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The somatosensory area of the cerebral cortex is responsible for our sense of:
a) Hearing
b) Sight
c) Smell
d) Touch

Controls breathing
a) Amygdala
b) Medulla
c) Cerebellum
d) Hippocampus

Part of the brain that helps control muscle coordination and balance
a) Cerebellum
b) Medulla
c) Thyroid
d) Reticular formation

Connects the hemispheres of the brain
a) Cerebellum
b) Cerebrum
c) Corpus callosum
d) Distal cortex

Which hormone, secreted by the pineal gland, increases when periods of darkness begin and promotes feelings of drowsiness?
a) Cortisol
b) Epinephrine
c) Insulin
d) Melatonin

Which of the following neurological disorders is associated with a deficiency of acetylcholine?
a) Alzheimer’s disease
b) Autism
c) Huntington’s disease
d) Parkinson’s disease

The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks
a) Dual Processing
b) Temporal lobes
c) myelin sheath
d) Occipital lobes

The study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior
a) behavior genetics
b) Environmental genetics
c) Nature
d) Nurture

Psychologist whose focus is on why humans tend to be alike
a) Evolutionary
b) Molecular
c) Environmental
d) Natural

Subfield of biology that studies the molecular structure and function of genes
a) behavior genetics
b) Cognitive Neuroscience
c) biological psychologists
d) Molecular Geneticists

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