Major Structures of the brain

Question 1

Brainstem

Answer 1

Stemlike portion of the brain, continous with diencephalon above and spinal cord

Question 2

The——help relay messages between the spinal cord and brain.

Answer 2

Brainstem

Question 3

Cerebellum

Answer 3

Located behind the pons, in posterior section.

Question 4

The————– is the outermost sheet of neural tissue of the cerebrum of the brain in some vertebrates.

Answer 4

cerebral cortex

Question 5

The———- (Latin: tuft of wool, diminutive) is a small lobe of the cerebellum at the posterior border of the middle cerebellar peduncle anterior to the biventer lobule. Like other parts of the cerebellum, the ——– is involved in motor control.

Answer 5

flocculus

Question 6

Cerebral Cortex

Answer 6

Outerlayer of cerebrum composed of gray matter and arranged in raised ridges (gyri) grooves(sulci)

Question 7

cerebrum

Answer 7

Largest part of the brain

Question 8

What controls involuntary movenment, coordinates mental activity and the center for all concious living.

Answer 8

Cerebrum

Question 9

The psychologist who was critical of Freud work, ———- said that personality is continuously molded by current fears and impulses, rather than just being determined by childhood.

Answer 9

Karen Horney

Question 10

What regulates body tempartures, water pattern sleep wake patterns, food intake, behavioral response associated with emotion.

Answer 10

Hypothalamus

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Question 11

“I am primarily interested in thinking processes; I am a __________ psychologist.

Answer 11

Cognitive

Question 12

Like Carl Rogers, I believe people choose to live more creative and meaningful lives. My name is

Answer 12

Maslow

Question 13

Comparative psychologists are primarily interested in

Answer 13

animal behavior.

Question 14

Of the following, who is associated with the Gestalt school of psychology?

Answer 14

Max Wertheimer

Question 15

What is an area of the brain that involve langauage

Answer 15

Wernicke’s area

Question 16

What is a humanistic psychologist?

Answer 16

focused on each individual’s potential and stressed the importance of growth and self-actualization. The fundamental belief of humanistic psychology is that people are innately good and that mental and social problems result from deviations from this natural tendenc

Question 17

What was the theory of psychology that the humanistic approach was developed to fight against.

Answer 17

Psychoanalytic (Sigmund Freud)

Question 18

IQ is defined as mental age, divided by age in years, times 100.( Is this a empirical statement.)

Answer 18

Yes

Question 19

What is a empirical statement.

Answer 19

A fact