Major Structures of the brain Flashcards
Brainstem
Stemlike portion of the brain, continous with diencephalon above and spinal cord
The——help relay messages between the spinal cord and brain.
Brainstem
Cerebellum
Located behind the pons, in posterior section.
The————– is the outermost sheet of neural tissue of the cerebrum of the brain in some vertebrates.
cerebral cortex
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.
flocculus
Cerebral Cortex
Outerlayer of cerebrum composed of gray matter and arranged in raised ridges (gyri) grooves(sulci)
cerebrum
Largest part of the brain
What controls involuntary movenment, coordinates mental activity and the center for all concious living.
Cerebrum
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.
Karen Horney
What regulates body tempartures, water pattern sleep wake patterns, food intake, behavioral response associated with emotion.
Hypothalamus
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“I am primarily interested in thinking processes; I am a __________ psychologist.
Cognitive
Like Carl Rogers, I believe people choose to live more creative and meaningful lives. My name is
Maslow
Comparative psychologists are primarily interested in
animal behavior.
Of the following, who is associated with the Gestalt school of psychology?
Max Wertheimer
What is an area of the brain that involve langauage
Wernicke’s area
What is a humanistic psychologist?
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
What was the theory of psychology that the humanistic approach was developed to fight against.
Psychoanalytic (Sigmund Freud)
IQ is defined as mental age, divided by age in years, times 100.( Is this a empirical statement.)
Yes
What is a empirical statement.
A fact
