The Brain
Nervous System
Sensation and Perception
Learning and Memory
Potpourri
100

The very front lobe of the brain, used for personality.

What is the frontal lobe?

100

The basic building block of the nervous System. 

What is the neuron?

100

The subjective experience of sensations and how we give meaning to it. 

What is Perception?

100

Where information is held very briefly before further processing. 

What is sensory memory?

100

The ultimate source of truth for Christian psychologists

What is the Bible?

200

Contains the brain and spinal cord.

What is the Central Nervous System?

200

This consists of neurons running throughout the body outside of the brain and spinal cord. 

What is the peripheral nervous System?

200

Chemoreceptors respond to this.

What is chemicals (scent)?

200

This person founded a learning connection between two different stimuli. 

Who is Ivan Pavlov?

200

The primary cause of abnormal thoughts and behaviors according to the Christian Worldview.

What is sin?

300

The outer layer of the forebrain, just under the skull is this. 

What is the cerebral cortex?

300

These exist in the brain and spinal cord, and are used for mental activity.

What is interneurons?

300

The tendency of neurons to become less sensitive to constant stimulus. 

What is sensory adaption?

300

Memory that can tell you facts and dates.

What is explicit memory? 

300
Reflexes and sensations are an example of these.

What are involuntary behaviors?

400

What is shown by an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging). 

What is both structure and activity?

400

This controls voluntary muscle movement

What is the somatic nervous System?

400

Provides the body with knowledge of body position and movement.

What is the kinesthetic system?

400

Students copy behaviors of those around them in this learning model. 

What is social learning?

400

The Disney movie that came out the year Ms. Uporsky was born.

What is Mulan?

500

The electro-chemical process that occurs within and between neurons. 

What is Neurotransmission?

500

This restores the body into a state of rest.

What is the parasympathetic system?

500

The father of humanistic psychology.

Abraham Maslow

500

Learning something to avoid a punishment is known as this.

What is Operant Conditioning?

500

Ms. Uporsky's favorite color

What is green?