Crash Course Psychology #4: Meet Your Master: The Brain
- Grades
- Grades 7–12, Middle School, High School
- Pages
- 2
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- Zip
- Subject
- Social Studies, Psychology
- Topic
- worksheet, psychology
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
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Learning objectives
Explain phrenology and why it was ultimately dismissed as a pseudoscience.
Describe how Phineas Gage's brain injury changed his personality and what this reveals about localized brain function.
Differentiate the roles of the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Explain the link between biological brain activity, including neurotransmitters and hormones, and psychological events.
Teaching tips
Play Episode 4 in class, or assign it as a flipped-classroom video, since all 15 questions about Gall, Gage, and brain function are written to be answered while or after watching.
The teacher key lets you spot-check responses quickly, since each of the 15 questions has a model answer drawn directly from Episode 4.
Take advantage of the editable Word format to adjust question wording or trim the list for a shorter class period.
Skills covered
Video-based note-taking — students extract answers to 15 comprehension questions on brain anatomy and function while watching Episode 4.
Historical case analysis — students explain what the Phineas Gage case reveals about the relationship between brain and behavior.
Concept explanation — students describe scientific concepts such as phrenology, the central/peripheral nervous system, and localized brain function in their own words.
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How do students access the Episode 4 video the questions are based on?
Through a direct link included on the worksheet itself — the 15 questions on brain function are written to be answered while or after watching Episode 4, so students need internet access rather than an embedded video file.
Are the same questions repeated on the teacher key, or just the answers?
Both — the teacher key repeats each numbered question's topic before giving its full model answer, so it can be used as a standalone reference without needing the student handout side by side.
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phrenology
central and peripheral nervous system
localized brain function
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