8-10% OF THE AP EXAMAN INTRO TO THE RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND BEHAVIOR

Biological Bases of Behavior

The Brain

Is there anything you do in a 24 hour period, which is not related to operations in your brain?

Intro to Biopsychologyhttp://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/intro-to-biological-psychology.html#lessonPinky and The Brainhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh5hjbQWQ78&feature=em-share_video_user

Key Structures of the BrainMake 4 Colum's Titled: Structure, Function, Location,

Damage

Wernicke’s Area Temporal/parietal lobe (left side) Center for understanding language Damage = may result in losing ability

to understand speech or parts of it. Ex: may be able to understand nouns and verbs, but not prepositions.

Broca’s Area Frontal lobe (left side) Center for expressing language Damage = loss of speech or inability

to say what is intended

Key Structures, con’t

Thalamus Forebrain Sends sensory and motor

messages to other parts of brain Damage = may result in sensory

experiences not being sent to other areas of brain to be recorded as memories

Cerebellum Hindbran Controls walking, balance,

coordination Damage = ability to walk

smoothly or coordinate sight with action

Key Structures, con’t

Auditory Cortex Temporal lobe Center for hearing Damage = sensations from ear

recv’d by brain but may not be interpreted ‘ “perceptive deafness”

Primary visual cortex Occipital lobe Reconstruct Damage = signals sent from eye

may not be coded into recognizable images

Key Structures, con’t

Hypothalamus Between thalamus and pituitary

gland Regulates emotions, hunger &

thirst Damage = may result in eating

disorders (either over-eating or under-eating)

Pituitary gland Beneath hypothalamus Controls body’s endocrine system Damage = may affect growth,

metabolism and sex drive

Key Structures, con’t

Cerebral Cortex Forebrain Center for info processing,

rational thought, decision making

Damage = reasoning abilities may be altered = may react more emotionally

Medulla Hindbrain Regulates vital involuntary

functions like breathing & blood flow

Damage = severe damage could result in death

About The Brain Video Resources

Phineas Gage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6kRP41ygrI

Parts of the brainhttp://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/parts-of-the-brain.html#lessonGenes To Cognition 3 D Brainhttp://www.g2conline.org/The Brain: Understanding Neurobiologyhttp://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih2/addiction/activities/lesson1_brainparts.htm