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1AQA A Level Psychology: Biopsychology Test/
Questions with 100% Verified Answers/
Updated 2024.
What is the central nervous system (CNS)? - Correct Answer - Consists of brain and
spinal cord; origin of all complex commands and decisions.
What is the peripheral nervous system (PNS)? - Correct Answer - Sends info to CNS
from outside world, transmitting messages from CNS to muscles and bodily glands.
Define hemispheric lateralization. - Correct Answer - Certain mental processes and
behaviors are controlled or dominated by one hemisphere rather than the other (as in
the example of language).
Corpus callosum - Correct Answer - A band of neural fibers that connects the left and
right hemispheres of the brain.
Split-brain studies. - Correct Answer - Corpus callosum cut in patients with severe
epilepsy, allowing researchers to investigate the extent to which brain function is
lateralized.
What is the Endocrine System? - Correct Answer - - Network of glands throughout body
that manufacture and secrete hormones
- Uses blood system to deliver hormones to target sites in body
What are Hormones? - Correct Answer - - Chemical messengers that circulate
bloodstream and are carried to target sites
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What is the role of the Pituitary Gland (PG)? - Correct Answer - - Master gland, primary
role is to influence the release of hormones from other glands therefore regulating most
bodily functions
What is the role of the Adrenal Glands? - Correct Answer - - Sit on top of kidneys, each
one made of the adrenal cortex (outer part) and adrenal medulla (inner region)
- Hormones released by adrenal CORTEX are vital for life, unlike ones released by
adrenal medulla
Describing what you see. - Correct Answer - Pictures shown to RVF could be described
but not those to LVF because no language centers in left hemisphere (connected to
RVF).
Recognition by touch. - Correct Answer - Could not describe objects projected to LVF,
but able to select a matching object from a selection of different objects using their left
hand.
fMRI - Correct Answer - Measures brain activity in specific areas by detecting
associated changes in blood flow.
EEG - Correct Answer - A record of the brain wave patterns produced by millions of
neurons, producing characteristic patterns.
ERPs - Correct Answer - Isolating specific responses of neurons to specific stimuli or
tasks.
Post mortem examinations - Correct Answer - Correlating behaviors before death with
brain structures after death.
Circadian rhythms. - Correct Answer - Have cycles that generally occur once every
24hrs.
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