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1.5 Influences on Behavior Flashcards

1
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What are neurotransmitters?

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  • Chemicals that are passed through neurons

- 100 different types of them

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Drugs and neurotransmitters?

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  • agonists

- antagonists

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agonist drug?

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-manipulates the feeling of a neurotransmitter

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Antagonist?

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-Suppress a neurotransmitter from working

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What is Acetylcholine?

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  • neurotransmitter

- CNS and PNS

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Acetylcholine and CNS?

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  • Excites

- Attention and arousal

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What happens if acetylcholine stops working in CNS?

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  • Alzheimers

- neuron can’t get the signal to remember

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Acetylcholine and PNS?

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-excitory and inhibitory

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Somatic PNS and Acetylcholine?

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-excting and moving a muscle

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Autonomic PNS and Acetylcholine

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-Inhibit heart muscle

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Epinephrine,Norepinephrine, dopamine make what group?

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Catecholamines

-functions are the same

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Biogenic Amiens

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-structures are the same

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What does epinephrine do?

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  • Treated more like a hormone
  • Adrenaline
  • Sympathetic ANS
  • fight or flight
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14
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What does norepinephrine do?

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-local neurotransmitter

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What happens if you have too much norepinephrine?

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-Anxiety

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What happens if you don’t have enough?

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-Depression

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Dopamine?

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  • Neurotransmitter
  • found in the basal ganglia
  • works with producing smooth movement
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18
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How is dopamine related to schizophrenia?

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  • Theory that either the brain has too much dopamine or is too sensative
  • causes hallucinations
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How is dopamine related to parkinson’s?

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  • Located in basal ganglia
  • neurons that carry dopamine aren’t being produced properly
  • Shaky movements
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Real world Example: Schizophrenia and drugs

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  • The drugs used to treat schizophrenia mess wit the extrapyrmdial system of the basal ganglia
  • Person has problems with movements
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21
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Real World Example: Parkinsons and drugs

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  • LDOPA

- too much taken causes hallucinations

22
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What is Serotonin?

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  • happiness, eating, sleeping

- biogenic amino

23
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Too much serotonin?

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Very anxious person

24
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too little serotonin?

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Depression

25
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GABA, Glycine?

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-brain stability

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How does GABA and Glycine relate to Hyper polarization?

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  • Increases the threshold for which another stimulus can interecede
  • the brain can only focus on one stimulus at a time
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Glutmate?

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Excites the brain

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Peptide Neurotransmitter?

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  • neuromodulator
  • slower
  • effect a longer time
29
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What is an example of a peptide neurotransmitter?

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  • endorphines

- pain

30
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General what is the endocrine system?

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  • hormones
  • blood stream
  • specific organs responsible
31
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Endocrien System: Hypothalamus

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Controls the pituitary gland in making the hormones

32
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Endocrien System: Pituitary gland

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  • receiving orders from the hypothalamus
  • create the hormones
  • Sends the hormones to different places
33
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Pituitary gland: Anterior Pituitary gland

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-send the created hormones to different endocrine organs so they can carry out their products

34
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Endocrien System: Adrenal Gland

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  • Kidneys
  • adrenal cortex
  • adrenal medulla
  • sex hormones
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Adrenal Gland: Adrenal Medulla

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-creates the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine

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Adrenal Gland: Adrenal Cortex

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  • Cortical steroids

- cortisol

37
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Endocrine System:

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  • Create the sex hormones

- reproductive regions

38
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Innate Behavior:

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-Behaviors that we are born with

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Learned Behaviors:

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-pick up based on your environment

40
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Adaptative Value:

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-Measure of how the behavior or trait results in offspring and survival

41
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Nature v.s. Nuture

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-Debate on what is mainly responsible for your behavior

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What is nature?

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-Genetics that made you contribute to your behavior

43
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What is nurture?

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-environment contributes to your behavior

44
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What are the different studies that you can conduct on behavior?

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  • parent
  • twin
  • adoption
45
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Parent study?

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  • Family v.s. unique individuals

- Genetic studying

46
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Problem with parent studies?

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-Everyone is in the same environment

47
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Twin Studies?

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  • MZ (identical), DZ (fraternal)

- genetic studies

48
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Concordance level?

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-Probability that both twins have the trait

49
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Example of twin studies?

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  • raising them together

- raising them apart

50
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Adoption Studies

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  • Adoptive family on the child v.s. the original parents

- Environmental as well as genetics

51
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Example of Adoption study?

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  • IQ levels

- Orginal family plays more of a role

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