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Chapter 2,3,4 Flashcards

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1
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What is the cerebral Cortex?

A

Controls complex thought processes

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2
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What is the Pituitary Glands?

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Regulates other endocrine glands.

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3
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What is the hippocampus?

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Controls Learning and memory.

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4
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What is the reticular Formation?

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Controls arousal and attention.

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5
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What is the frontal cortexs role?

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Has major role in decision making.

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6
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What is the temperal lobe ?

A

Primary auditory system.

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What is the Parietal Lobe?

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Body Sensation/ visual-Spatial processing.

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What is the Occipital lobe ?

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Conscious process of visual information.

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9
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What is Transduction?

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Converting Outside stimuli into neural activity.

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10
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Eyes are ?___

A

Photoreceptors(visual)

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11
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Ears are?___

A

Hair cells(Auditory)

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12
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Nose are?___

A

Hair cells (Olfactory)

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13
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Skin Are?___

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Skin &Joint (somatosensory)

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14
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Tastebuds(Papillae) are?__

A

Gustatory System.

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15
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What is just noticeable Difference?

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Difference between two stimuli

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16
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What is Absolute Threshold?

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Smallest amount of energy for a person to detect a stimulis 50% of the time it’s present.

17
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What is Corbital Habituation?

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The tendency of the brain to stop attending to constant, unchanging fashion (Nose Blind)

18
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What is Sensory Adaptation ?

A

the tendency of sensory receptors cells to become less responsive.

19
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What are examples of Opiods?

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Morphine ,Heroin ,Codeine

20
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What are examples of Depressants ?

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Alcohol ,Valium ,Xanax

21
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What are examples of Psychostimulants?

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Meth , Cocaine ,Nicotine ,Caffeine

22
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What are examples of Psychedelic Drugs?

A

LSD ,Mushrooms , PCP

23
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What is in Marijuana?

A

THC (Delta-9-techofidokdsn

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