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1
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Define the One-Dimensional Model

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Explain behavior in terms of a single cause
Could mean a paradigm, school, or conceptual approach
Tend to ignore information from other areas

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define the multidimensional model.

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Interdisciplinary, eclectic, and integrative
“System” of influences that cause and maintain suffering
Draw upon information from several sources
Abnormal behavior results from multiple influences

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name theMajor Influences of the multidimensional model

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Biological 
Behavioral
Emotional
Social & cultural
Developmental
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what percentage does genetic contribution to psychopathology contribute?

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less than 50%

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who cam up with the diathesis stress model

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Eric Kandel

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What are the two branches of the human nervous system?

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The central nervous system (CNS)
Brain and spinal cord
The peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Somatic and autonomic branches

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what parts make up a neuron?

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Soma, Dendrites, axon, axon terminals, synapses

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define soma

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cell body

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define dendrites

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branches that receive messages from other neurons

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define axon

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trunk of neuron that sends messages to other neurons

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define axon terminals

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buds at end of axon from which chemical messages are sent

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synapses

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small gaps that separate neurons

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13
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neurons operate ___ but communicate ____

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electrically, chemicallyNeurotransmitters are the chemical messengers

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what are the two main parts of the brain

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brainstem and forebrain

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what are the 3 divisions of the brain?

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hindbrain
midbrain
forebrain

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what happens in the hindbrain?

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Medulla – heart rate, blood pressure, respiration
Pons – regulates sleep stages
Cerebellum – involved in physical coordination

17
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what happens in the midbrain?

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Coordinates movement with sensory input

Contains parts of the reticular activating system (RAS)

18
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what happens in the forebrain?

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Most sensory, emotional, and cognitive processing

Two specialized hemispheres

19
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what makes up the limbic system?

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Thalamus – receives and integrates sensory information

Hypothalamus – eating, drinking, aggression, sexual activity

20
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Name the lobes of the cerebral cortex

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Frontal – thinking and reasoning abilities, memory
Parietal – touch recognition
Occipital – integrates visual input
Temporal – recognition of sights and sounds, long-term memory storage

21
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what does the somatic branch of PNS control

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Controls voluntary muscles and movement

22
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what does the autonomic branch of the PNS control?

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Sympathetic and parasympathetic branches
Regulates cardiovascular system & body temperature
Also regulates the endocrine system and aids in digestion

23
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how many crainal nerve pairs are there?

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12

24
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how many cervical nerve pairs are there?

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8

25
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how many thoratic nerve pairs are there?

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12

26
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how many lumbar nerve pairs are there?

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8

27
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how many Saccral nerve pairs?

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5

28
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how many coccygeal nerve pairs?

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1

29
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the sympathertic nerve system is represented by the color ____

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red

30
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the parasympathetic nerve system is rep. by the color ___

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blue

31
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when you think endocrine system think

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hormones

32
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how many main endocrine glads are there in the body?

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15

33
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define agonists

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Agonists increase the activity of a neurotransmitter by mimicking its effects

34
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define antagonists

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Antagonists inhibit or block the production of neurotransmitter or function indirectly to prevent the chemical from reaching the next neuron by closing or occupying the receptors.

35
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what are the main types of neurotransmitters?

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Serotonin (5-HT)
Gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Norepinephrine
Dopamine

36
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what three overlapping components does emotion have?

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Behavior, physiology, and cognitive

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