Practise IB Psychology HL 2.1.7 by evaluating localization evidence and the limits of treating behaviour as a single-region function.
Describe localization of function with reference to one relevant study.
when awarding marks.
The command term "describe" requires candidates to give a detailed account of localization of function with reference to one relevant study.
Responses should describe localization of function, clearly indicating how a specific area of the brain is, or specific areas are, involved in behaviour or cognition.
Examples could include but are not limited to:
- the role of the hippocampus in episodic, semantic or spatial memory (Corkin, 1997; Maguire, 2000)
- the role of the amygdala in aggression (Matthies et al., 2012)
- the role of the amygdala in memory (McGaugh and Cahill, 1995; Sharot et al., 2007)
- the role of the amygdala in emotion (Feinstein et al., 2011)
- the role of the prefrontal lobe in decision making (Bechara, 1999).
If a candidate describes localization of function with reference to more than one study, credit should be given only to the first study.
If a candidate describes localization of function but does not refer to an appropriate study, up to a maximum of [5] should be awarded.
If a candidate describes a relevant study, but localization of function is not described, up to a maximum of [4] should be awarded.