Chapter 4

Question 0

Frontal lobe

Answer 0

Personality, emotions, motor behaviors, planning, and decision making

Question 1

Cortex

Answer 1

A thin layer of cells that cover the entire surface of the fore brain
Large surface area
Location of majority of neurons

Question 2

Parietal lobes

Answer 2

Perception and sensory experiences

Question 3

Occipital lobe

Answer 3

Involved with processing visual information

Question 4

Temporal lobe

Answer 4

Involved with hearing and speaking

Question 5

Anencephaly

Answer 5

Condition of being born with little or no brain

Question 6

Phineas Gage

Answer 6

13 pound rod went through his frontal lobe causing him to have personality defects

Question 7

Frontal lobotomy

Answer 7

A surgical procedure in which 1/3 of frontal lobe was cut apart from the rest of the brain

Question 8

Right motor cortex controls

Answer 8

Left side of body

Question 9

Location of motor cortex

Answer 9

Back of frontal lobe

Question 10

Motor cortex

Answer 10

Initiation of voluntary movements

Question 11

Motor homunculus

Answer 11

A drawing which uses sizes of body parts to show the ability to preform a complex action

Question 12

Brain damage to frontal lobe could result in

Answer 12

Emotional swings or disruptions in personality

Question 13

Frontal lobe is involved in what type of memory

Answer 13

Intentionally forgetting

Question 14

Frontal lobe is said to have an executive function because

Answer 14

It functions like an executive by organizing, planning, and paying attention like an executive at a large company

Question 15

Location of parietal lobe

Answer 15

Directly behind frontal lobe

Question 16

Functions of parietal lobe

Answer 16

Processing sensory info from body parts, which includes touching, locating positions of limbs, and feeling temperature and pain, attends to and perceives objects

Question 17

Somatosensory cortex location

Answer 17

Located in the front edge of the parietal lobe and extends down its side

Question 18

Somatosensory cortex

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Processes sensory information about touch, location of limbs, pain and temperature

Question 19

The right somatosensory cortex receives info from

Answer 19

The left side of the body (and vice versa)

Question 20

Sensory homunculus

Answer 20

Shows the sensitivity of each body part by showing its size in comparison to other parts

Question 21

Parietal lobe is also involved in

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Language skills such as writing or speaking a second language and visual and auditory attention

Question 22

Temporal lobe is located

Answer 22

Directly below the parietal lobe

Question 23

Temporal lobes main functions

Answer 23

Hearing, speaking coherently, and understanding verbal and written material

Question 24

Primary auditory cortex

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Receives electric signals from receptors in ears and transforms these signaled into meaningless sound sensation such as vowels and consonants

Question 25

Auditory association area

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Transforms basic sensory info into recognizable auditory information such as words or music

Question 26

Broca’s area

Answer 26

Located in left frontal lobe;

Combines sounds into words into meaningful sentences

Question 27

Broca’s aphasia

Answer 27

A person can not speak in fluent sentences but can understand written and spoken words

Question 28

Wernicke’s area

Answer 28

• located in left temporal lobe
• necessary for speaking in coherent sentences
• necessary for understanding speech

Question 29

Damage to this area results in Wernickes aphasia which is

Answer 29

A difficulty in understanding spoken or written word and a difficulty pitting words into meaningful sentences

Question 30

Occipital lobe location

Answer 30

Very back of the brain

Question 31

Occipital lobe functions

Answer 31

Processing visual info which includes seeing colors and perceiving and recognizing objects, animals, and people

Question 32

Primary visual cortex function

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Received electrical signals receptors in the eyes and transforms these signals into meaningless basic visual sensations such as lights, lines, shadows, and colors and textures

Question 33

Visual association area

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Transforms basic sensations such as lights and lines and shadows into complete meaningful visual perceptions such as people objects or animals

Question 34

Visual agnosia

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Individual fails to recognize some object person or color, yet has the ability to see even describe pieces or parts of some visual stimuli

Question 35

Neglect syndrome

Answer 35

Failure to see or recognize objects or parts of the body on the side opposite of the brain damage