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Questions and slides about the brain and brain development.
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1
What part of the brain is still developing (until age 25) in adolescents?
Limbic System
Frontal Lobes
Brain Stem
Cerebellum
2
Which statement is
NOT
true about higher mental functions?
Some brain areas have primary control.
They take place in one location in the brain.
They are a combination of automatic and conscious brain activity.
They are difficult to map.
3
In what brain system do most functions occur without conscious effort?
Limbic system
Cerebral Cortex
Older brain structures
4
On the day you are born, you have most of your nerve cells.
False
True
5
What is
not
part of the limbic system?
Amygdala
Hippocampus
Frontal Lobe
Hypothalamus
6
What is the oldest and innermost region of the brain?
Reticular Formation
Cerebellum
Thalamus
Brain Stem
7
The hippocampus aids in memory consolidation.
False
True
8
What lobe of the cerebral cortex contains the motor cortex, which helps with voluntary movement?
Frontal
Parietal
Occipital
Temporal
9
If you stimulate the somatosensory cortex, different parts of the body will move involuntarily.
False
True
10
In adulthood, what part of brain functioning begin to experience decline?
Reaction Time
Memory
Sensation
All of the Above
11
The cerebellum enables nonverbal learning and skill memory.
False
True
12
What from the following is associated with the
left hemisphere
of the brain?
Intuitions
Speaking and Language
Self-Awareness
Perceptual Tasks
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What is
NOT
an example of an
association area
in the
cerebral cortex
?
The parietal lobes are responsible for spatial reasoning.
An area in our right temporal lobe helps us to recognize faces.
The basal ganglia helps to remember procedural motor skills.
The prefrontal cortex enables judgement and planning.
