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MCAT Psychology & Sociology - 50 High-Yield Topics

Study MCAT Psych/Soc with 50 essential flashcards covering behavior, cognition, social processes, and demographics.

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Frontal Lobe

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Executive function, impulse control, and motor function. Includes Broca's area for speech production and the motor cortex.

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Parietal Lobe

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Processing of somatosensory information (touch, pressure, pain). Contains the somatosensory cortex and manages spatial processing.

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Occipital Lobe

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Visual processing. Located at the posterior of the brain, containing the visual cortex.

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Temporal Lobe

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Auditory processing, memory, and emotion. Includes Wernicke's area for language comprehension and the hippocampus.

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Basal Ganglia

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Coordinates muscle movement and maintains posture. Malfunctions in this area are associated with Parkinson's disease.

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Limbic System

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Group of structures primarily associated with emotion and memory. Includes the septal nuclei, amygdala, and hippocampus.

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Thalamus

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Sensory relay station for all senses except smell. Sorts and transmits sensory impulses to the appropriate areas of the cerebral cortex.

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Hypothalamus

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Maintains homeostasis and integrates with the endocrine system. Controls the 'Four Fs': Feeding, Fighting, Flighting, and (Sexual) Functioning.

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Hippocampus

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Consolidates short-term memory into long-term memory. Communicates with other parts of the limbic system through the fornix.

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Amygdala

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Processes fear and aggression. Plays a key role in emotional responses and memory of emotional events.

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