biological psychology

Question 1

enables muscle action, learning, and memory

Answer 1

acetylcholine

Question 2

affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal

Answer 2

serotonin

Question 3

plays a role in pain reduction

Answer 3

endorphin

Question 4

works with balance and coordination

Answer 4

cerebellum

Question 5

controls heartbeat and breathing

Answer 5

medulla

Question 6

controls vision and processes visual info

Answer 6

occipital lobe

Question 7

allows you to move and control muscles throughout your body

Answer 7

somatic nervous system

Question 8

influences how neurons collect and process information

Answer 8

dendrite

Question 9

fatty tissue, provides protective insulation for your nerve cell

Answer 9

myelin sheath

Question 10

influences movement, attention, and emotion

Answer 10

dopamine

Question 11

memory, learning how to memorize speeches or lines in a play.

Answer 11

hippocampus

Question 12

your body’s smart control coordinating center, keeps body in healthy & controlled state

Answer 12

hypothalamus

Question 13

processes all information from your body’s senses (except smell)

Answer 13

thalamus

Question 14

involved in the expressive aspects of spoken and written language

Answer 14

broca’s area

Question 15

associated with the understanding of spoken and written language

Answer 15

wernicke’s area

Question 16

lobe important in cognitive skills like expressive language, memory, and judgement

Answer 16

frontal lobe

Question 17

lobe that processes auditory information and with the encoding of memory

Answer 17

temporal lobe

Question 18

regulates heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, digestion, and sexual arousal

Answer 18

autonomic nervous system

Question 19

registers and processes body touch and movement sensations

Answer 19

somatosensory cortex

Question 20

the brain’s ability to change and adapt due to experience

Answer 20

neuroplasticity