Psychology Test 1.2

Question 1

Left Hemisphere

Answer 1

Controls the right side of the body, involved in analysis, logic, idea, facts, math, and training

Question 2

Right Hemisphere

Answer 2

Controls the left side of the body, involved in creativity, intuition, arts, creation, feeling, and imagination

Question 3

Frontal Lobe

Answer 3

Motor control, problem-solving, speech production, concentration, and smell

Question 4

Parietal Lobe

Answer 4

Perception, taste, making sense of the world, arithmetic, and spelling

Question 5

Temporal Lobe

Answer 5

Memory, understanding, and language

Question 6

Occipital Lobe

Answer 6

Vision

Question 7

Sensory Cortex

Answer 7

Sensations

Question 8

Motor Cortex

Answer 8

Motions

Question 9

Brain Stem (autonomic brain)

Answer 9

Involuntary responses

Question 10

Cerebellum

Answer 10

Balance and coordination

Question 11

Pons

Answer 11

Is involved in many autonomic and sensory functions including arousal, respiratory processes, fine motor control, equilibrium, muscle tone, and the Circadian cycle (specifically regulating sleep).

Question 12

Limbic Lobe/System

Answer 12

The limbic system is a group of brain structures including the amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus, that are involved in the processing and regulating emotions, memory, and sexual arousal.

Question 13

Hippocampus

Answer 13

It is important as an early storage place for long-term memory and it is involved in the transition of long-term memory to even more enduring permanent memory.

Question 14

Amygdala

Answer 14

The amygdala is involved in processing emotions and fear learning.

Question 15

Thalamus

Answer 15

The thalamus is heavily involved in relating information between the cortex and brainstem and within different cortical structures.

Question 16

Hypothalamus

Answer 16

It controls many autonomic functions such as hunger thirst body temperature and sexual activity

Question 17

Pituitary Gland

Answer 17

The pituitary gland considered the master gland is an endocrine gland about the size of a pea, it regulates several physiological processes including stress growth reproduction, and lactation hormone secreted from the pituitary gland help control growth blood pressure certain functions of the sex organs thyroid glands, and metabolism as well as some aspects of pregnancy childbirth nursing water and salt concentration in the kidneys temperature regulation and pain relief.

Question 18

Corpus Callosum

Answer 18

It is the largest white matter structure in the brain consisting of hundreds of millions of nerve fibers that reach out into every major cortex in the brain also known as the colossal come ashore this unique region of the brain is much like a biological motherboard connecting many parts of the brain and integrating countless processes.

Question 19

Midbrain

Answer 19

The midbrain transfers visual and auditory input to the brain and motor (movement) information from the brain.

Question 20

Medulla Oblongata

Answer 20

The medulla oblongata plays a critical role in transmitting signals between the spinal cord and the higher parts of the brain and in controlling autonomic activities, such as heartbeat and respiration.

Question 21

Blood-Brain Barrier/Perimeter

Answer 21

The purpose of the blood-brain barrier is to protect against circulating toxins or pathogens that could cause brain infections, while at the same time allowing vital nutrients to reach the brain.

Question 22

Cerebrum (New Brain)

Answer 22

The largest part of the brain, the cerebrum initiates and coordinates movement and regulates temperature. Other areas of the cerebrum enable speech, judgment, thinking and reasoning, problem-solving, emotions, and learning. Other functions are related to vision, hearing, touch, and other senses.

Question 23

Diencephalon (Old Brain)

Answer 23

The diencephalon is involved in many crucial bodily functions including coordinating with the endocrine system to release hormones, relaying sensory and motor signals to the cerebral cortex, and regulating circadian rhythms (the sleep-wake cycle).