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    layed out the main parts of the brain‚ and pointed out where and when it becomes developed in your lifetime. For example‚ the frontal lobe controls many functions like‚ self control‚ judgement‚ and emotional regulation. However‚ this area of the brain is not fully developed until later in life‚ for it is being fully reconstructed during adolescent years. The Temporal Lobe is involved with emotional maturity. This area isn’t fully developed until age 16‚ and is sometimes still developing after that. This

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    Central Nervous System: The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord. The brain controls bodily functions. The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain in humans. The cerebrum is the last place that information travels through in the brain. The spinal cord is the part of the body that communicates between the brain and the nerves that connect to the spinal cord. The spinal cord is commonly known as a pathway from the brain to the body. Peripheral Nervous System: The peripheral

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    AP Psychology Essay Prompts and Scoring Rubrics The enclosed document includes an essay prompt for each unit in AP Psychology and a corresponding scoring rubric. The purpose of this activity is to increase the students’ awareness of how AP exam readers grade from a rubric. Emphasis is placed on the definition of terms and the application of those terms. Units include: Introduction to Psychology Psychobiology Sensation and Perception Memory Learning Nature and Nurture of Behavior

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    Biology II 30 March 2012 The Comparison of Nervous Systems in Humans‚ Cnidarians‚ Flatworms‚ and Annelids The nervous system is one of the most important organ systems in the body. It is in charge of all of the things that happen within the body. Being responsible for receiving sensory input from internal and external stimuli‚ integrating and processing information‚ and generating output‚ it would be hard to survive without a nervous system; however‚ there are different types of nervous systems

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    |Hollow spaces in the brain filled with cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) | |Occipital Lobe |The region at the back of each cerebral hemisphere that contains the centers of | | |vision and reading ability | |Frontal Lobe |The lobe involved in organization‚ planning‚ and inhibition control

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    McKenna McRoy Psychology January 9‚ 2013 1A In module 1A‚ I learned about the history of psychology‚ psychological perspectives‚ careers in psychology‚ and ethics. At the start of the idea of psychology Wilhelm Wundt became the “father of psychology”. Different approaches and perspectives became as a variety of people began to study psychology‚ such as Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytical perspective‚ Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow’s psychological perspective‚ and so on. I also learned about

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    Parkinson’s). The main lobes affected are the frontal‚ temporal‚ parietal‚ and occipital. (Mosley‚ Anthony D.‚ MD). In the frontal lobe of a Parkinson’s patient involves voice and speech problems (Mosley‚ Anthony D.‚ MD). The temporal lobe makes someone with Parkinson’s have cognitive and memory disturbances (Mosley‚ Anthony D.‚ MD). The effects in a Parkinson’s parietal lobe has occasional disturbances in taste and smell (Mosley‚ Anthony D.‚ MD). And the lastly effected lobe is the occipital which

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    Anatomy and physiology of the brain and spinal cord The brain is a spongy organ made up of nerve and supportive tissues. It is located in the head and is protected by a bony covering called the skull. The base‚ or lower part‚ of the brain is connected to the spinal cord. Together‚ the brain and spinal cord are known as the central nervous system (CNS). The spinal cord contains nerves that send information to and from the brain.   The CNS works with the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The PNS

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    Peripheral Nervous System. (somatic nervous system‚ automatic nervous system) 3. How different parts of the brain identified are and what do they do? 4. How do left and right hemispheres differ and what are the different functions of the lobes of the cerebral cortex. The human brain is marked not by overall size but by advanced corticalization‚ or enragement of the cerebral cortex. a)Split brains- can be created by cutting the corpus callosum. The split brain shows a remarkable degree

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    3 Major Areas: Cerebrum-consists of two hemispheres (thalamus and hypothalamus) that are incompletely separated by the great longitudinal fissure 4 Lobes: Frontal-major functions are concentration‚ abstract thought‚ information storage or memory‚ and motor function. It also contains Broca’s area‚ critical for motor control of speech Parietal-analyzes sensory information and relays the interpretation of the info to the thalamus. It is essential for orientation in space and spatial relations

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