Anatomy and Function of the Human Brain: A Comprehensive Guide, Quizzes of Psychology

Download Anatomy and Function of the Human Brain: A Comprehensive Guide and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Three Parts of the Brain DEFINITION 1 Hindbrain, midbrain, forebrain TERM 2 Hindbrain DEFINITION 2 Where the spinal cord plugs into the brain.Very back of the brainControls basic bodily functionsAlso called brain stem TERM 3 Midbrain DEFINITION 3 Towards middle/inside of the brainControls memory, emotional regulation/experience TERM 4 Forebrain DEFINITION 4 Takes up 75% of human brainControls ability to move around, to speak, to understandAll the psychological events that psychologists are really interested in happen here TERM 5 Cerebral Cortex DEFINITION 5 Wrinkly "bark" covering of the brain - where most interesting things happen2 hemispheres, each divided into four lobes TERM 6 Occipital Lobe DEFINITION 6 Small, back part of the brainUses the most energyVision is controlled here - visual cortex, along with where you think you see dreamsAt back of skull behind occipital bone TERM 7 Parietal Lobe DEFINITION 7 Part of your brain that responds to your sense of touchSomatosensory cortex is stimulatedUnder parietal bones of skullBehind central fissure TERM 8 Frontal Lobes DEFINITION 8 Contains motor cortex - motor movementAttaches to the motor nerves of your bodyAt front of headIn front of central fissure TERM 9 Temporal Lobe DEFINITION 9 Contains auditory cortex for hearingBehind temples TERM 10 Plasticity DEFINITION 10 When part of the brain is damaged and other parts learn to compensate TERM 21 Blindsight DEFINITION 21 Blind and does not have a conscious experience of visionOnly experienced by people with problem in their visual cortex (cortical blindness)Can still detect motion TERM 22 Split Brain Surgery DEFINITION 22 When corpus collosum (big wire connecting two side) is disconnected TERM 23 Sleep DEFINITION 23 Necessary for survival (biologically)Altered state of consciousness (psychologically) or a journey through 5 levels of consiousness TERM 24 Normal State of Consciousness DEFINITION 24 Being aware of your immediate surroundingsAltered by daydreaming and drugs TERM 25 Circadian Rhythm DEFINITION 25 Your biological clock which fluctuates on about a daily cycleBody temp is several degrees lower when sleeping - related to when you feel sleepy and when you wake up TERM 26 Sleep Cycle DEFINITION 26 Cyclical phenomenon that happens while you are asleepWhen you go to sleep, your brain repeatedly goes through 5 stages of consciousness (1-4 are non REM, 5 is REM stage)Occurs about every 90 min TERM 27 Stage 1 DEFINITION 27 Light sleep stage - more connected to things around you, easier to wake, when you just fall asleepReplaced by REM in cycle after first timeDreams have to do with feelings (like falling) TERM 28 Stage 4 DEFINITION 28 Deep sleep stage - difficult to wake someone upDreams are rare, but are more like a photographWhen sleep walking occursGets shorter as night goes on TERM 29 REM Sleep DEFINITION 29 Also called paradoxical sleep - characteristics of 1 and 4Difficult to wake (large muscles are paralyzed)Brain waves look like 1 or awakeDreaming occurs - actions that you watch happenGets longer as night goes on (30 to 50 min) TERM 30 Dream Logic DEFINITION 30 Things make perfect sense while dreaming that wouldn't in real life TERM 31 Lucid Dreaming DEFINITION 31 Being aware that you are dreaming and being able to control your dreams TERM 32 Sleep Spindles and K-Complexes DEFINITION 32 Found in stage 2. People w/ sleep issues and recovering alcoholics have trouble getting past this stage TERM 33 Delta Waves DEFINITION 33 <50% means in Stage 3>50% means in Stage 4 TERM 34 Slow Wave Sleep DEFINITION 34 When stage 3 and 4 are combined TERM 35 Insomnia DEFINITION 35 Disorders initiating and maintaining sleep