Brain Quiz Practice (IB Psychology)

An fMRI scan allows psychologists to see...

• Brain activity when performing tasks

• Only the structure of the brain

• How Neurons are connected to one another

Brain Plasticity refers to the process of...

• Removing neural connections that are not used.

• The formation of new neural networks.

• The birth of new Neurons

• Calming Your Brain.

When Neural Networks are not used they are removed through the process of...

• Brain plasticity

• Neurogenesis

• Erasing

• Pruning

The part of the brain associated with STRESS

• Frontal Lobe

• Amygdala

• Striatum

• Hippocampus

The part of the brain associated with Decision Making and Social Judgments

• Frontal Lobe

• Amygdala

• Striatum

• Hippocampus

The part of the brain associated with the formation of Memories.

• Frontal Lobe

• Amygdala

• Striatum

• Hippocampus

The part of the brain associated with Rewards and Motivation

• Frontal Lobe

• Amygdala

• Striatum

• Hippocampus

The teenage brain is known to have a structure that includes...

• A Highly Developed Frontal Lobe and Under Developed Striatum

• An Underdeveloped Frontal Lobe and Highly Developed Striatum

• An Underdeveloped Frontal Lobe and Underdeveloped Striatum

• A Highly Developed Frontal Lobe and Highly Developed Striatum

Localization of Function refers to the idea that...

• We only use 10% of our brain.

• Our brains are always changing and developing throughout our lives.

• Different parts of the brain are responsible for different behaviors.

• Our brains learn by forming neural connections that are strengthen through repeated use.

Myelination is the process where...

• Fat builds around neural pathways to speed them up when they are used repeatedly.

• When neural networks are eliminated because they are not used.

• New neurons are developed in the brain.

• a person has lost the functioning of one part of their brain.