Unit 1 study guide

Question 1

measures of central tendency

Answer 1

The mean, median, and mode

Question 2

Mode

Answer 2

The most common number in a sequel

Question 3

Median

Answer 3

The number that is in the middle of the largest and smallest number in a sequel

Question 4

Mean

Answer 4

The total of all the numbers added together in a sequel

Question 5

Natural selection

Answer 5

where are living organisms adapt to change in the environment

Question 6

Cerebral cortex

Answer 6

Responsible for higher level processing including language, memory, and decision-making

Question 7

Frontal lobe

Answer 7

Ability to plan, organize, and have social skills also key part of your personality

Question 8

Occipital lobe

Answer 8

The part of your brain that processes what you see

Question 9

Temporal lobe

Answer 9

it helps you understand the world around you, communicate with others, processes, feelings, and EMOTION and stores MEMORIES

Question 10

Medulla

Answer 10

Controls heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure

Question 11

Reticular activating system

Answer 11

A network of neurons in the brain system that regulate sleep wake cycle, Arousal, and attention (it tells you when your awake or asleep)

Question 12

Cerebellum

Answer 12

Controls your balance. Located in the back of the head between the cerebellum and brain stem

Question 13

Thalamus

Answer 13

Relays sensory information and sleep awareness and awakness

Question 14

Hypothalamus

Answer 14

Controls, body temperature, heart rate, and hunger

Question 15

Sympathetic nervous system

Answer 15

Controls or fight or flight response

Question 16

Parasympathetic nervous system

Answer 16

responsible for the bodies digestion, and rest response from the body is relaxed, resting, or feeding.

Question 17

sequence of the reflex arc

Answer 17

sensory neurons in electrical impulses to relay a neuron, which is located in the spinal cord

Question 18

Action potential

Answer 18

transmits information from one part of the brain to the other

Question 19

Neurotransmitters

Answer 19

carries messages from one nerve cell across a space to the next nerve or muscle

Question 20

Hemispheric specialization

Answer 20

The different roles, the left and right side of the brain have during a specific neural task or behavior

Question 21

Left hemisphere

Answer 21

responsible for language and speech, also known as the dominant hemisphere

Question 22

Right hemisphere

Answer 22

Controls, creativity, artistic ability and musical skills

Question 23

Brocas area

Answer 23

Deals with articulate speech

Question 24

Wernickes area

Answer 24

responsible for language comprehension