Brain Parts

Question 1

Limbic System

Answer 1

Regulates emotion, memory, motivation.

Thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, hippocampus

Question 2

Thalamus

Answer 2

Collects/ integrates sensory info to send to other brain areas

The “gateway”

Question 3

Hypothalamus

Answer 3

Master regulatory structure

Basic biological needs- FOUR Fs

Question 4

Hippocampus

Answer 4

Creation of new memories VIA new neuron connections

Question 5

Amygdala

Answer 5

Associates things in world with certain emotional responses.

MAIN RAGE AND FEAR

Question 6

Spinal chord

Answer 6

Brain body communication

Question 7

Hind Brain

Answer 7

Basic survival functions

Medulla, Pons, and Cerebellum

Question 8

Mid Brain

Answer 8

Movement

Contains neurons that release dopamine
Contains reticular formation

Question 9

Reticular Formation

Answer 9

Reflexes, breathing, pain, sleep, arousal, communication WITHIN brain

Question 10

Medulla

Answer 10

Heartbeat, breathing, reflexes

Question 11

Pons

Answer 11

Sleep and arousal

Question 12

Cerebellum

Answer 12

Voluntary movement, coordination, non-verbal learning and memory

Question 13

Basal Ganglia

Answer 13

Planning/producing/controlling movement, determines course of action once SENSORY info passes through primary (cortex?) and sends to motor cortex

Question 14

Corpus callosum

Answer 14

Connects left and right hemispheres

Question 16

FOUR LOBES?

Answer 16

Parietal, Occipital, Temporal, Frontal

Question 17

Parietal Lobe

Answer 17

Primary sensory cortex

-receives sensory info

Question 18

Occipital Lobe

Answer 18

Primary Visual Cortex

-receives visual info

Question 19

Temporal Lobe

Answer 19

Primary auditory cortex (hearing)
Autobiographical memory
Wernickes Area- Processes speech and language
Fusiform face area- facial recognition

Question 20

Wernickes area

Answer 20

Processes speech and language

Question 22

Fusiform face area

Answer 22

Facial recognition

Question 23

Frontal Lobe

Answer 23

Executive functions, movement and planning (primary motor cortex)
-Prefrontal cortex

Question 24

Prefrontal Cortex

Answer 24

• higher order brain functions
• rational thought, reasoning, decision making, apathy, sense of self
• executive functions (coordination of entire brain, integration of thought processes)
• Broca’s Area

Question 25

Broca’s Area

Answer 25

If not working, hinders ability to form speech and communicate (tan tan tan tan tan)

Question 26

Pituitary Gland

Answer 26

Regulates other endocrine glands

Question 27

Left hemisphere

Answer 27

Fine tuned language skills, speech production/comprehension, facial expressions, motion detection

Question 28

Right Hemisphere

Answer 28

Course language skills, simple speech, other stuff who knows

Question 29

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Answer 29

Electrodes on scalp, measure electric activity waves

Question 30

Position Emission Tomography (PET)

Answer 30

Visual location of radioactive glucose when brain performs tasks. (Shows which part of brain is associated with what actions)

Question 31

Magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI)

Answer 31

Pics of brain anatomy with magnetic fields

Question 32

Functional MRI (FMRI)

Answer 32

Successive MRIs compared to show brain activity, evidenced by 02 in blood flow

Question 33

Synaptic cleft

Answer 33

Space between neurons

Question 34

Neuron Types

Answer 34

Sensory, Motor, Interneurons

Question 35

Neurotransmitters

Answer 35

Chemical messages (outside of neurons) Emotion, thought, or behavior

Question 36

Agonist

Answer 36

Mimic/enhance actions of NTs

Question 37

Antagonists

Answer 37

Inhibit/block NTs

Question 38

Glutamate

Answer 38

Main excitatory NT Enhances action potential Sensory info&learning *too much over excites brain, associated with schizophrenia

Question 39

GABA

Answer 39

Main inhibitory NT Inhibits action potential Helps sleep, anxiety, intoxication

Question 40

Acetylcholine

Answer 40

Motor function | Attention, memory, sleep

Question 41

Norepinephrine

Answer 41

(Adrenaline) | Arousal, alertness, mood, hunger

Question 42

Serotonin

Answer 42

Emotional state, sleep cycle, impulse control, temperature regulation *low amounts associated with depression

Question 43

Dopamine

Answer 43

Reward and motivation, Motor control over voluntary movement, frontal lobe activity Helps with survival stuff

Question 44

Endorphins

Answer 44

Pain reduction, rewards

Question 45

Central Nervous System

Answer 45

The Brain and Spinal Chord

Question 46

Peripheral Nervous System

Answer 46

Somatic and Autonomic

Question 47

Somatic

Answer 47

PNS.. conveys info from brain to rest of body, controlling and coordinating VOLUNTARY movements

Question 48

Autonomic

Answer 48

PNS.. Involuntary movements - sympathetic - parasympathetic

Question 49

Sympathetic

Answer 49

PNS-> Autonomic -> this. Crisis, fight or flight

Question 50

Parasympathetic

Answer 50

PNS-> autonomic-> this. -rest and digestion

Question 51

Freud

Answer 51

Psychoanalysis, analyzing unconscious/psyche

Question 52

Behavioralism

Answer 52

Pavlov, Skinner, Watson All that matters is what you see and how you behave (fuck your psyche, Freud)

Question 53

Humanism

Answer 53

Maslow UR gr8!!! Think about where ur goin!! You're inherently good bby UwU

Question 54

Cognitivism

Answer 54

U know what...... we probably like,,, use our brains and...,.,. Thi.nk,,,,,

Question 55

Operational definition

Answer 55

Crystal clear explanation of hypothesis (Ex: instead of "i think they'll stand up more" u say "I think they'll stand up 3 times more than the average of 1 time" or "I think they'll stand up twice as often than the average")

Question 59

Forebrain

Answer 59

Motivation, emotion, complex thought

Question 61

Cerebral cortex

Answer 61

Controls complex thought process