psychology due 11:59 pm 10/02/17

Assignment:  Below are 2 lists. One is a list of brain structures, the other a list of common activities. Choose 3 activities, and for each activity, choose 3 brain structures (or systems) for a total of 9 structures. and explain how they might be involved in that activity. Be sure to justify your responses with information from class or from the text. This is a paper; so write it in essay format. Your paper should be 2-3 pages, double-spaced.

Activities:

Watching a horror movie

 

Giving a speech

 

Asking a question in class

 

Being caught speeding

 

Driving a car

 

Talking on the phone

 

Preparing your lunch

 

Dancing

 

Reading your textbook

 

Going to a concert

 

Playing your favorite sport

 

Writing an essay

 

Brain structures:

Amygdala

 

Occipital lobe

 

Basal forebrain

 

Parasympathtic NS

 

Broca’s area

 

Parietal lobe

 

Cerebellum

 

Raphe System

 

Corpus callosum

 

Reticular Formation

 

Frontal lobe

 

Sympathetic nervous system

 

Hippocampus

 

Temporal lobe

 

Hypothalamus

 

Thalamus

 

Medulla

 

Wernicke’s area