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Brain Quiz Practice (IB Psychology)

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
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1.

An fMRI scan allows psychologists to see...

a)

Brain activity when performing tasks

b)

Only the structure of the brain

c)

How Neurons are connected to one another

2.

Brain Plasticity refers to the process of...

a)

Removing neural connections that are not used.

b)

The formation of new neural networks.

c)

The birth of new Neurons

d)

Calming Your Brain.

3.

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

a)

Brain plasticity

b)

Neurogenesis

c)

Erasing

d)

Pruning

4.

The part of the brain associated with STRESS

a)

Frontal Lobe

b)

Amygdala

c)

Striatum

d)

Hippocampus

5.

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

a)

Frontal Lobe

b)

Amygdala

c)

Striatum

d)

Hippocampus

6.

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

a)

Frontal Lobe

b)

Amygdala

c)

Striatum

d)

Hippocampus

7.

The part of the brain associated with Rewards and Motivation

a)

Frontal Lobe

b)

Amygdala

c)

Striatum

d)

Hippocampus

8.

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

a)

A Highly Developed Frontal Lobe and Under Developed Striatum

b)

An Underdeveloped Frontal Lobe and Highly Developed Striatum

c)

An Underdeveloped Frontal Lobe and Underdeveloped Striatum

d)

A Highly Developed Frontal Lobe and Highly Developed Striatum

9.

Localization of Function refers to the idea that...

a)

We only use 10% of our brain.

b)

Our brains are always changing and developing throughout our lives.

c)

Different parts of the brain are responsible for different behaviors.

d)

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

10.

Myelination is the process where...

a)

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

b)

When neural networks are eliminated because they are not used.

c)

New neurons are developed in the brain.

d)

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

11.

A MRI scan allows neuroscientists to see...

a)

The activity within the brain.

b)

The structure of the brain.

c)

The individual neurons in the brain.

d)

The electrical pulses in the brain.

12.

Dopamine is a chemical in the brain that is most closely related to what behavior in the teenagers?

a)

Forming Social Bonds

b)

Pruning Memories

c)

Sleeping

d)

Reward Seeking Behavior

13.

Cortisol is a hormone in the body most closely related with which behavior?

a)

Forming Social Bonds

b)

Stress Reactions

c)

Sleep

d)

Reward Seeking Behavior