AP Unit3 try 2

Question 1

Somatosensory Cortex

Answer 1

receives and processes sensory information

Question 2

Peripheral Nervous System

Answer 2

connects CNS to the organs, limbs, and skin

Question 3

Somatic Nervous System

Answer 3

voluntary moment from your brain to your muscles

Question 3

Manifest Content

Answer 3

the actual events and imagery within a dream, according to Freud, serves to mask the unconscious thoughts and desires of the dreamer

Question 4

Latent Content

Answer 4

the unconscious thoughts and desires underlying the manifest content of dreams

Question 5

Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis

Answer 5

theory that dreams are the brain’s interpretations of neural activity during REM sleep

Question 6

Information-Processing Theory

Answer 6

dreaming is a way for the brain to deal with stress

Question 7

Thalamus

Answer 7

relays signals from other parts of the brain to the cerebral cortex and regulates sleep, consciousness, appetite, and alertness

Question 8

Reticular Formation

Answer 8

contributes to attention and conscious state by filtering incoming stimuli and selectively relaying information

Question 9

Pons

Answer 9

transfers information between the cerebellum and other parts of the brain

Question 10

Cerebellum

Answer 10

regulates motor coordination

Question 11

Acetylcholine

Answer 11

movement & memory

Question 12

Norepinephrine

Answer 12

response to danger “flight or flight”

Question 13

Glutamate

Answer 13

thinking, memory, learning

Question 14

Thyroid Gland

Answer 14

produces and secretes hormones that regulate metabolism; found in the neck