Psychology CHP.5

Question 1

hindbrain

Answer 1

contains medulla, the pons, and the cerebellum

Question 2

midbrain

Answer 2

coordinates movement, sleep and arousal

Question 3

forebrain

Answer 3

contains frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, occipital lobe

• forebrain consists of the cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothalamus (part of the limbic system)
• regulates bodily activities that are vital for survival

Question 4

medulla

Answer 4

heartbeat, breathing, vital body functions

Question 5

pons

Answer 5

movement, sleeping, dreams, waking

Question 6

cerebellum

Answer 6

perception, cognition, balance, fine muscle control

Question 7

hypothalamus

Answer 7

emotions and instinctive drives

Question 8

reticular formation

Answer 8

motor control, sensory control, visceral control, and control of consciousness.

Question 9

thalamus

Answer 9

relays motor and sensory signals to the cerebral cortex

Question 10

cerebral cortex

Answer 10

• the outer layer of the brain
• higher mental processes
• responsible for thinking, perceiving, producing and understanding language

Question 11

amygdala

Answer 11

emotional memory, aggression and fear

Question 12

hippocampus

Answer 12

long term memory and spatial orientation

Question 13

brainstem

Answer 13

survival reflex responses

Question 14

corpus callosum

Answer 14

connects the left and right hemisphere of the cerebral cortex

Question 15

limbic system

Answer 15

contains hippocampus, amygdala

Question 16

temporal lobe

Answer 16

hearing, language, visual recognition

Question 17

frontal lobe

Answer 17

abstract thought, social skills, planning

Question 18

parietal lobe

Answer 18

touch, non-verbal thought, spatial orientation

Question 19

occipital lobe

Answer 19

vision

Question 20

broca’s area

Answer 20

speech, grammar (speech production and articulation)

Question 21

Wernicke’s area

Answer 21

comprehension of language

Question 22

primary somatosensory cortex

Answer 22

receives tactile information from the body

Question 23

primary motor cortex

Answer 23

controls movement of the body

Question 24

central fissure

Answer 24

separates the frontal and parietal lobes of each hemisphere

Question 25

primary auditory cortex

Answer 25

processes auditory information

Question 26

primary visual cortex

Answer 26

detection of visual stimuli

Question 27

Contralateral organisation

Answer 27

the hemispheres of the brain control the contralateral (opposite) sides of the body

Question 28

Hemispheric specialisation

Answer 28

his is the idea that one hemisphere has specialised functions, or that it exerts greater control over a particular function

Question 29

primary cortex for the parietal lobe

Answer 29

primary somatosensory cortex

Question 30

primary cortex for the occipital lobe

Answer 30

primary visual cortex

Question 31

primary cortex for the temporal lobe

Answer 31

primary auditory cortex

Question 32

primary cortex for the frontal lobe

Answer 32

prefrontal cortex + motor cortex

Question 33

three prominent hindbrain structures

Answer 33

cerebellum, medulla, pons

Question 34

prefrontal cortex

Answer 34

problem solving, emotion, complex thought

Question 35

sensory association area

Answer 35

processing multisensory information

Question 36

motor association area

Answer 36

coordination of complex movement

Question 37

auditory association area

Answer 37

complex processing of auditory information

Question 38

visual association area

Answer 38

complex processing of visual stimuli