Biological Psychology Chapter Group Participation Exercise      

 College and Time of class:                         (Last name, First name)      

                                                                       Names: 

1. What is the most important lobe of the brain (your opinion) and why?

2.  What is the most important hemisphere of the brain (your opinion) and why?

3.  What percentage of the brain do you think humans use (your opinion) and why?

4.  How much does the human brain weigh?  Do some animals have larger and heavier brains than humans?  Are there animals that are smarter than humans?  What is different about a human brain compared to that of animals that gives us our capacity for intelligence?

Draw a brain – side view - begin with the outline and then draw in these areas and write what do they do beside each term:

Parietal Lobe:

Temporal Lobe:

Frontal Lobe:

Occipital Lobe:

Hippocampus:

Limbic System:

Amygdala:

Werenicke’s Area:

Broca’s Area:

Somasensory Cortex:

Motor Cortex: