Psychology

1. Dan Hosey Manheim Township HS Lancaster, PA 17606 PO Box 5134 dan_hosey@mtwp.k12.pa.us dan_hosey@alum.bucknell.edu Please feel free to share this with others, and modify it as you like. If you find this game or a variation of it useful, please contact me. I�d like to hear about how it is being used. Dan Hosey Manheim Township HS Lancaster, PA 17606 PO Box 5134 dan_hosey@mtwp.k12.pa.us dan_hosey@alum.bucknell.edu Please feel free to share this with others, and modify it as you like. If you find this game or a variation of it useful, please contact me. I�d like to hear about how it is being used.

3. 100 What CNS stands for.

4. The two components of the CNS. 200

5. Spinal cord described as this, between the brain and the body.

6. Automatic responses by the CNS, but not involving the brain.

7. 500 There are 12 pairs of these pathways that enter the brain directly.

8. 100 This half of the PNS is sometimes also called the skeletal nervous system.

9. The type of nerves that carry information from the central nervous system to the body.

10. 300 You don�t have to concentrate to get this half of the PNS to work because it does so automatically.

11. 400 Part of the PNS that gives you energy to spring into action.

12. 500 �Whoa�. This part of the PNS words to slow you down, to conserve energy.

13. 100 The area including the space or gap between neurons.

14. 200 Chemicals released by one neuron and received by another neuron.

15. 300 A message received by a neuron that decreases the likelihood of the neuron firing.

16. 400 A nerve impulse is faster if an axon has this.

17. It isn�t a shock, but it does come about with a change in electrical voltage of a neuron. 500

18. 100 This is the part of a neuron that sends a message (nerve impulse) to another cell.

19. 200 These �glue� cells make up 90% of the cells in the brain.

20. 300 This part of a neuron receives messages from other cells.

21. 400 A collection of neurons make up one of these. They vary in length.

22. 500 A lack of this insulation on neurons has been implicated in the disease, multiple sclerosis.

23. 100 This part of the brain stem keeps you breathing in, breathing out.

24. 200 Hey! Pay attention! Something important is happening! It�s this part of the brain stem that alerts you to potentially important goings on in your environment.

25. 300 If you are feeling sleepy, this part of the brain stem may be responsible.

26. 400 In terms of location, the brain stem sits on top of this.

27. 500 Not part of the brain stem, but nearby. This brain structure helps you walk straight.

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30. Brain structure that controls your drives to survive.

31. This brain structure functions something like a telephone operator.

32. This small gland supervises the hormonal system.

33. If you can�t remember playing this game an hour later, you may have a problem with this brain structure.

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35. The beat goes on in this �listening� lobe.

36. If the thalamus is sent images from the eyes, they will be sent to this lobe.

37. Goldilocks may have been using this lobe as she judged porridge to be too hot, too cold, and just right.

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39. This area let�s you speak, but it�s not the area that helps you understand.

40. Broad band of nerve fibers connecting the right and left brain hemispheres.

41. Most people process language with this hemisphere.

42. When you recognize a face in a crowd you are most likely using this hemisphere.

43. If a picture is shown in your left visual field, it will be processed by the occipital lobe in this brain hemisphere.

45. These are patterns of electrical activity that changes during stages os sleep?

46. It�s the stage of sleep when you are most likely to sleep walk?

47. To sleep perchance to dream. You are more likely to do that during this type of sleep.

48. The fact that students often dream about taking exams seems to support this theory of dreaming.

49. It the theory of dreaming that says that your cerebrum is just making stories to make sense of random signals from the pons (brain stem).

50. It is the idea that specific areas of the brain have certain functions.

51. Michael J. Fox has this neurological disorder associated with the neurotransmitter dopamine.

52. These embryonic cells can develop into any type of cell. Research using these cells is currently controversial.

53. Loosely connected brain areas including the hypothalamus, amygdala, and hippocampus, that are involved in emotions.

54. Do you smell? You do if this small organ near the emotional center of the brain is working.

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57. FINAL JEOPARDY CATEGORY Measuring the brain

58. Method that injects a glucose-like substance that the brain metabolizes.

59. 100 What is: Central nervous system?

60. What are: The brain and the spinal cord? 200

61. What is: A bridge? (Any word that implies a connection allowing two way communication or transmission is acceptable.)

62. What are: Spinal reflexes? (Spinal reflexes allow the body to respond quickly to stimuli without waiting for the brain to process the information.)

63. 500 What are:Cranial nerves? (Nerves also acceptable answer.)

64. 100 What is: Somatic nervous system? (Controls the skeletal muscles of the body. Soma means body. Generally our skeletal muscles are under voluntary control.)

65. What is: Motor neurons? (Motor neurons transmit information from the CNS to the body (via the PNS). Sensory neurons carry information from the body to the CNS, again via the PNS.)

66. 300 What is: Autonomic nervous system? (Controls and regulates internal organs, glands, and blood vessels. These processes are usually automatic and involuntary.)

67. 400 What is: Sympathetic nervous system? (A branch of the autonomic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system increases a body�s energy output, so that the body can be easily mobilized into action. Analogous to a gas pedal on a car. )

68. 500 What is: Parasympathetic? (A branch of the autonomic nervous system. Maintains the body in a quiet state to conserve energy. Works to slow body down after sympathetic nervous system. Analogous to the brake on a car.)

69. 100 What is: Synapse? (Synapse includes the space between neurons (Synaptic gap or cleft), the axon terminal, and receptor sites on the receiving cell)

70. 200 What are: Neurotransmitters?

