.png){kind=logo}
PDF Download
FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MODULE
11 AP PSYCH EXAM QUESTIONS
Qs and Ans Expert- Explanation
This Exam contains:
-Guarantee passing score -18 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert- Explanation
Question 1: Cerebellum
Answer:
The "little brain" at the rear of the brain stem, functions include processing sensory input, coordinating movement output and balance and enabling nonverbal learning and memory
Question 2: Hippocampus
Answer:
A neural center located in the limbic system, help process for storage explicit memories of facts and events
Question 3: CT scan
Answer:
A series of X-ray photographs taken from different angles and combined by computer into a composite representation of a slice of the brain structure
Question 4: Lesion
Answer:
Tissue destruction. A brain lesion is a naturally or experimentally caused destruction of brain tissue
Question 5: Medulla
Answer:
The base of the brain stem, controls heartbeat and breathing
Question 6: MEG
Answer:
A brain imaging technique that measures magnetic fields from the brain's natural electrical activity
Question 7: Limbic system
Answer:
Neural system located below the cerebral hemispheres, associated with emotions and drivers
Question 8: MRI
Answer:
A technique that uses magnetic field and radio waves to produce computer-gene images of soft tissue
Question 9: Reticular formation
Answer:
A nerve network that travels through the brainstem into the thalamus and plays an important role in controlling arousal
Question 10: Spinal cord
Answer:
This is the pathway for neural fibers traveling to and from brain controls simple reflexes
Question 11: Thalamus
Answer:
The brain's sensory control center located on top of the brain stem
Question 12: Brain stem
Answer:
The oldest part of the brain and central core of the brain, beginning where the spinal cord swells as it enters the skull
Question 13: Pet Scan
Answer:
A visual display of brain activity that detects where a raidioactive form of glucose goes while the brain preforms a given task
Question 14: Hypothalamus
Answer:
A neural structure lying below the thalamus, it directs several maintenance activities
Question 15: FMRI
Answer:
A technique for revealing blood flow and therefore, brain activity by comparing successive MRI scans
Question 16: EEG
Answer:
An amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity sweeping across the brain's surface
Question 17: Amygdala
Answer:
two lima-bean-sized neural clusters in the limbic system
Question 18: Pons
Answer:
Helps assists the cerebellum to coordinate voluntary movements
.png)