PSY topic Chapter 03Bio Psych PDF

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PSY homework assignment from the 2019 academic year...

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1. Watch the Behaving Brain lecture video (https://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/the-behaving-brain/). Describe the behavior of the neuron in relation to its parts. How does the neuron gather information and send it out? What is the path that the nerve impulse travels? Use the parts of the neuron (dendrite, cell body, axon, axon terminal, terminal buttons, synapse) to describe how information is transmitted from one neuron to another.

The dendrites receive information and send it to the cell body, and cell body might combine it with other information, the nerve impulse travel along the axon to the axon terminal. At the end of the axon terminal there is a structure called terminal buttons, which contains chemicals for releasing into the synapse to trigger other neurons. 2. Watch the Responsive Brain lecture video (https://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/the-responsive-brain/). This video focuses on how the brain adapts both functionally and structurally to behavior and social environment. What does this video say about the effect of stress on our brain? The stress will result the abnormal neurochemical capability or structure on the brain. 3. Watch this video to help you learn the four lobes of the brain using your hand as a model (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FczvTGluHKM). What are the 4 brain lobes and what is a primary function of each?

4 brain lobes are frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, and temporal lobe. Frontal lobe responsible for complex and abstract thought, such as control emotions, make future plan. Parietal lobe integrates all the sensory information. Occipital lobe responsible for visual information. Temporal lobe responsible for understanding sounds and speech....