Psychology - Unit 1 Review

cerbebullum

balance, coordination, and involuntary movement

medulla

automatic survival functions (breathing, heartbeat)

pons

regulates and controls the sleep cycle; involved with dream activity

reticullar formation

attention and alertness

hypothalamus

maintain’s body homeostasis by regulating temperature, weight, appetite, and thirst (homeostasis)

hippocampus

consolidates memories by converting short-term memories into long-term memories

amygdala

regulates fear, emotions, and aggression (emotional processing)

thalamus

relays motor and sensory signal from the body to the brain

frontal lobe

judgement, decision making, personality development

parietal lobe

processes touch, temperature, and pain, spatial awareness, and mathematical reasoning

motor cortext

voluntary body movement

sensory cortex

process sensory inputs and awareness of body position and movement

occipital lobe

visual interpretation

temporal lobe

auditory interpretation

right hemisphere

creativity, imagination, intuition, spatial awareness, left side of body

left hemisphere

logic, language, analytical reasoning, science/math, right side of body

corpus callosum

neurological pathway that communicates messages between the two hemispheres

Broca’s Area

speech production - controls the motor functions and muscle movements required for speech

Wernicke’s Area

speech comprehension - responsible for processing and understanding written and spoken language

circadian rhythm

internal biological clock

neurotically

the brain’s ability to reorganize, change, and adopt its structure, functions, and neural connections throughout a person’s life in response to learning, experience, or injury (our brain is malleable)

prefrontal Cortex

handles higher-level “executive functions” like decision making, planning, or problem-solving, and emotional control