AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

STUDYING THE BRAIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This side of the brain recognizes shapes, colors, music, imagination, patterns, pictures, randomness:
A
Left hemisphere
B
Right hemisphere
C
Hippocampus
D
Hypothalamus
E
Pituitary gland
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The right hemisphere of the brain is responsible for some of the cognitive functions such as attention, processing of visual shapes and patterns, emotions, verbal ambiguity, and implied meanings.

Detailed explanation-2: -Our brains have two sides, or hemispheres. In most people, language skills are in the left side of the brain. The right side controls attention, memory, reasoning, and problem solving.

Detailed explanation-3: -“We use the language center to appreciate music, which spans both sides of the brain, though language and words are interpreted in the left hemisphere while music and sounds are inerpreted in the right hemisphere, ” Yonetani says.

Detailed explanation-4: -The left hemisphere’s functions include order and pattern perception as well as creating strategies. The left hemisphere controls the muscles on the right side of the body. The right hemisphere of the brain processes information intuitively. It focuses on the visual and is responsible for attention.

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