71. 300 What is: inhibitory? (Neurotransmitters are released from the axon terminals of the sending sell and picked up by the dendrite of the receiving cell. If sufficient stimulation occurs, the receiving cell may fire (excitatory) or stop firing (inhibitory).)

72. 400 What is: Myelin sheath (Fatty substance that acts to insulate axon. The myelin sheath increases speed of impulse because electrical charge of nerve impulse doesn�t have to move along entire cell membrane � instead the impulse jumps from node to node, the spaces between the sheath.)

73. What is: Action potential? (Also call a nerve impulse. When a neuron is stimulated, it�s electrical charge changes from negative to positive. The resulting electrical charge moves through the cell body and down the axon. ) 500

74. 100 What is: axon?

75. 200 What is: Glia? (These cells are involved in keeping neurons functioning, e.g. providing nutrition. They also are involved in communication between neurons.)

76. 300 What is: Dendrite?

77. 400 What are: Nerves?

78. 500 What is a: Myelin sheath? (Review the figure showing the parts of a neuron, including the myelin sheath.)

79. 100 What is: The medulla? (Controls automatic, usually unconscious functions like breathing and heart rate.)

80. 200 What is: The reticular activating system? (This network of nerve cells screens incoming sensory information and arouses or activates the cerebrum to direct our attention to important information.)

81. 300 What is: The pons? (This structure is implicated in sleeping, dreaming, and waking. )

82. 400 What is: Top of the spinal cord? (The brain stem starts where the spinal cord ends. It is often considered to be the most primitive part of the brain.)

83. 500 What is: The Cerebellum? (The name comes from this structure�s resemblance to the cerebrum, although it is smaller. The cerebellum is thought to be important for coordinating motor tasks � balance, hand/eye coordination etc. The cerebellum, like it�s namesake, may also be involved in higher order cognitive functions like problem solving and understanding sensory information. )

84. What is: Hypothalamus? (Involved in emotions and motivations related to survival including thirst, hunger, reproduction. It is the executive in charge of the hormonal system � the pituitary is it�s second in command. The hypothalamus also regulates the autonomic nervous system.)

85. What is: Thalamus? (Relay station for all sensory information, except smell. The thalamus directs the sensory information to appropriate parts of the cerebrum for further analysis.)

86. What is: Pituitary gland?

87. What is: The hippocampus? (Functions to store new information in the brain. It is NOT where older information is stored in memory. So if your hippocampus is damaged, you might have trouble remembering this game in a couple of minutes, you would still remember older, previously formed memories.)

88. Who is: Amygdala? (This structure controls your initial emotional response to stimuli. Also involved in arousal. For example, may spur you to run in fear if you think you see a mugger behind a bush. This initial response can be changed by the cerebrum upon further analysis. For example, if you realize that the mugger is really just the wind blowing the limbs of the bush, you won�t run.)

89. What is: Temporal? (Located above the ears, this is where the auditory cortex is located.)

90. What is: Occipital?

91. What is: Parietal?

92. What is: Frontal? (This lobe has many functions including social judgment, higher-order thinking, and planning � these may account for Mr. Gage�s personality changes. This lobe is also involved in memory, and speech production. The motor cortex is also found here.)

93. Broca�s area? (Located on left side of frontal lobe. An area responsible for understanding speech is on the left side of the temporal lobe, and is named Wernickes� area.

94. What is: Corpus Callosum

95. What is: Left? (This is true even of most left handers. Broca�s area for speech production is located in the left frontal lobe. Wernicke�s area for speech comprehension is in the left temporal lobe.)

96. What is: Right? (The right hemisphere specializes in visual-spatial tasks, and facial recognition may be a special case of such a task. This hemisphere is less verbal than the left. Some people also believe it is more emotional and less logical than the left.)

97. What is:

98. What is: Right hand? (This is NOT because most people are right handed. Information from the right visual field is processed by the left brain hemisphere. The left brain controls the right side of the body. Hence, the right hand has access to the picture seen by the left brain. You may remember that the left hemisphere is not a specialist in visual-spatial tasks, so it may not be a great artist. Despite this limitation, it can create a recognizable drawing.)

99. What is: Brain waves? (Different stages of sleep show different patterns of brain waves as measures by EEG, electroencephalogram.)

100. What is: Stage 4? (This is the deepest level of sleep, so it is surprising that sleepwalking and talking often occur now. The causes of sleepwalking are not completely understood, but is more common in children and is associated with illness, e.g., running a fever.)

101. What is: REM? (Rapid eye movement. The first episode of REM sleep starts about 90 minutes after we fall asleep and recurs every 90 minutes thereafter. The length of REM varies, but tend to become longer at the end of the sleep cycle, i.e., when we are close to waking up. REM sleep is also called paradoxical sleep, because our brain waves show that our brains are very active � almost awake, but our muscles are partially paralyzed.)

102. What is: Reflection of current concerns? (Theory that our dreams reflect issues from our current life. Hence students dream about exams because they spend part of their waking hours preparing for, taking, and worrying about exams. Nonstudents are less likely to dream about exams.)

103. What is :

107. What is: Limbic system?

109. What is:PET scan?(Positron emission tomography works by tracking the brain�s use of glucose. When a part of the brain is active, the blood carries glucose that the brain uses for energy to that part of the brain. Hence by tracking the glucose use, investigators can get a sense of the workings of the brain. In studies, a radioactive element is injected with a glucoselike substance. Special scanners track the radioactivity as it travels through the blood stream. The level of radioactivity is very low and is not harmful. Some PET scans track blood flow or oxygen levels to determine brain activity. )