PSYB65H3 Chapter Last: PSYB65 Final Exam Notes
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Look at structural development of nervous system and correlate the emergence of specific behaviours. As brain structures mature, their functions emerge and develop, manifested in behaviours we can observe. Cognitive behaviours controlled by frontal lobe are the last to develop (ex. Scrutinize behaviour for emergence of new abilities and then inferring underlying neural maturation. As language emerges, speech-related structures in the brain are undergoing necessary maturation. Study factors that influence both brain and behaviour. Some events are sensory experience, injuries, and actions of hormones and genes. If one of these factors influence behaviour, then structure in the brain that are changed are responsible for behavioural outcomes. Structure must normally play some role in controlling behaviours. Sperm fertilizes egg = zygote (one single cell) Cell begins to divide and forms an embryo by the 15th day of gestation. Structure of embryo is formed by several sheets of cells with a raised area in the middle called the embryonic.
