Ap Psych

Question 1

Function of Cereberum

Answer 1

Interprets sights, sounds, and touches. It regulates emotions, reasoning, and learning.

Question 2

Function of Cerebellum:

Answer 2

Maintains balance, posture, coordination, and fine motor skills. IN THE BACK OF THE BRAIN

Question 3

Functions of the Brainstem

Answer 3

Connects the brain to the
Regulates automatic body functions
-Heart Rate
-Breathing
-Sleep
-Wake cycles
-Swallowing

Question 4

Frontal Lobes (front part of the brain, behind the FOREHEAD)

Answer 4

-Voluntary movement
-Speech
-Intellect

Question 5

Occipital Lobes:

Answer 5

Lobes in the back of the brain allow us to notice and interpret visual information.
-Processes:
-Shape
-Colors
-Movement

Question 6

Parietal Lobes (Near the center of the brain):

Answer 6

• Receives and interprets signals from sensory Inputs
  -Helps to understand environment and body’s state

Question 7

Temporal Lobes(near the ears):

Answer 7

-Recall words or places
-Helps to recognize people
-Understand language
-Interpret others’ emotions

Question 8

Limbic Lobes (middle portion of the brain):

Answer 8

-Part of the temporal
-Parietal and frontal lobe
ALSO CONTAINS
-Amygdala (best for the fight or flight response)
-Hippocampus (where you store short-term memories)

Question 9

Insular Lobes (In the temporal, parietal, and frontal lobes):

Answer 9

-Involved in processing sensory inputs
-Including sensory and motor inputs
-Autonomic inputs
-Pain perception
-Perception of the environment

Question 10

Thalamus Function: (In the cerebrum and above the brainstem)

Answer 10

-Sensory information
-Sight
-Sound
-Touch

Question 11

Hypothalamus Function (sits below the thalamus)

Answer 11

-Regulates hormonal functions
-Autonomic functions
-Hunger
-Thirst
-Sleep

Question 12

Pituitary Gland:

Answer 12

Sends out hormones to different organs in your body

Question 13

Basal Ganglia:

Answer 13

-Controls movement
-Motor learning
-Planning