powers of the mind LP

Question 1

IT interprets and stores information and sends order to other parts of the body

Answer 1

brain

Question 2

– well-protected core that controls basic functions essential for survival

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Hindbrain

Question 3

– responsible for coordination of movement, equilibrium, procedural memory

Answer 3

Cerebellum

Question 4

– respiration, heart rate, blood pressure

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Medulla

Question 5

– sleep and arousal

Answer 5

Pons

Question 6

area for reward or pleasure that is stimulated by food, sex, money, music, attractive faces, and some drugs), visual and auditory reflexes, reticular formation (responsible for arousing the forebrain so that it is ready to process information from the senses)

Answer 6

Midbrain

Question 7

considered the highest center of the brain that perceives sensations, initiates voluntary movement, provide awareness of emotions, memory, thinking, planning, language abilities and other higher mental functions.

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Forebrain

Question 8

the forebrain is covered entirely by a thin layer cells called ———- that is divided into four lobes.

Answer 8

cerebral cortex

Question 9

• control of emotions, judgements, voluntary movement, guide to the degree of complexity and motor capabilities

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Frontal lobe

Question 10

a surgical treatment in the 1930s that involves the removal of the 1/3 of the brain with the purpose of reducing emotions of fear, anger or sadness

Answer 10

Lobotomy

Question 11

which matures at the age of 25, regulates activity in subcortical emotional centers, planning and supervising moral decisions, and when its functionality is altered may lead to impulsive aggression. Its lack of communication with amygdala is implicated with psychopathy.

Answer 11

Prefrontal cortex (PFC)

Question 12

body sensory and spatial reasoning

Answer 12

Parietal lobe

Question 13

sense of vision

Answer 13

Occipital lobe

Question 14

sense of hearing

Answer 14

Temporal lobe

Question 15

the forebrain contains (4)

Answer 15

frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, and temporal lobe

Question 16

the special areas of the brian (2)

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limbic system and language system

Question 17

2 parts of limbic system

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hippocampus and amygdala

Question 18

2 parts of language system

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brocas area and wernickes area

Question 19

responsible for consolidating short-term memory (STM) to long-term memory (LTM)

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Hippocampus –

Question 20

used in processing emotions (fear)

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Amygdala –

Question 21

responsible for expressive language (i.e. speaking)

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Broca’s Area

Question 22

responsible for receptive language (i.e. understanding verbal and nonverbal communication)

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Wernicke’s Area

Question 23

carries the impulses back and forth from the body to brain or vice versa, and controls many reflexes

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spinal cord

Question 24

—— are unlearned, involuntary reaction to stimulus. They have been prewired by genetics instructions and have evolved through millions of years.

Answer 24

Reflexes

Question 25

what is an example of a reflex that is no longer useful today?

Answer 25

Piloerection

Question 26

– transmits sensory information; controls external activities of skeletal muscles, skin and glands; regulates voluntary actions

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Somatic Nervous System (SNS)

Question 27

– regulates involuntary actions and controls internal activities of the glands, internal organs, blood vessels etc.

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Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)

Question 28

prepares the body for the fight-or-flight response during periods of stress or emergency situation; located in the thoracic and lumbar portions of the spinal cord

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Sympathetic Nervous System –

Question 29

– takes over the body during the period of relaxation or quiescence; it serves to conserve the body’s resources during times of injury or exhaustion; located in the cervical and sacral portions of the spinal cord

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

Question 30

Mechanism that involves the communication of the cell body with its own terminals via the axon (intracellular signaling or communication within the cell)

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conduction

Question 31

– formation of synapses between neurons in the nervous system.

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Synaptogenesis