AP Psych Modules 11 & 12

Damage to the left hemisphere will reduce a person’s ability to

• draw

• solve math problems

• recognize Ms. Bouchard

• recognize NSYNC's "Bye, Bye, Bye"

What is our reward center in the brain?

• hippocampus

• thalamus

• corpus collasum

• hypothalamus

This makes you aggressive

• being HANGRY

• amyglada

• cerebellum

• thalamus

Stimulation to ____ may cause a person to report being touched on their cheek?

• temporal lobe

• somatosensory cortex

• cerebellum

• motor cortex

damage here disrupts speaking

• Wernicke's

• Broca's

Incoming information is processed by both conscious and unconscious tracks.

• split-brain surgery

• cognitive neuroscience

• dual processing

• corpus callosum

What is a common cause of multiple sclerosis?

• Myelin sheath degeneration
• Axon terminals
• Cell body
• Synapse gap

A hemispherectomy is the severing of the _____

• Corpus Callosum
• Brain Stem
• Hippocampus
• Cerebellum

What is the master gland of the brain?

• Hippocampus
• Thalamus
• Pituitary Gland
• Pons

Which organ of the brain controls balance, posture, and coordinates voluntary muscle movement?

• Cerebellum
• Thalamus
• amygdala
• frontal cortex