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Psych - AP Psych Brain Anatomy/Function
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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThis part of the body regulates how fast your heart is beating when you are on a runPonsMedullaCerebellumHypothalamus
- 2. Multiple ChoiceReceives sensory information and relays it to the proper part of brain for further processingHypothalamusReticular FormationCerebellumThalamus
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhere the pleasure centers of the brain are located...also controls Endocrine SystemAmygdalaPonsHippocampusHypothalamus
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWrinkled part of the brain's surface where the body processes informationBrain stemCerebral CortexCorpus CallosumCerebellum
- 5. Multiple ChoiceMakes decisions, plans, reasons, and carries out behaviorsFrontal LobeParietal LobeOccipital LobeTemporal Lobe
- 6. Multiple ChoiceReceives sensory input for touch and body position to help you in KarateParietal LobeFrontal LobeOccipital LobeTemporal Lobe
- 7. Multiple ChoiceControls motivational behaviors, including: feeding, fight-flight responseHippocampusAmygdalaReticular FormationHypothalamus
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThis part of the brain is mapped & can activate voluntary movementmotor cortexsomatosensory cortexvisual cortexgustatory cortex
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThis part of your brain can be represented by Homunculusmotor cortexsomatosensory cortexvisual cortexgustatory cortex
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThis part of your brain allows you to hear Mr. Dickson say, "It's a great day in America."frontaltemporaloccipitalparietal
- 11. Multiple ChoiceUsing this lobe allows you to see this questionfrontaltemporaloccipitalparietal
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThis area of cerebrum that allows us to speakBroca's AreaWernicke's areaPrecentral GyrusPostcentral Gyrus
- 13. Multiple ChoiceParts of the Brain StemPons & CerebrumCerebrum and CerebellumThalamus and HypothalamusMidbrain, Pons & Medulla Oblongata
- 14. Multiple ChoiceUsing this part of the brain helps this gymnast balanceCerebrumCerebellumBrain StemDiencephalon
- 15. Multiple ChoiceA little girl asks her dad for a snack b/c she is hungry. Hunger is regulated by theHypothalamusThalamusPonsMedulla
- 16. Multiple ChoiceLocation of the Motor CortexTemporal LobeParietal LobeOccipital LobeFrontal Lobe
- 17. Multiple ChoiceChad has difficulty speaking this might be due to damage to theBroca's AreaWernicke's AreaCerebellumReticular Formation
- 18. Multiple ChoiceLacey has a stroke which affects her occipital lobe. What might happen to her?reduced planning abilitiesdeafnesscomablindness
- 19. Multiple ChoiceControls arousal (sleepiness and wakefulness)Reticular FormationThalamusAmygdalaMedulla
- 20. Multiple ChoiceDamage to the cerebellum would most significantly affect the career ofan architecta teacheran athletea librarian
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe cerebral cortex isultimate control & info processing centerin control of movement/balancemessages b/t hemispheresin control of memory
- 22. Multiple ChoiceHarrison can't remember some basic facts about his childhood after a head trauma. He:may have damage to his hippocampusmay have damage to his amygdalamay have damage to his ponsmay have damage to his Cerebellum
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhile watching the film IT Kasey got scared. The part of the brain responsible for this is:the hypothalamusthe amygdalathe hippocampusthe medulla
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe ______relays messages between the lower brain centers and the cerebral cortex.PonsCerebellumThalamusHypothalamus
- 25. Multiple ChoiceJudy has a stroke and can't move her left arm. The stroke affected herleft hemisphereright hemispherecorpus callosumnone of these
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe corpus callosumis the sensory switchboard messengerallows us to hearcommunicates between hemispheresallows us to move
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThe structures of the limbic system are involved in motivation, emotion, learning, and memory. Which doesn't belong?amygdalahippocampushypothalamusmedulla
- 28. Multiple ChoiceThese surround neurons and provide support for and insulation between them. They are abundant in the central nervous systemSensory neuronsSynaptic gapsGlial cellsMotor neurons
- 29. Multiple ChoiceInformation is conveyed from one brain region to another through brain cells calledhormonessynapsesneuronsosteoclast
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhat controls our pituitary gland?parietal lobeamygdalatemporal lobehypothalamus
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