Chapter 2,3,4 Flashcards
What is the cerebral Cortex?
Controls complex thought processes
What is the Pituitary Glands?
Regulates other endocrine glands.
What is the hippocampus?
Controls Learning and memory.
What is the reticular Formation?
Controls arousal and attention.
What is the frontal cortexs role?
Has major role in decision making.
What is the temperal lobe ?
Primary auditory system.
What is the Parietal Lobe?
Body Sensation/ visual-Spatial processing.
What is the Occipital lobe ?
Conscious process of visual information.
What is Transduction?
Converting Outside stimuli into neural activity.
Eyes are ?___
Photoreceptors(visual)
Ears are?___
Hair cells(Auditory)
Nose are?___
Hair cells (Olfactory)
Skin Are?___
Skin &Joint (somatosensory)
Tastebuds(Papillae) are?__
Gustatory System.
What is just noticeable Difference?
Difference between two stimuli
What is Absolute Threshold?
Smallest amount of energy for a person to detect a stimulis 50% of the time it’s present.
What is Corbital Habituation?
The tendency of the brain to stop attending to constant, unchanging fashion (Nose Blind)
What is Sensory Adaptation ?
the tendency of sensory receptors cells to become less responsive.
What are examples of Opiods?
Morphine ,Heroin ,Codeine
What are examples of Depressants ?
Alcohol ,Valium ,Xanax
What are examples of Psychostimulants?
Meth , Cocaine ,Nicotine ,Caffeine
What are examples of Psychedelic Drugs?
LSD ,Mushrooms , PCP
What is in Marijuana?
THC (Delta-9-techofidokdsn
