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What two systems is the nervous system broken up into?

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Peripheral and Central

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What two body parts does the CNS consist of?

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Brain and Spinal Cord

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What is a synapse?

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The space between the start of another neuron

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What is a nerve?

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A bundle of neurons that send and receive messages

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What function does the Myelin Sheath have in a neuron?

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Protecting the axon

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How thick are the nerves in your spinal cord?

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As thick as your thumb

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What is the autonomic system in charge of in your body?

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Controls glands, muscles, digestion, and most involuntary movements

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What are the two hemispheres of the brain called?

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The right and left hemispheres

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What part on a neuron receives signals from other neurons?

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Dendrites

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Neurons send signals called what ?

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Neurotransmitters

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What is the role of the thalamus and where is it located?

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located in the center of the brain and controls sleep, consciousness, learning, and alertness

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What is the role of the hypothalamus and where is it located?

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located under the thalamus and controls body temp, mood, thirst,and is the link between the endocrine and nervous system

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What part of the brain accounts for 70% of the brains weight?

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Cerebrum

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What brain structure connects the 2 halves of the brain?

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Corpus Callosum

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Which of the following brain structures does not make up the brain stem?

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Thalamus

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What is the role of the hippocampus and where is it located?

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located inside the temporal lobe and controls learning and memories and is shaped like a seahorse

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What is the role of the occipital lobe and where is it located?

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located around the back of the head and controls vision

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What is the role of the parietal lobe and where is it located?

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located at the top of the head and controls your sensory skills

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What is the role of the temporal lobe and where is it located

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located around the ear and the back of the head and is responsible for hearing and if damaged can cause problems with retaining info and facial recognition

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What is the role of the frontal lobe and where is it located?

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located in the front of the head and controls language expression and decision making

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What is the role of the cerebellum and where is is located?

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located underneath the occipital and temporal lobes and controls physical movement

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What is the role of the medulla and where is it located?

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located on top of the spinal cord and regulated body temp and breathing

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What is the role of the pons and where is it located?

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located above your medulla and controls senses

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What is the stimulation or sensory receptors and transmission to CNS?

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Sensation

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What object is the eye said to be similar to ?
A camera
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What sense helps with taste?
Smell
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What bone in the ear is the smallest in the human body?
Stirrup
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The olfactory nerve is associated with what sense?
Smell
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What's the most common color blindness colors?
red-green
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What part of the eye gives us our color?
Iris
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What nerve is responsible for transmitting hearing impulses to the brain?
Auditory nerve
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What part in the ear is the gateway from the outer ear to the middle ear?
Ear drum
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What part of the ear looks like a snail?
Cochlea
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What's the color spectrum called?
Visible light
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What are the three skin senses?
Warmth, coldness, and pain
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Where are the smell receptor sights located?
In both nostrials
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What is the psychological process in through which we interpret sense?
Perception
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Why are some body parts more sensitive than others?
There are more nerves in those areas
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What part of the eye allows light into the eye?
pupil
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What types of stimulus can our sense of smell and taste sense?
things in the air
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What part of the eye acts as the film of a camera?
Retina
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What is the name of the eye chart the measures visual activity?
Snellen Chart
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What are the 2 types of deafness?
Sensorneural and conductive
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Where are the receptor sites for taste located?
On the tongue
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What is figure ground, closure, proximity, common fate, continuity, and similarity a part of?
Gestalt Properties
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What in the eye allows us to see black and white and how many of them are there?
Rods and 100 million
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What in the eye allows us to see color and how many of them are there?
Cones and 6 million
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What part of the eye has no rods or cones?
Blind spot
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What part of the eye adjusts to the distance of objects by changing its thickness?
Lens
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Where are receptors sites for pressure located?
Fingers/everywhere
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Inside our ears , do we have fluid and hairs to interpret sound waves?
Yes
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Who is the founder of Psychology?
Wilhelm Wundt
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What year and place was psychology founded ?
1854 in Leipzig, Germany
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What is the scientific study of the mind and behavior?
Psychology
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What is interpreting and analyzing things such as language, literature, and society?
Structuralism
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What is the theory about the nature of mental states called?
Functionalism
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What is it called when people are selected at random?
Random sampling
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Who founded Psychoanalysis?
Sigmund Freud
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What is stimulation or sensory receptors and transmission to CNS?
Sensation
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Name the 4 basic taste qualities?
Sweet, sour, bitter, salty
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What do we call the range of different colors produced when light passes through a prism?
Color spectrum
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What are receptor sites made of?
Proteins
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What are the two photo-receptors in the eye called?
Rods and cones
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What term refers to your individual awareness of your unique thoughts?
Consciousness
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What does the term REM refer to?
Rapid Eye Movement
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What does the term NREM refer to?
Non Rapid Eye Movement
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Deep sleep is categorized in which stages of sleep ?
3 and 4
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Describe sensory sleep ?
Immediate infromation
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Describe short term memory?
Usually processed through rehearsal;information only held briefly

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