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Biological Bases Of Behavior (8%-10%) Flashcards

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Frontal lobe

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Executive function, higher level cognition

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Parietal lobe

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Sensory information

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3
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Occipital lobe

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Vision

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Temporal lobe

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Sense of hearing, meaningful speech

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5
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Corpus callosum

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Connects the two hemispheres

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6
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Medulla

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Life-sustaining functions, breathing, heart rate, blood pressure

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Cerebellum

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Controls coordination, balance and voluntary movements

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8
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Hypothalamus

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Releasing hormones, regulates homeostasis of the body

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9
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Hippocampus

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Formation of memories

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10
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Amygdala

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Fear Center, processing emotion and survival responses

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11
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Neuroplasticity

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The brains ability to constantly change both the structure and function of many cells of the brain

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12
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Split brain

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The two hemispheres of the brain can’t communicate with each other

Sperry and Gazzinga

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13
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Brocas area

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Speech production

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14
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Wernick’s area

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Comprehension of speech

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15
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Motor cortex

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Voluntary movement

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16
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Somatosensory cortex

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Receives and processes sensory information

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17
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Nervous system

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Bodies communication that work

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18
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Central nervous system

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Brain and spine

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19
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Peripheral nervous system

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Sensory nerves outside the brain/spinal cord

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Somatic nervous system

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Voluntary movements from your brain to your muscles

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21
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Automatic nervous system

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Involuntary and unconscious actions

breathing, blood pumping

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22
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Sympathetic nervous system

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Emergency response system, fight, flight or freeze

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Parasympathetic nervous system

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Calms a person, rest and digest

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Dendrites

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Receive messages

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Soma

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Keep the neuron functional

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Myelin sheath

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Protect nerve/speed up messages

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Axon

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Carries messages

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Axon terminals

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Send signals

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Neural transmission

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Information travels through a neuron electro chemically

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Action potential

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Neuron sends information

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Resting potential

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Neuron is charged and ready to fire

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All or none principle

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Neuron fires at full strength or not at all

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Neurotransmitter

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Chemical messengers

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Excitatory neurotransmitters

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Cause neurons to fire

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Inhibitory neurotransmitters

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Prevent neurons from firing

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Acetylcholine

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Movement and memory

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Serotonin

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Dopamine

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Pleasure chemical of the brain

39
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Norepinephrine

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Response to danger, flight or fight

40
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GABA

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Calming the central nervous system

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Glutamate

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Thinking, memory, learning

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Endorphins

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Relieve pain and stress, feelings of pleasure/euphoria

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Afferent neuron

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Sensory neuron, sensory input to spinal cord into the brain

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Efferent neuron

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Motor neurons, carry signals away from central nervous system to initiate action

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Interneuron

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Middleman between afferent and efferent neurons

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Endocrine system

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Glands that secrete chemical messengers called hormones

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Pituitary gland

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Master gland, controlled by hypothalamus

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Nature

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Genetics

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Nurture

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Environment

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Identical twins

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Have the same DNA

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Fraternal twins

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Have different DNA

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Heritability

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Extent to which differences in the appearance of a trait across several people can be accounted for by differences in their genes

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Circadian rhythm

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24 hour cycle, bodies internal biological clock

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Electroencephalography

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Test record electrical activity in the brain

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REM sleep

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Dreams sleep, paradoxical sleep because brain waves are very active but muscles are paralyzed

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Agonist

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Mimics neurotransmitter 

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Antagonist

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Blocks neurotransmitters

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Depressants

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Slow the activity of the central nervous system

59
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Alcohol

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Depresses the areas of the brain that control judgment and inhibition

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