Honors Psych Final Exam Review

Which lobe of the brain is located towards the back of the brain?

• Frontal lobe

• Parietal lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Occipital lobe

The parietal lobe controls which primary functions?

• Reasoning, decision making, motor skills

• Processing tactile sensory information

• Interpreting sounds and language

• Interpreting visual stimuli

What crosses the synaptic cleft to pass along a chemical message to the next neuron?

• Myelin

• Axons

• Neurotransmitters

• Glial cells

Which part of the nervous system keeps your body’s function regulated and stable, especially after a stressful event?

• Somatic System

• Parasympathetic System

• Sympathetic System

• Sensitivity System

What part of the brain attaches the two hemispheres together?

• Limbic system

• Corpus Callosum

• Hypothalamus

• Temporal lobe

The part of the hindbrain that controls such functions as breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure is the:

• pons.

• medulla.

• cerebellum.

The structure in the central core of the brain that relays and translates sensory information is the:

• corpus collosum.

• hypothalamus.

• thalamus.

Which part of a neuron picks up incoming messages?

• myelin sheath

• axon

• dendrite

• terminal button (axon terminal)

Which lobe of the brain is the visual processing center of the brain?

• frontal

• temporal

• parietal

• occipital

Which lobe of the brain is associated with executive functions such as planning and goal-directed behavior; responsible for advanced decision-making processes?

• frontal

• temporal

• parietal

• occipital