Chapters 3-5 Flashcards

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What are Neurotransmitters?

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Chemicals that carry messages between neurons.

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2
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What is GABA?

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Inhibits neural firing, helps regulate aggression, eating.

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3
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What is serotonin?

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Associated with sleep, eating, and mood.

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4
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What is dopamoine?

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Parkinson’s disease.

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5
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Central N.S.

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Brain and spinal cord

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Peripheral N.S.

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2-way communication

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Autonomic Division

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Controls internal organs and glands.

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Somatic Divison

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Controls skelatol Muscles.

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9
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Sympathetic Division

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Energizes the body

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10
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Parasympathetic Division

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Conserves Energy

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11
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Central Core

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“Old Brain”

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12
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What does the human brain control?

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Most of the basic functions related to our survival.

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13
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What is medulla?

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Breathing and Heartbeat.

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14
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What is the Cerebellum?

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Some intellectual functions like balance and coordination.

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15
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Hippocampus

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Involved in memory.

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16
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What is the Cerebral Cortex?

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“The new brain” it makes us human and allows for high level of mental processing.

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17
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Frontal Lobe

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Planning, voluntary behaviors and personality.

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Partial Lobe

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Touch and sensation

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Occipital Lobe

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Temporal Lobe

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Endocrine System

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system of glands that release hormones.

22
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Pituitary Gland

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Located in the brain and called “master gland.”

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Thyroid Gland

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Regulates metabolism

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Stimulus

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Any form of energy capable of forming a response.

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Sensation
The process where receptor cells send a nerve impulse to the brain.
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Perception
e process where the brain interprets sensations.
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Sensory Adaption
Our system's ability to provide info is reduced after prolonged exposure to a stimulus.
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Absolute threshold
Minimum strength of a stimulus needed to be detected.
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Data driven Processing
"Bottom up" Sensory data is present
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Perceptual set
Expectations that guide our expectations.
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Subliminal messages
These messages do not change our behavior.
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REM
Dreaming occurs in REM and physical changes occur.
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Sleep Apnea
Stops breathing while sleeping.
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Narcolepsy
Uncontrollable urge for sleep
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Sleep walking
Stage 3 sleep (deepest level)
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REM Behavior disorder
acting out our dreams
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what does Freud Believe?
Dreams are meaningful and must be interpreted. "The interpretation of dreams 1890s"
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What is Activation Synthesis?
Dreams are not symbolic or important.
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What is DARE?
Research shows graduates are equally likely to use drugs.
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Depressants
Depress the activity in the brain, slow down the neural firing.
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Hallucinations
Alter perceptual processes or produce hallucinations.
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Narcotics
Maine feature is plain relief.