Behavioral Science 1.4

Question 1

Thalamus

Answer 1

Except sensory information from the body except for smell and distributes impulses to the appropriate areas of the cerebral cortex

Question 2

The hypothalamus

Answer 2

Maintains the balance within the body by controlling metabolism and body temperature and water balance. (Lateral hypothalamus, ventromedial hypothalamus, and anterior hypothalamus)

Question 3

Lateral hypothalamus

Answer 3

Area in control of signaling eating and drinking in the body

Question 4

Ventromedial hypothalamus

Answer 4

Provides the stop eating signal

Question 5

Anterior hypothalamus

Answer 5

Control sexual behavior sleep and body temperature

Question 6

The posterior pituitary gland

Answer 6

Excretes antidiuretic hormone’s and Oxytocin

Question 7

The pineal gland

Answer 7

Secretes melatonin

Question 8

Basal ganglia

Answer 8

Controls muscle movements in the body

Question 9

Extrapyramidal system

Answer 9

Tracks by location through movement

Question 10

The limbic system

Answer 10

Responsible for emotion and memory(septal nuclei, amygdala, hippocampus).

Question 11

Septal nuclei

Answer 11

Primary pleasure center

Question 12

Amygdala

Answer 12

Associated with defensive and aggressive behaviors

Question 13

Hippocampus

Answer 13

Responsible for the conversion of information into long-term memory

Question 14

Cerebral cortex

Answer 14

Outer most section of the brain most recently developed

Question 15

Gyro and sulci

Answer 15

Bumps and folds

Question 16

Frontal lobe consist of_______&_______

Answer 16

The prefrontal cortex and the motor cortex

Question 17

Prefrontal cortex function

Answer 17

Supervises neurological processes tells the brain when there is something to remember not actually storing data. Example of an association area: information is provided and actions or other memories are then drawn out from the brain.

Question 18

Association area

Answer 18

Combines multiple inputs to make difficult decisions

Question 19

Projection areas

Answer 19

Decisions made based on rudimentary inputs avoiding obstacles with your eyes

Question 20

Primary motor cortex

Answer 20

Initiate voluntary motor movements by sending neural signals(finer motor movements require a larger portions of the brain)

Question 21

Brocas area

Answer 21

Responsible for speech

Question 22

Parietal lobe

Answer 22

Second section of the brain moving back. Includes the somatosensory cortex which is responsible for processing sensory signals for touch pressure temperature in pain allows for spatial manipulation and orientation

Question 23

Occipital lobe

Answer 23

Contains the visual cortex

Question 24

Temporal lobe

Answer 24

It includes the auditory cortex and wernicke’s area. The auditory cortex processes sounds in the Wernicke’s area is responsible for language processing

Question 25

Dominant hemisphere(usually right)

Answer 25

Not necessarily associated with your dominant hand used more heavily when handling human skills like language and logic and math

Question 26

Non-dominant hemisphere(usually right)

Answer 26

Responsible for intuition creativity music cognition and spatial processing processing based on emotion