biopsychology: the brain

Question 1

phrenology (wrongheaded theory)

Answer 1

bumps on the skull represented mental abilities

Question 2

Phineas Gage

Answer 2

had a rod damage his frontal lobes, damaging his personality

Question 3

brainstem

Answer 3

automatic survival functions

Question 4

parts of the brainstem

Answer 4

medulla, pons, reticular formation, thalamus, cerebellum

Question 5

medulla

Answer 5

heartbeat and breathing

Question 6

pons

Answer 6

sleep

Question 7

reticular formation

Answer 7

arousal, alertness, consciousness

Question 8

thalamus

Answer 8

directs messages to sensory areas

Question 9

cerebellum

Answer 9

coordinates voluntary movements and balance

Question 10

limbic system

Answer 10

emotions such as fear, aggression, drives for food, hunger, sex

Question 11

parts of limbic system

Answer 11

pituitary gland, amygdala, hypothalamus, hippocampus

Question 12

pituitary gland

Answer 12

“master gland”. produces growth hormone

Question 13

amygdala

Answer 13

fear and anger

Question 14

hypothalamus

Answer 14

maintenance. eating, drinking, body temp, control of emotions

Question 15

hippocampus

Answer 15

memory

Question 16

corpus callosum

Answer 16

connects left and right hemispheres. passes info back and forth

Question 17

cerebral cortex

Answer 17

control and info processing center

Question 18

frontal lobe

Answer 18

speaking, movement, judgement, making plans

Question 19

parietal lobes

Answer 19

sensory: touch, body position

Question 20

occipital lobe

Answer 20

visual info from opposite field

Question 21

temporal lobe

Answer 21

auditory info from opposite ear

Question 22

motor cortex

Answer 22

voluntary movements

Question 23

sensory cortex

Answer 23

info from skin and sense organs

Question 24

plasticity

Answer 24

brains ability to modify itself after injury / illness

Question 25

phantom limb

Answer 25

feeling like a lost limb is still there due to severed nerves becoming sensitive