AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What lobe of the brain controls critical thinking, planning, decision making, and problem solving?
A
Frontal
B
Parietal
C
Temporal
D
Occipital
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The frontal lobe is primarily responsible for thinking, planning, memory, and judgment. The parietal lobe is primarily responsible for bodily sensations and touch.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) and hippocampus are the most critical parts of the human brain for decision making. The decision-making process contains four steps.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Prefrontal Cortex: Home to Critical Thinking The PFC gives us the potential to consider and voluntarily control our thinking, emotional responses, and behavior. It is the reflective “higher brain” compared to the reactive “lower brain".

Detailed explanation-4: -The prefrontal cortex is primarily responsible for the ‘higher’ brain functions of the frontal lobes, including decision-making, problem-solving, intelligence, and emotion regulation. This area has also been found to be associated with the social skills and personality of humans.

Detailed explanation-5: -The frontal lobes are involved in motor function, problem solving, spontaneity, memory, language, initiation, judgement, impulse control, and social and sexual behavior.

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