AP Psych Mods 12 & 13

Front

What is the largest region of the brain, which is divided into a left and right hemisphere?

Back

cerebrum

Front

Which part of the brain helps to store long term memories and controls movement in the body?

Back

Frontal Lobes

Front

During a science class, Abigail, Maya, and Aria were learning about the human brain. They learned about a part of the brain that helps them interpret sensory information, pain, movement, and orientation. Can you identify which part of the brain they learned about?

Back

Parietal Lobes

Front

During a neuroscience class, Elijah, Scarlett, and Luna learn about a lobe that helps them recognize faces and objects, process language, new memories, and emotions. Which lobe are they learning about?

Back

Temporal Lobe

Front

During a biology class, Daniel learns that one of the lobes in the human brain helps receive and process information from the eyes. Which lobe is it?

Back

Occipital Lobe

Front

The corpus callosum

Back

is a thick band of nerve fibres linking the two hemispheres of the brain

Front

Which of the following statements is true? Options: Each hemisphere's functions are fixed and cannot be performed by the other hemisphere, The right hemisphere mostly specialises in verbal functions, while the left hemisphere specialises in non-verbal functions, Both hemispheres operate quite independently, We usually draw on both hemipsheres to perform most functions

Back

We usually draw on both hemipsheres to perform most functions

Front

When a basketball player shoots a basket, which part of the brain sends the message instructing her to raise her shooting arm?

Back

the motor cortex

Front

A neurosurgeon electrically stimulated parts of a patient's primary somatosensory cortex. If the patient was conscious during the procedure, which of the following was probably experienced? Options: 'hearing' faint sounds, 'seeing' random visual patterns, a sense of having skin touched, movement of one or more of the larger body parts

Back

a sense of having skin touched

Front

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex governs perceiving objects in space, understanding symbols and numbers, and integrating sensory information?

Back

Parietal Lobe