PSYB65H3 Final: PSYB65 EXAM NOTES.docx
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Chapter 1 traumatic brain injury (tbi): a wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head neuropsychology: the study of the relation between behaviour and brain function. Brain hypothesis: the idea that the brain is the source of behaviour. Neuron hypothesis: the idea that the unit of brain structure and function is the neuron. Functionally, the forebrain mediates cognitive functions; the brainstem mediates regulatory functions such as eating, drinking, and moving; and the spinal cord is responsible for sending commands to the muscles. Distinguishing features of the cns is that, after damage, it does not regenerate lost tissue, whereas pns tissue will regrow after damage. The philosophical position that a person"s mind is responsible for behavior is called mentalism, meaning of the mind phrenology: the study of the relation between the skull"s surface features and a person"s faculties.
