Psych - AP Psych Brain Anatomy/Function

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

This part of the body regulates how fast your heart is beating when you are on a run

Pons

Medulla

Cerebellum

Hypothalamus

2.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Receives sensory information and relays it to the proper part of brain for further processing

Hypothalamus

Reticular Formation

Cerebellum

Thalamus

3.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Where the pleasure centers of the brain are located...also controls Endocrine System

Amygdala

Pons

Hippocampus

Hypothalamus

4.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Wrinkled part of the brain's surface where the body processes information

Brain stem

Cerebral Cortex

Corpus Callosum

Cerebellum

5.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Makes decisions, plans, reasons, and carries out behaviors

Frontal Lobe

Parietal Lobe

Occipital Lobe

Temporal Lobe

6.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Receives sensory input for touch and body position to help you in Karate

Parietal Lobe

Frontal Lobe

Occipital Lobe

Temporal Lobe

7.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Controls motivational behaviors, including: feeding, fight-flight response

Hippocampus

Amygdala

Reticular Formation

Hypothalamus

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

This part of the brain is mapped & can activate voluntary movement

motor cortex

somatosensory cortex

visual cortex

gustatory cortex

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

This part of your brain can be represented by Homunculus

motor cortex

somatosensory cortex

visual cortex

gustatory cortex

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

This part of your brain allows you to hear Mr. Dickson say, "It's a great day in America."

frontal

temporal

occipital

parietal

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Using this lobe allows you to see this question

frontal

temporal

occipital

parietal

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

This area of cerebrum that allows us to speak

Broca's Area

Wernicke's area

Precentral Gyrus

Postcentral Gyrus

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Parts of the Brain Stem

Pons & Cerebrum

Cerebrum and Cerebellum

Thalamus and Hypothalamus

Midbrain, Pons & Medulla Oblongata

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Using this part of the brain helps this gymnast balance

Cerebrum

Cerebellum

Brain Stem

Diencephalon

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A little girl asks her dad for a snack b/c she is hungry. Hunger is regulated by the

Hypothalamus

Thalamus

Pons

Medulla

16.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Location of the Motor Cortex

Temporal Lobe

Parietal Lobe

Occipital Lobe

Frontal Lobe

17.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Chad has difficulty speaking this might be due to damage to the

Broca's Area

Wernicke's Area

Cerebellum

Reticular Formation

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Lacey has a stroke which affects her occipital lobe. What might happen to her?

reduced planning abilities

deafness

coma

blindness

19.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Controls arousal (sleepiness and wakefulness)

Reticular Formation

Thalamus

Amygdala

Medulla

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Damage to the cerebellum would most significantly affect the career of

an architect

a teacher

an athlete

a librarian

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The cerebral cortex is

ultimate control & info processing center

in control of movement/balance

messages b/t hemispheres

in control of memory

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Harrison can't remember some basic facts about his childhood after a head trauma. He:

may have damage to his hippocampus

may have damage to his amygdala

may have damage to his pons

may have damage to his Cerebellum

23.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

While watching the film IT Kasey got scared. The part of the brain responsible for this is:

the hypothalamus

the amygdala

the hippocampus

the medulla

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The ______relays messages between the lower brain centers and the cerebral cortex.

Pons

Cerebellum

Thalamus

Hypothalamus

25.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Judy has a stroke and can't move her left arm. The stroke affected her

left hemisphere

right hemisphere

corpus callosum

none of these

26.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The corpus callosum

is the sensory switchboard messenger

allows us to hear

communicates between hemispheres

allows us to move

27.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The structures of the limbic system are involved in motivation, emotion, learning, and memory. Which doesn't belong?

amygdala

hippocampus

hypothalamus

medulla

28.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

These surround neurons and provide support for and insulation between them. They are abundant in the central nervous system

Sensory neurons

Synaptic gaps

Glial cells

Motor neurons

29.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Information is conveyed from one brain region to another through brain cells called

hormones

synapses

neurons

osteoclast

30.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What controls our pituitary gland?

parietal lobe

amygdala

temporal lobe

hypothalamus

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