Parts of the Brain
Literacy Stuff
"P" Words
Statistics and Psychology
Random and Other Stuff
100

The largest portion of the brain

What is the (cerebral) cortex?

100

To improve or update something in writing

What is to revise?

100

The study of the bumps and dips in the human skull

What is phrenology?

100

One thing causes another thing to happen

What is causal?

100

A metal bar used for the setting of explosives

What is a tamping iron

200

The part of the brain that is responsible for breathing and heartbeat

What is the brain stem?

200

Something that is dependable or capable of being trusted

What is reliable?

200

copying of stealing someone else's words or ideas without giving the owner credit

What is plagiarism?

200

When things show relationships or connections

What is correlational?

200

The period of time between puberty and "adulthood"

What is adolescence

300

The area of the cortex that is responsible for decision-making and planning

What is the pre-frontal lobe?

300

To give a short version of something

What is to summarize?

300

Something that is the opposite of what it seems

What is a paradox?

300

To wait to get something you want

What is to delay gratification?

300

the opposite of what is normal or expected (like a two-headed snake)

What is an aberration?

400

A system in the brain that controls emotions and behaviors.  It is fully mature around 12-13 years old.

What is the limbic system?

400

To look and correct errors in spelling and grammar

What is proofreading?

400

To say again using different words

What is to paraphrase?

400

To prove the truth of something

What is to confirm?

400

Skills controlled by the frontal lobe that help people get things done.

What is executive function?

500

The lobe that is responsible for vision.

What is the occipital lobe?
500

Copying or stealing someone else's words or ideas without giving the owner credit

What is plagiarism?

500

A clear or common way of thinking about something

What is a paradigm?

500

Anything relating to human groups and their ways of organizing or communicating

What is social?

500

a type of biology that deals with very small things

What is microbiology?