The Neuron/Nervous System
This type of neuron takes information like touch, from outside of the body and processes it
What is a sensory neuron
This lobe of the brain processes vision
What is the Occipital Lobe
This field of psychology focuses on the role of biology in mental processes
What is bio-psychology
Sound is interpreted by this cortex
What is the Auditory cortex
This cortex in the brain controls the senses
What is the sensory cortex
What type of neurons carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
What are Motor Neurons?
This lobe of the brain involves both vision and hearing processes
What is the Temporal Lobe
This field of psychology focuses on how traits formed and survived over a long period of time
What is evolutionary psychology
This structure in the brain creates long term memories
What is the Hippocampus?
This lobe of the brain is needed for higher level thinking and planning
What is the frontal lobe
This type of neuron acts as a messaging system transfering info from the other types of neurons to the brain
What are interneurons
Which part of the brain controls feeding, fighting, fleeing, and reproduction urges?
What is the Hypothalamus?
This theory argues whether traits that you are born with or the environment is more important in shaping who you become
What is nature vs nuture
This structure of the brain controls motor movements
What is the motor cortex
This part of the brain acts like a bridge connecting both hemispheres
What is the corpus callosum
Neurons communicate with each other through the following process
What are electro-chemical messages
This part of the brain controls your emotions
What is the amygdala
This theory argues that traits were passed down to family members and animals over thousands of years
What is natural selection
This part of the brain controls oxygen and heart rate
What is the Medulla?
What is the pons
What are recieving, carrying, and passing information to other neurons
This part of the brain is responible for speech production
What is Broca's Area
These are sections of chromesomes within DNA that make up your physical and mental processes
What are genes
This part of the brain acts like a "master switch" controlling hormones in the body
What is the Pituitary Gland
This part of the brain serves as a "relay station" working to transfer messages to other parts
What is the thalamus