Unit 8- Neuropsychology

Question 1

These neurons send messages from the central nervous system to the muscles of the body

Answer 1

Motor Neurons

Question 2

This part of the brain receives sensory input for touch and body position

Answer 2

Parietal Lobe

Question 3

This type of brain scan watches blood flow and oxygen consumption in the brain

Answer 3

fMRI

Question 4

This is a random change in our genes that could lead to a change in our genotype or phenotype

Answer 4

Mutation

Question 5

This part of the brain is involved in controlling our heartbeat and breathing without our conscious awareness

Answer 5

Medulla

Question 6

The ability to process multiple things at different levels of consciousness is referred to as:

Answer 6

Dual Processing

Question 7

This is the space between neural connections where neurotransmitters travel to meet receptors:

Answer 7

Synapse

Question 8

This part of the neuron is where the genetic information is found

Answer 8

Nucleus

Question 9

When a part of our brain is communicating and processing information with another part right next to it, it’s called:

Answer 9

Anatomical Connectivity

Question 10

Our ______ is the manifested traits of an organism

Answer 10

Phenotype

Question 11

The study of environmental influences on gene expression that occur without a DNA change
(activates and deactivates certain traits in the DNA gene)

Answer 11

Epigenetics

Question 12

Evolutionary Psychology

Answer 12

The study of the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of natural selection

Question 13

The study of the relative power and limits of genetics and. environmental influences on behavior

Answer 13

Behavior Genetics

Question 14

Parallel Processing

Answer 14

Processing many aspects of a problem simultaneously

-Doing 2 things at once

Question 15

Sequential Processing

Answer 15

Processing one aspect of a problem at a time

-Taking your full focus onto one thing at a time

Question 16

Our brains ability to create new connections despite an injury or our age

Answer 16

Neuroplasicity

Question 17

Reticular Formation

Answer 17

Nerve network that travels through the brain stem into the thalamus.
-Helps control arousal

Question 18

The brains sensory control center

-Sends information from the brain stem to the cortex and cerebellum

Answer 18

Thalamus

Question 19

Helps in processing sensory input coordinating movement and balance and implicit memory

Answer 19

Cerebellum

Question 20

Amygdala

Answer 20

Influences our motivational/emotional control/fear response to interpretations of nonverbal continual expressions

Question 21

Endocrine System

Answer 21

The body’s “slow” chemical communication system consisting of a set of glands that secretes hormones into the bloodstream

Question 22

Dopamine

Answer 22

• Influences movement and learning
• Attention/Emotion
• Excess is linked to schizophrenia
• Too little is linked to Parkinson’s

Question 23

Neurotransmitter

• Mood, hunger, sleep, arousal
• Too little is linked to depression

Answer 23

Serotonin

Question 24

The sending neuron absorbs back any neurotransmitters left in the synapse

Answer 24

Re-uptake

Question 25

Brain Lesion

Answer 25

Tissue destruction, naturally or experimentally, which can cause disruption in the brain functioning and communication

Question 26

Examples of Brain Lesions

Answer 26

• Lobotomy
• Phineas Gage (railway spike)
• HM (hippocampus removed)

Question 27

What scan shows a visual display of brain activity detecting where a radioactive form of glucose goes when the brain does a specific task

Answer 27

PET

Question 28

Difference between hormone and a neurotransmitter

Answer 28

a hormone is in glands that tell what cells what to do throughout the body
a neurotransmitter works specifically in neurons