Bus Crash!

Mr. Stutz decided to hold a Saturday review session to help his fabulous AP Psychology students study for their exam.  Such a large number of dedicated students chose to attend that he decided to charter a bus to drive them.  (Then they could also use the time on the bus to study with classmates.)  On the way home from a wonderful review, tragically, their bus was hit by a bus full of Ms. Kahlstorf's reviewing AP Biology students.  Fortunately, everyone survived the horrible crash, but many students were injured.

Using the description of each person’s behavioral symptoms, determine the probable location of their brain damage and then explain the function of that area of the brain.

 

Area of Damage

Primary function(s) of that area
  1. Sarah often kept falling asleep at odd times and in odd places.
  2. Kris and Chris had problems coordinating their movements and keeping their balance.
  3. Molly suffered from an impaired ability to initiate, plan, and make good judgments.
  4. Ruth and Kelly experienced Alzheimer-like symptoms.
  5. Dean lost the ability to move his right arm.
  6. Each Stephanie suffered from an inability to form new memories.
  7. Shama had to start taking insulin because she had difficulty controlling her sugar metabolism.
  8. The Amandas experienced difficulty with analytic thinking, science & math reasoning.
  9. Whitney and Lisa often flew into a rage and started picking fights.
  10. Emily's speech was choppy, slow, and a grammatical mess.
  11. Christen could no longer respond to her doctor’s soft tap on the knee.
  12. Nicole lost feeling in her left leg.
  13. Dena seemed to constantly be experiencing a “runner’s high.”
  14. Renee and Toni kept catching different illnesses.  They couldn’t seem to shake them.
  15. Mr. Stutz & Ms. Kahlstorf, horrified at the news of the crash, ran to the phone, bumped heads and saw stars.