BLO #2 LO #2- Explain how principles that define the Biological Level of Analysis may be demonstrated using theories and/or studies. Introduction Principle 1 Behavior can be innate because it is genetically based. This means that evolution may play a role in behavior. Natural selection makes species differ in behavior due to adaption. Darwin: survival of the fittest Genetics in a family are passed on (Violence/intelligence) Genetics vs. environment Predispositions Study: Minnesota Twin
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My research paper will be on the temporal lobes‚ which is what I believe to be the most important part of the brain. I will be explaining what its functions are and why they are so important. To begin the temporal lobes are structures in the cerebral cortex‚ they are located just above the ears‚ and are almond shaped. They are involved in the functions of hearing‚ language processing‚ and memory. Now that you know these details I will now go more into detail of how the temporal lobes control these
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memory system works. What is a memory? According to Merriam-Webster‚ it is a particular act of recall or recollection. Multiple parts of the brain deal with memories‚ but one part in particular deals with it the most. The Limbic system in the Hippocampus deals with memories the most. There are two different memories‚ one is explicit‚ which is memories bought forward by your conscious. An example is remembering your parent’s birthday. Second are implicit memories. These are memories that you
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Student Article Analysis Routes to Remembering: the Brains Behind Superior Memory The focus of this experimental study was to determine what causes select individuals to have superior memory capabilities when compared to the others of the general population. To determine what caused this superior memory‚ the used three different methods of experimentation to test three different theories. Using these methods they tested whether superior memorizers and control subjects
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According to Atkinson and Shiffrin the multi-store memory has 3 distinctive stores; sensory registry‚ short term memory (STM) and long term memory (LTM). Information from the environment enters the sensory memory for 0.5 second‚ if the individual is paying attention this information will enter the STM‚ from there if the information is rehearsed it will be store into the LTM. Duration is how long the memory lasts‚ capacity is how much memory an individual can store‚ encoding is what format it is stores
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each control different parts of the nervous system and give the ability for people to sleep‚ eat or learn. The part of our nervous system that pertains to learning is the brain. The part in the brain that helps with learning is called the hippocampus. The hippocampus is in the limbic system. It is the part of the brain where the learning that people do in day to day life takes place. Learning is a neurobiological that is important to humans and being able to be conscious. The communication that happens
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A. Nature of Memory 1. Memory and its constructive processes Memory is a record of our previous experiences and it allows us to adapt to our constantly changing environment. Instead of our memory being an exact recollection of our past experiences‚ such as an automatic tape recorder‚ it is a constructive process in which we process‚ retrieve and store information with some errors‚ for we can’t remember everything. 2. Memory Models: An Overview a. Encoding‚ Storage‚ Retrieval (ESR)
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The TEMPORAL LOBE and PARIETAL LOBE TEMPORAL LOBE Introduction The temporal cortex‚ also known as the temporal lobes‚ is the part of the verbal cortex in the left and right hemispheres of the brain lying inside the temples. In general the temporal lobes handle a wide variety of task that are essential to every day functioning. Readily recognizable brain structures with thumb like appearance when viewed from the side. Their name reflects their location beneath the temporal bone on the side
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Auditory agnosia is a form of agnosia that manifests primarily in the inability to recognize or differentiate between sounds. It is not a defect of the ear‚ but a neurological inability of the brain to process what the sound means. It is a disruption of the "what" pathway in the brain. [1] Persons with auditory agnosia can physically hear the sounds and describe them using unrelated terms‚ but are unable to recognize them. They might describe the sound of some environmental sounds‚ such as a motor
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The cerebellum controls our poster and body movement. Conclusively the limbic system balances our temperature‚ blood pressure‚ emotions‚ and sexual desire. We would not be able to complete these necessary unconscious tasks without the amygdala‚ hippocampus‚ hypothalamus‚ and the thalamus. Our cerebrum is the largest part of our brains. This is where our nerve impulses are translated into words and ideas. The outer layer of the cerebrum is the cortex‚ the center of thought‚ perception‚ and the integration
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