AP Review - Neuro & Development

Bodily sensations (touch, pressure, and temperature) are processed in which area of the brain?

Underlying Alzheimer's disease is a deterioration in neurons that produce

Wernicke's area is located on which lobe of the brain?

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The successful functioning of children who have experienced a hemispherectomy best illustrate:

During Piaget's sensorimotor stage, children acquire a:

The pons is located between the medulla and other brain areas. It's responsible for what?

The process of imprinting occurs during a brief developmental phase known as

Knowing what you are touching or how hot water is involves which part of the brain?

An awareness that objects continue to exist when out of sight is called:

Which of the following is associated with fight-or-flight?

Which of the following is not part of the limbic system?

Antonio can empathize with his friend's feelings and can take their perspective. He has a(n)

The depolarization of a neural membrane creates a(n)

Piaget held that egocentrism is the characteristic of the _________ stage.

Which part of the brain is responsible for speech production?

The limbic system is responsible for

What is the term for society's expectations for how males and females should behave?

Adjusting one's current schema in order to make sense of new information is

Damage to the cerebellum would most likely result in:

An undersupply of serotonin is most closely linked to

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Dylan damaged his left cerebral hemisphere. Which job could he still do well?

Which of the following would be most useful for detecting the exact location of a brain lesion?

For the unborn children of mothers who smoke heavily, nicotine is a(n):

Kohlberg studied ______ development and Haidt studied the _______ theory. 

What is the correct order of genetic makeup from largest to smallest?

A drug that blocks the reuptake of a particular neurotransmitter is called a(n):

The importance of schemas was most clearly highlighted by

What is another term for a sensory neuron?

What is a slow-acting, long-lasting chemical messenger that travels through the bloodstream?

What part of the brain receives sensory information and relays it to the appropriate area?

Who created the sex role inventory and studied androgyny?

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A person's ability to think speedily and abstractly is called

The ovaries in females and the testes in males are part of the

If a baby has a diminished responsiveness to a repeated stimulus, they have experienced

According to Piaget, what type of learning do humans gain during the formal operational stage?

Harlow's research demonstrated the importance of _____ in social development.

Identical twins originate from the fertilization of ____ egg cells(s) by ____ sperm cell(s).

Neurotransmitters are released from the vesicles located in the knoblike terminals of the

Which part of the brain is affected during a split-brain operation?

Individuals with autism often lack 

Which is the correct order of prenatal development?

Who studied attachment styles using the Strange Situation?

The gland that regulates body growth is the 

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A parent that states, "You will wash the dishes because I said so" represents _______ parenting

When people leave home, get married, have children, and retire is set by a culture's

What is Erikson's first stage of psychosocial development?

Which neurotransmitter is primarily inhibitory?

Ed watches liquid poured from a short glass to a tall & knows it's the same amount. He has

Mr. Frank triggered a rooting reflex in his infant son by touching him on the

The peripheral nervous system most directly controls:

When humans suffer damage to this part of the brain, they can fall into a vegetative state.

Which part of the cerebral cortex is most directly involved in making plans & moral judgments?

Which of the following is an example of a secondary sex characteristics?

Russian psychologist Vygotsky suggested children need _____ from parents to develop cognitively

The regions of the parietal lobes that involved in mathematical/spatial reasoning are known as:

Which of the following is not controlled by the hypothalamus?