Nervous System, Cerebral Cortex and Memory

Question 1

The CNS consists of the

Answer 1

brain and the spinal cord.

Question 2

The Peripheral Nervous System consists of the

Answer 2

somatic nervous system and the autonomic

nervous system.

Question 3

Sensory neurons take impulses from

Answer 3

sense organs to the CNS.

Question 4

Motor neurons take impulses from

Answer 4

the CNS to muscles and glands.

Question 5

The sympathetic system speeds up

Answer 5

heart rate and breathing rate

Question 6

The sympathetic system slows down

Answer 6

peristalsis and production of intestinal secretions.

Question 7

The parasympathetic system speeds up

Answer 7

peristalsis and production of intestinal

secretions.

Question 8

The parasympathetic system slows down

Answer 8

heart rate and breathing rate

Question 9

In a converging neural pathway, impulses

from several neurons travel to

Answer 9

one neuron.

Question 10

In a diverging neural pathway, impulses from

one neuron travel to

Answer 10

several neurons

Question 11

In a reverberating pathway, neurons later in

the pathway link with

Answer 11

earlier neurons, (sending the impulse back through the

pathway)

Question 12

The the centre of conscious thought in the brain is the

Answer 12

cerebral cortex

Question 13

The left cerebral hemisphere deals with

information from the

Answer 13

right visual field (and controls the right side of the body and vice versa)

Question 14

Memory involves…

Answer 14

encoding, storage and retrieval of information.

Question 15

All information entering the brain passes

through sensory memory and enters

Answer 15

short term memory (STM)

Question 16

Information from the STM is either transferred to

Answer 16

long-term memory (LTM) or is discarded.

Question 17

Sensory memory retains

Answer 17

all the visual and auditory input received for a few seconds.

Question 18

STM has a limited capacity and holds

Answer 18

information for a short time.

Question 19

‘Chunking’ can help to improve the

Answer 19

capacity of the STM

Question 20

LTM has an unlimited capacity and

Answer 20

holds information for a long time.

Question 21

The transfer of information from STM to LTM cam be improved by

Answer 21

rehearsal, organisation and elaboration.

Question 22

Rehearsal is regarded as

Answer 22

a shallow form of encoding information into LTM.

Question 23

Elaboration is regarded as

Answer 23

a deeper form of encoding which leads to improved information retention.

Question 24

Contextual cues relate to

Answer 24

the time and place when the information was initially encoded into LTM.