CAS PS 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Cerebellum, Hypothalamus, Frontal Lobe

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Joseph Harris

Document Summary

Biological bases of behavior: overview, in uence of body on behavior - no one will argue that the body and its mechanisms have a strong in uence on behavior. This is especially true of the brain: phinneus p. gage - back in the 1800"s there was a man named phinneus gage who was working in the construction of a railroad. His job was to use explosives to blow away ground so they could lay track. He was generally considered a kind and gentle man. One day an accident happened and the tamping rod was accidently blow clean through his head. Surprisingly he didn"t die but he did show a complete personality change. He became a drunk, was violent, and completely irresponsible. This led to an interest in how the brain controls behavior and personality. 3 physiological psychology - this eld of study has traditionally been called physiological psychology but is now more frequently called psychobiology, biopsychology, or neuroscience.