EPPP BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
FINAL EXAM PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
⩥ Short-term memory. Answer: Temporary immediate recall of
information for processing; lasts less than a minute
⩥ Chunking. Answer: Combining items into groups
⩥ Working Memory. Answer: Ability to manipulate mental information
⩥ Explicit Memory. Answer: Information consciously remembered
⩥ Implicit Memory. Answer: Information unconsciously remembered
⩥ Procedural Memory. Answer: Action-based information: processes,
working memory, etc
⩥ Declarative Memory. Answer: Intentionally recalled information
⩥ Episodic Memory. Answer: Information based in experiences
,⩥ Semantic Memory. Answer: Facts, figures, dates, etc
⩥ Long-term Memory. Answer: Stored memory
⩥ Broca's Aphasia. Answer: Partial or total loss of ability to produce
language
⩥ Wernicke's Aphasia. Answer: Inability to understand language
⩥ Aphasia. Answer: Loss of ability to comprehend or formulate
language; different from a developmental delay or dysfunction
⩥ Joint Attention. Answer: Two or more people paying attention to the
same object
⩥ Theory of Mind. Answer: Recognition that others have a different
perspective of same events
⩥ Parietal Lobe. Answer: Part of the brain responsible for
somatosensory processing
⩥ Frontal Lobe. Answer: Mediates planning and necessary functions of
planning
, ⩥ Occipital Lobe. Answer: Processing and storing visual information
⩥ Temporal Lobe. Answer: Processing and storing auditory information
⩥ Limbic System. Answer: Part of the brain responsible for emotions
and memory processing
⩥ Cerebellum. Answer: Part of the brain responsible for motor
coordination
⩥ Brain Stem. Answer: Responsible for basic life functions
⩥ Cerebrum. Answer: Outer most layer of the brain; contains the cortex
and its connecting axons; also known as the telencephalon
⩥ Corpus Callosum. Answer: Connects the left and right hemispheres of
the brain
⩥ Amygdala. Answer: Responsible for emotional memory, specifically
fear based memories
⩥ Thalamus. Answer: Relay station of the brain
FINAL EXAM PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
⩥ Short-term memory. Answer: Temporary immediate recall of
information for processing; lasts less than a minute
⩥ Chunking. Answer: Combining items into groups
⩥ Working Memory. Answer: Ability to manipulate mental information
⩥ Explicit Memory. Answer: Information consciously remembered
⩥ Implicit Memory. Answer: Information unconsciously remembered
⩥ Procedural Memory. Answer: Action-based information: processes,
working memory, etc
⩥ Declarative Memory. Answer: Intentionally recalled information
⩥ Episodic Memory. Answer: Information based in experiences
,⩥ Semantic Memory. Answer: Facts, figures, dates, etc
⩥ Long-term Memory. Answer: Stored memory
⩥ Broca's Aphasia. Answer: Partial or total loss of ability to produce
language
⩥ Wernicke's Aphasia. Answer: Inability to understand language
⩥ Aphasia. Answer: Loss of ability to comprehend or formulate
language; different from a developmental delay or dysfunction
⩥ Joint Attention. Answer: Two or more people paying attention to the
same object
⩥ Theory of Mind. Answer: Recognition that others have a different
perspective of same events
⩥ Parietal Lobe. Answer: Part of the brain responsible for
somatosensory processing
⩥ Frontal Lobe. Answer: Mediates planning and necessary functions of
planning
, ⩥ Occipital Lobe. Answer: Processing and storing visual information
⩥ Temporal Lobe. Answer: Processing and storing auditory information
⩥ Limbic System. Answer: Part of the brain responsible for emotions
and memory processing
⩥ Cerebellum. Answer: Part of the brain responsible for motor
coordination
⩥ Brain Stem. Answer: Responsible for basic life functions
⩥ Cerebrum. Answer: Outer most layer of the brain; contains the cortex
and its connecting axons; also known as the telencephalon
⩥ Corpus Callosum. Answer: Connects the left and right hemispheres of
the brain
⩥ Amygdala. Answer: Responsible for emotional memory, specifically
fear based memories
⩥ Thalamus. Answer: Relay station of the brain
