AP Psych Unit 3 Review

In transmitting sensory information to the brain, an electrical signal travels from the ________ of a single neuron.

• cell body to the axon to the dendrites
• dendrites to the axon to the cell body
• axon to the cell body to the dendrites
• dendrites to the cell body to the axon

Controls arousal  (sleepiness and awakefulness)

• Reticular Formation
• Thalamus
• Amygdala
• Medulla

Known as the "Little Brain" and is in charge of balance and coordinating movements

• Thalamus
• Reticular Formation
• Hypothalamus
• Cerebellum

Damage this and you won't form new memories

• Hypothalamus
• Hippocampus
• Amygdala
• Thalamus

Controls motivational behaviors, including: feeding, fight-flight response, and fornicating

• Hippocampus
• Amygdala
• Reticular Formation
• Hypothalamus

Wrinkled part of the brain's surface where the body processes information

• Forebrain
• Cerebral Cortex
• Corpus Callosum
• Cerebellum

Brain hemisphere associated with spatial abilities and recognizing others faces

• Left Hemisphere
• Right Hemisphere

The split-brain procedure involves the cutting of this

• Cerebral Cortex
• Cerebellum
• Corpus Callosum
• Caudate Nucleus

Shows brain function by using a radioactive glucose solution (active neurons love glucose)

• MRI
• CT Scan
• PET Scan
• fMRI

The ability of brain tissue to take on new functions, usually occurs after parts of the brain have been damaged

• Neurogenesis
• Brain Plasticity
• Somatic Regeneration
• Stem Cell Lesions