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Harris Psychology test 2
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
02/23/2012

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Excitatory Message
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Increase the chance of a neuron firing
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Inhibitory message
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Decreases the chance of a neuron firing
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CT Scan and MRI scan
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What two imaging scans show the structure of the brain
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fMRI and PET
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What two imaging scans show the function of the brain
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Hind brain functions
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Vital functions
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Mid brain functions
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Sensory functions
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Fore brain functions
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Emotional functions and complex thought
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Hind brain parts
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Medulla, pons and cerebellum
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Fore brain parts
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Thalmus, hypothalmus, cerebrum and cerebral cortex, and the limbic system
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Medulla tasks
Definition
Regulates heart, breathing and reflexes
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Pons tasks
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Sleep and arousal
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Cerebellum tasks
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Posture, balance, coordination
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Thalmus tasks
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Handles sensory information
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Hyposthalmus tasks
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handles biological drives such as hunger, mating, fight or flight
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Limbic system tasks
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Is the emotional center of the brain, and regulates learning, motivation and memory
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Cerebrum tasks
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Higher mental processes
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Temporal Lobe
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Auditory area of the cerebral cortex
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Occipital Lobe
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Visual area of the cerebral cortex
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Parietal lobe
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Kinesthetic area of the cerebral cortex: movement, skin senses,
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Parts of the frontal lobe
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Prefrontal Cortex and Motor Cortex
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Corpus Collasum
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Connects the right and left sides fo the brain
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Wernicke's Area
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Area of the left hemisphere for understanding language
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Broca's Area
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Area of the left hemisphere for speech
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