UNIT 2 LESSON 3

Question 1

the conscious and unconscious processing of information
simultaneously

Answer 1

dual processing

Question 2

the outermost layer of our brain containing four lobes

Answer 2

cortical region

Question 3

the last area of the brain to fully develop and connect; responsible for the majority of one’s creativity, problem-solving, abstract thinking, and personality

Answer 3

prefrontal cortex

Question 4

the ability to resist urges and thoughts that offer short-term benefits rather than long-term

Answer 4

impulse control

Question 5

A dynamite accident sent a metal rod through his frontal cortex–he was perfectly healthy, but now more abrasive, ill-tempered personality

Answer 5

Phineas Gage

Question 6

responsible for the interaction
of our thoughts, memories, problem-solving, and
personalities, and are networked without a fixed
function

Answer 6

cerebrum

Question 7

responsible for interpreting, integrating, and acting on sensory info and linking it with stored memories

Answer 7

Association Areas

Question 8

memories and experiences over time that our cerebrum can interact with, and provide us with more, efficient thinking

Answer 8

working memory

Question 9

a disorder in which the parts of the brain that recognize features has been damaged, we can no longer remember or
recognize faces

Answer 9

prosopagnosia

Question 10

the idea that some functions are more dominant in one side of the brain

Answer 10

hemispheric specialization

Question 11

deals with roughly speaking, with mastery and organization of what we already know

Answer 11

left hemisphere

Question 12

deals more with exploring new ideas or concepts we don’t
understand (things like creativity, and complex & inferential thought)

Answer 12

right hemisphere

Question 13

visual fields and motor functions run by the opposite
hemisphere of the brain

Answer 13

brain lateralization

Question 14

area the two hemispheres of the brain can communicate through

Answer 14

corpus callosum

Question 15

the brain’s ability to change across one’s life or mend itself after damage by developing new or alternative neural pathways from existing neurons

Answer 15

Plasticity

Question 16

the brain can slowly create small amounts of new neurons

Answer 16

neurogenesis

Question 17

the area in the left hemisphere that controls language expression

Answer 17

Broca’s area

Question 18

the inability to understand or
formulate language

Answer 18

aphasia

Question 19

damaged areas in the brain

Answer 19

lesions

Question 20

controls language reception & plays a key role in language development; located in the temporal lobe on the left hemisphere

Answer 20

Wernicke’s area

Question 21

traits that allow populations to reproduce, expand, and survive are passed on to subsequent generations

Answer 21

natural selection

Question 22

one’s character, interests, temperament—are largely genetic

Answer 22

personality

Question 23

despite not even knowing their biological parents, the personality of children tends to reflect biological parents rather than adoption parents

Answer 23

Adoption studies

Question 24

tend to demonstrate large
similarities in personality

Answer 24

identical twins studies

Question 25

exhibits behavior differences at the same rate of non-twin
siblings

Answer 25

fraternal twins

Question 26

clusters in a genetic
clusters within our DNA

Answer 26

alleles

Question 27

environment can impact the
actual genes and DNA of organisms—particularly during gestation

Answer 27

interaction

Question 28

stress, diet, and drugs or chemicals can act as activators or deactivators, and change a gene’s expression

Answer 28

epigenetics