PSY-B - Psychology PSY-B 340 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Parahippocampal Gyrus, Extrastriate Body Area, Fusiform Face Area
27 Apr 2016
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Exam 1: chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4. Fusiform face area (ffa): area responsible for by breaking into parts (wundt) recognizing faces. Artificial intelligence: making a machine behave in ways. Lateralization of the brain: l and r side that are intelligent . There are limits to what humans can do (7+- 2) Lobes of the brain and their functions: occipital (vision); temporal (hearing); parietal (perceptions of touch, Behaviorism: only observable beh can be scientifically pressure, pain); frontal (coordination of senses, studied thinking, problem solving) Cognitive map: conception w/i mind of something"s layout (not behaviorism) Cognitive revolution: shift in psychology from the behaviorist"s stimulus response relationships to an approach whose main thrust was to understand the operation of the mind. Neuron doctrine: individual cells transmit signals in the nervous system, and these cells are not continuous with other cells as proposed by nerve net theory (neurons basic building blocks of brain) Parahippocampal place area (ppa): area responsible for spatial layout.
