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Where is the major part of the somatosensory cortex located

It is located just behind the central sulcus in the parietal lobe of the brain.

What is the name given to the valleys on the surface of the cerebral cortex

sulci

What is the largest part of the forebrain

cerebrum


This is the cerebrum, where higher-order thought processes occur. The cerebrum is responsible for mental processes such as memory recall, language, art, emotional control and many fine motor skills like the ability to write (or text).
What part of the brain helps to regulate drives such as hunger and thirst and also plays an important role in emotions

The short answer: the Hypothalamus.

In detail:

  • Hunger: Satiety and feeding centers are present in hypothalamus.
  • Thirst: Osmoreceptors in anterior hypothalamus.
  • Emotions: Mamillary nuclei below posterior hypothalamus which are also a part of limbic system in mammilothalamic tract.

Other than this, Hypothalamus has following functions:

  • Regulates body temperature
  • Regulates activity of anterior pituitary gland
  • Controls circadian rhythmControls sleep-waking cycle
  • Integrates control of cardiovascular system
  • Integrates control of Autonomic Nervous System (Hypothalamus is also called as head ganglion of ANS)
What might be the result if a person's cerebellum was damaged

The person might have difficulty with overall coordination and lose their senses because this is one of the most important parts of your brain and with out senses you couldn't see, hear, touch, taste, or smell anything

What is the thick fiber network called that the cerebral hemispheres communicate with

corpus callosum

How did John Watson define psychology

the study of observable behavior

What theory was advanced to explain why researchers discovered that there were a number of centers that dealt with language in the left cerebral hemisphere and not the right

The theory of lateralization was developed to explain this phenomenon. The fields of brain study are always changing as scientists and psychologists learn more and more about how the brain functions.

You decide to select ten percent of the inmates in a prison to receive a survey You decide you want your sample to be representative of the population Which sampling process would provide the most r

a stratified random sample

In terms of validity what can be said about the depression test scores

they are prob. not valid and the test is not mesured depression

In some cases researchers are interested in very large groups such as all the inmates of the US prison system In this case what would all of the inmates represent

the target population

Studies have found that individuals who had parts of the limbic system that were deteriorated may have suffered from what condition

Studies have found that individuals who had parts of the limbic system that were deteriorated may have suffered from what condition?

alzheimers disease

What best describes the survey method of research

The survey method of research is sometimes called a census survey. It relies on people responses to questions either with or without explanation.

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