Lobes of the Brain and Child Psychologist Pathway

These flashcards cover important terminology and concepts related to the lobes of the brain and educational pathways for aspiring child psychologists.

Frontal Lobe

Responsible for personality, decision-making, attention, and memory.

Occipital Lobe

Involved in vision, color perception, movement detection, and image recognition.

Parietal Lobe

Processes touch and spatial awareness; the left lobe controls the right side of the body and vice versa.

Temporal Lobe

Involved in hearing, memory, and language understanding.

Amygdala

Associated with processing emotions such as fear, aggression, and anxiety.

Hypothalamus

Regulates hunger, thirst, sex drive, and emotional control.

Thalamus

Acts as a relay station for all senses (except smell) and is important for memory and PTSD.

Hippocampus

Critical for the formation of long-term memories and spatial memory.

Cerebellum

Coordinates movement, balance, and stores long-term motor memory.

Medulla

Controls automatic functions such as heartbeat and breathing.

Corpus Callosum

Connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain.

Midbrain

Involved in movement patterns, sleep, and arousal.

Pons

Regulates sleep, dreaming, and waking processes.

Spinal Cord

Transmits messages between the brain and the body.

Reticular Formation

Filters incoming sensory information and affects alertness.

Cerebral Cortex

The outer layer of the brain responsible for thinking and complex behaviors.

Brainstem

Controls essential survival functions.

AA-T Degree

Associate in Arts for Transfer, a streamlined degree to help students transfer to four-year colleges.

GRE

Graduate Record Examination, a standardized test often required for admission to graduate school.

Cognitive Psychology

The study of mental processes such as perception, memory, and problem-solving.

Psychopathology

The study of mental disorders and abnormal thoughts, behaviors, and feelings.