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AQA A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGYBIOPSYCHOLOGY QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Localisation fof ffunction f- f✔✔Theory fthat fstates fthat fdifferent fareas fof fthe fbrain fare
fresponsible ffor fdifferent fbehaviours, fprocesses for factivities.
Motor farea f- f✔✔Back fof ffrontal flobe, finvolved fin fregulating fmovement.
Somatosensory farea f- f✔✔Front fof fboth fparietal flobes, fprocesses fsensory finformation
fsuch fas ftouch.
Parts fof fthe fbrain: fVisual farea. f- f✔✔Occipital flobe, freceives fand fprocesses fvisual
finformation.
Parts fof fthe fbrain: fAuditory farea. f- f✔✔Temporal flobe, fanalyses fspeech-based
finformation.
Parts fof fthe fbrain: fLanguage fareas. f- f✔✔Broca's farea, ffrontal flobe fin fthe fleft
fhemisphere f= fspeech fproduction.
Wernicke's farea, ftemporal flobe fin fthe fleft fhemisphere f= flanguage fcomprehension.
Define fplasticity. f- f✔✔Brain's ftendency fto fchange fand fadapt f(functionally fand
fphysically) fas fa fresult fof fexperience fand fnew flearning.
What ffive fthings fmust fbe fused fto fevaluate flocalisation fof ffunction? f- f✔✔Brain fscan
fevidence, fneurological fevidence, fcase fstudy fevidence, fLashley's fresearch fand
fplasticity fand fthe fequipotentiality ftheory.
Synaptic fpruning. f- f✔✔As fwe fage, frarely fused fconnections fare fdeleted fand
ffrequently fused fconnections fare fstrengthened.
Axonal fsprouting. f- f✔✔Undamaged faxons fgrow fnew fnerve fendings fto freconnect
fneurons fwhose flinks fwere finjured for fsevered.
Recruitment fof fhomologous fareas. f- f✔✔Regions fon fopposite fsides fof fthe fbrain ftake
fon ffunctions fof fdamaged fareas.
, Functional frecovery. f- f✔✔Form fof fplasticity. fFollowing fdamage fthrough ftrauma, fthe
fbrain's fability fto fredistribute/transfer ffunctions fperformed fby fdamaged fareas fto fother,
fundamaged fareas.
Neural fplasticity. f- f✔✔Describes fthe fbrain's ftendency fto fchange fand fadapt f-
ffunctionally fand fphysically f- fresulting ffrom fexperience fand fnew flearning.
What fis fthe fcentral fnervous fsystem f(CNS)? f- f✔✔Consists fof fbrain fand fspinal fcord;
forigin fof fall fcomplex fcommands fand fdecisions.
What fis fthe fperipheral fnervous fsystem f(PNS)? f- f✔✔Sends finfo fto fCNS ffrom foutside
fworld, ftransmitting fmessages ffrom fCNS fto fmuscles fand fbodily fglands.
Define fhemispheric flateralisation. f- f✔✔Certain fmental fprocesses fand fbehaviours fare
fcontrolled for fdominated fby fone fhemisphere frather fthan fthe fother f(as fin fthe fexample
fof flanguage).
Corpus fcallosum f- f✔✔A fband fof fneural ffibres fthat fconnects fthe fleft fand fright
fhemispheres fof fthe fbrain.
Split-brain fstudies. f- f✔✔Corpus fcallosum fcut fin fpatients fwith fsevere fepilepsy,
fallowing fresearchers fto finvestigate fthe fextent fto fwhich fbrain ffunction fis flateralised.
Describing fwhat fyou fsee. f- f✔✔Pictures fshown fto fRVF fcould fbe fdescribed fbut fnot
fthose fto fLVF fbecause fno flanguage fcentres fin fleft fhemisphere f(connected fto fRVF).
Recognition fby ftouch. f- f✔✔Could fnot fdescribe fobjects fprojected fto fLVF, fbut fable fto
fselect fa fmatching fobject ffrom fa fselection fof fdifferent fobjects fusing ftheir fleft fhand.
fMRI f- f✔✔Measures fbrain factivity fin fspecific fareas fby fdetecting fassociated fchanges
fin fblood fflow.
EEG f- f✔✔A frecord fof fthe fbrain fwave fpatterns fproduced fby fmillions fof fneurons,
fproducing fcharacteristic fpatterns.
ERPs f- f✔✔Isolating fspecific fresponses fof fneurons fto fspecific fstimuli for ftasks.
Post fmortem fexaminations f- f✔✔Correlating fbehaviours fbefore fdeath fwith fbrain
fstructures fafter fdeath.
Circadian frhythms. f- f✔✔Have fcycles fthat fgenerally foccur fonce fevery f24hrs.
Infradian frhythms f- f✔✔Have fcycles fthat foccur fless fthan fonce fevery fday.
Ultradian frhythms f- f✔✔Have fcycles fthat foccur fmore fthan fonce fevery f24 fhours.
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