biopsychology

Question 1

parts of the central nervous system

Answer 1

brain
spinal cord

Question 2

peripheral nervous system

Answer 2

somatic
automatic - parasympathetic & sympathetic

Question 3

what does the brain do

Answer 3

all conscious awareness

Question 4

what does spinal cord do

Answer 4

passes messages to/from the brain and connects nerves to the PNS
responsible for reflex actions

Question 5

what does the somatic nervous system do

Answer 5

controls voluntary movements and receives information from sensory receptors

Question 6

what does the automatic nervous system do

Answer 6

involuntary vital functions

Question 7

what is the automatic nervous system divided into

Answer 7

parasympathetic & sympathetic

Question 8

what is sympathetic responsible for

Answer 8

fight or flight

Question 9

what is the parasympathetic responsible for

Answer 9

rest and digest

Question 10

what does the endocrine system do

Answer 10

controls vital functions in the body

Question 11

what do glands do

Answer 11

secrete hormones which are then transported in the blood

Question 12

what does the pituitary gland do

Answer 12

located in the brain and controls the release of hormones from all other glands in the body

Question 13

what does thyroxine gland do

Answer 13

produce from the thyroid gland
affects cells in heart and metabolism which impacts growth rates

Question 14

what is the order of fight or flight process

Answer 14

hypothalamus&raquo_space; pituitary gland&raquo_space; sympathetic nervous system&raquo_space; adrenal medulla&raquo_space; adrenaline + noradrenaline

Question 15

what does hypothalamus do

Answer 15

detects threat. maintains stability

Question 16

what does the sympathetic nervous system do in fight or flight

Answer 16

stimulates release of adrenaline

Question 17

what does the adrenal medulla do

Answer 17

release adrenaline

Question 18

what happens when in fight or flight

Answer 18

increased heart rate
sweating
nausea
blood vessels dialate

Question 19

3 types of neurons

Answer 19

sensory
relay
motor

Question 20

what do motor neurons do

Answer 20

-controls muscle movements
-when stimulated, they release neurotransmitters that bind to the receptors on muscles to trigger a response, leading

Question 21

what do relay neurons do

Answer 21

allow sensory and motor neurons to communicate

Question 22

what does the sensory neuron do

Answer 22

carry’s messages from the PNS to the CNS
- carry nerve impulses to the spinal cord and brain
- at the brain, they are translated into sensations

Question 23

localisation

Answer 23

the idea that specific parts of the brain have specific functions

Question 24

frontal lobe

Answer 24

motor area
controls voluntary movement

Question 25

parietal lobe

Answer 25

somatosensory area
where sensory information is detected from the skin

Question 26

temporal lobe

Answer 26

auditory area
processes speech based information

Question 27

occipital lobe

Answer 27

visual area
each eye sends bro from the right visual field to the left visual cortex and vice versa

Question 28

left frontal lobe

Answer 28

brocas area
language production

Question 29

left temporal lobe

Answer 29

wernickes area
language comprehension

Question 30

lateralisation

Answer 30

some neural functions ur cognitive processes are specialised to only one side or the brain

Question 31

where is language lateralised

Answer 31

left hemisphere