Unit 2: Brain Structures TEST REVIEW

What is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)?

• A neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated head trauma

• A type of brain surgery
• A form of dementia unrelated to head injuries
• A psychological disorder

What is the frontal lobe responsible for?

• higher cognitive functions, voluntary movement, and speech production

• Controlling reflex actions
• Processing visual information
• Regulating heart rate and blood pressure

What is the temporal lobe responsible for?

• Regulating body temperature
• processing auditory information, language comprehension, and memory

• Controlling motor functions
• Processing visual information

What is the temporal lobe responsible for?

• Regulating body temperature
• Controlling motor functions
• Processing visual information
• Processing auditory information, language comprehension, and memory

What is the occipital lobe responsible for?

• Processing auditory information.
• Processing visual information.
• Controlling motor functions.
• Regulating body temperature.

How many lobes do we have in our brain?

• 3
• 6
• 4
• 2

What lobe is the Prefrontal Cortex in?

• temporal lobe
• occipital lobe
• parietal lobe
• frontal lobe

An individual realizes that when they touch a hot stove, they feel no pain. Which lobe has malfunctioned?

• frontal lobe
• temporal lobe
• parietal lobe
• occipital lobe

A 13-year-old individual makes irrational decisions and does not understand how to process events. Which lobe has not fully developed yet?

• frontal lobe (& prefrontal cortex!)

• parietal lobe
• temporal lobe
• occipital lobe

An individual struggles to process and interpret visual data. The same individual struggles with depth and distance perception. Which lobe is malfunctioning?

• parietal lobe
• occipital lobe
• temporal lobe
• frontal lobe