CNS And Brain Structure Flashcards

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What is the biological explanation of psychology?

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-Everything was at first biological.
-Your behaviour and characteristics are caused and influenced by biological processes (hormones).

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What are the two parts within the nervous system?

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-Central nervous system.
-Peripheral nervous system.

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What are the two parts within the peripheral nervous system?

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-Autonomic nervous system (Sympathetic NS and parasympathetic NS).
-Somatic nervous system ( sensory NS and motor NS).

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What is the CNS made up of?

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The brain and spinal cord.

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What does the CNS do?

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-Controls behaviour and regulates physiological processes.
-Deals with high order skills.
-Spinal cord deals with reflex’s which don’t involve the brain.

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What does the PNS do?

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-Transmits millions of neurons to and from the CNS.

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What is a neurone?

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Pass messages through electrical impulses in the brain.

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Describe the CNS (4)

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-Made up of the brain and the spinal cord.
-The nerves in the body send info to the brain via the spinal cord.
-The brain processes the info and sends a message to the body via the spinal cord.
-Different areas of the brain are responsible for different functions (temporal lobe does auditory processing).
-Examples.

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What does the frontal lobe do?

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Problem solving, language, emotional control and decision making.

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What does the parietal lobe do?

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Processes sensory info and physical sensation.

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What does the temporal lobe do?

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Auditory processing

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What does the occipital lobe do?

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Visual processing

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