral Genetics   show
🗑
show branch of psychology concerned with the links between biology and behavior.  
🗑
Broca's area   show
🗑
Cerebellum   show
🗑
show intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells covering the cerebral hemispheres; the body's ultimate control and information-processing center.  
🗑
Chromosomes   show
🗑
show scientific study of biological substrates underlying cognition, with a specific focus on neural substrates of mental processes.  
🗑
show combines a series of X-ray views taken from many different angles and computer processing to create cross-sectional images of the bones and soft tissues inside your body.  
🗑
show a dual process theory provides an account of how a phenomenon can occur in two different ways, or as a result of two different processes.  
🗑
EEG   show
🗑
show any of a group of hormones secreted within the brain and nervous system and having a number of physiological functions.  
🗑
show Functional magnetic resonance imaging or functional MRI (fMRI) is a functional neuroimaging procedure using MRI technology that measures brain activity by detecting associated changes in blood flow.  
🗑
Interneurons   show
🗑
show a region in an organ or tissue that has suffered damage through injury or disease, such as a wound, ulcer, abscess, tumor, etc.  
🗑
MRI   show
🗑
Molecular genetics   show
🗑
show part of the cerebral cortex in the brain where the nerve impulses originate that initiate voluntary muscular activity.  
🗑
Natural selection   show
🗑
show growth and development of nervous tissue.  
🗑
PET   show
🗑
show a diffuse network of nerve pathways in the brainstem connecting the spinal cord, cerebrum, and cerebellum, and mediating the overall level of consciousness.  
🗑
show the region of the cerebral cortex concerned with receiving and interpreting sensory information from various parts of the body. The somatic sensory, auditory, visual, and olfactory regions of the cerebral cortex considered as a group.  
🗑
show a region of the brain concerned with the comprehension of language, located in the cortex of the dominant temporal lobe.  
🗑
Michael Gazzaniga   show
🗑
Roger Sperry   show
🗑
show German neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905)  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: lpeleap
Popular Psychology sets