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Exam 1 Psych Flashcards

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What year did Wilhelm Wundt find the first lab dedicated to psychology and when structuralism came about?

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1879

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What year did behaviorism become about?

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1913

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What year did cognitivism come about?

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1967

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What are the four definitions of psychology?

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the science of mind and behavior, the science of experimental epistemology, the science of knowing and experiencing, the science of things that move on their own

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dualism

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the universe is made of two interacting substances; physical and nonphysical matter

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materialism

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the universe is only made of physical matter

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scientific materialism

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all that exists is matter in motion

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The neural assumption is made by…

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scientific materialists

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Who does psychology apply to?

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humans, animals, plants

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James Gibson

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wanted to look at locomotion; ecological approach to psychology

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Reflex

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an automatic, stereotyped movement produced as the direct result of a stimulus

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What parts make up a neuron?

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dendrites, cell body (soma), axon, terminal endings

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What is the resting potential of a neuron?

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-70 mV

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What happens when neurons are stimulated?

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Na+ ions are let inside the cell, makes the inside more positive (-70, -69, -68 mV)

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When enough Na+ ions get in for the potential to be reduced to -55 mV, what happens?

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The ion gates to the cell membrane are flung open, allowing Na+ to rush in

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What is the action potential?

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40 mV

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How does the cell go back to resting potential?

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by pushing out K+ ions (Na+ goes out slower), then another pump takes Na+ back out and puts K+ back in

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What is the threshold?

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-55 mV

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Synapse

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the gap between two neurons (the presynaptic and post-synaptic)

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_________ of presynaptic neurons relay impulses to dendrites of postsynaptic neurons

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terminal endings

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21
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When do vesicles burst and what do they release?

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vesicles burst at action potential; they release neurotransmitters

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__________ on membrane of dendrite are like little locks to be opened and neurotransmitters are like the keys (what opens ion gates to allow Na+ inside in the first place)

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receptor molecules

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neurotransmitters may open a gate to let Na+ inside

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excitatory

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neurotransmitters may open a gate that pushes positive K+ ions out

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inhibitory

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temporal summation

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repeated subthreshold stimuli applied over time; over time it will illicit a response

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spatial summation

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if you stimulate multiple places at the same time it will illicit a response

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reciprocal inhibition

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two opposing tendencies, and one will inhibit the other

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28
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central nervous system consists of…

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brain and spinal cord

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The peripheral nervous system is divided into…

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the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system

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What does the somatic nervous system control?

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muscles and senses

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What does the autonomic nervous system control?

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vital functions: heart rate, breathing, digestion, reproduction

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What are the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system?

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sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system

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Sympathetic nervous system

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arousal: mobilizes for emergency

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parasympathetic nervous system

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calm: conserves energy

35
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What are the parts of the hind brain?

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medulla, pons, cerebellum

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what is the medulla responsible for?

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breathing, heartbeat, blood circulation

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what are the pons responsible for?

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arousal and attention

38
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what is the cerebellum responsible for?

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integration of muscles to perform fine movements, but no coordination/direction of these movements; balance

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If a cat was transected just above the hindbrain how would it behave?

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low-decerebrate cat; can move but not act

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What is the other name for the pons?

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bridge

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Midbrain

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forms movements into acts; controls whole body responses to visual and auditory stimuli

42
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How would a cat act if just transected just above midbrain?

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can act, but without regard to environment, without purpose

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superior colliculus

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part of the midbrain; “upper hills”

44
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substantia nigra

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part of midbrain; “black substance”

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forebrain

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cerebral hemispheres connected by corpus callosum

46
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what are the parts of the forebrain?

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thalamus, hypothalamus, basal ganglia, limbic system, cerebral cortex

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thalamus

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sensory and motor relay center

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hypothalamus

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controls responses to basic needs (food, temp, sex)

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basal ganglia

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regulates muscle contractions for smooth movements

50
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what are the parts of the limbic system

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hippocampus and amygdala

51
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limbic system

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memory (hippocampus) and emotion (amygdala)

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cerebral cortex

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four lobes: frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal; seat of higher intellectual functions

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How would a cat behave transected above its limbic system?

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acts normal, with purpose, but clumsy

54
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corpus callosum

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connects hemispheres

55
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cerebral cortex

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higher motor, sensory, and intellectual functions

56
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Broca’s aphasia

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speech is diminished and there is a loss of normal grammatical structure

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Wernicke’s aphasia

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speech comprehension is diminished

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frontal lobe

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planning; social behavior; motor control

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parietal lobe

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somatosensory (sense of touch) (on top and toward back of brain)

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occipital

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vision

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temporal

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hearing, memory (side of brain)

62
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left hemisphere is responsible for

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language

63
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right hemisphere is responsible for

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spatial abilities

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front

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expression/ actions/ plans

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back

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reception/ perceptions/ interpretations

66
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pre-frontal lesions

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loss of planning, moral reasoning, sensitivity to social context (or loss of initiation of action, deliberation)

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apraxia

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“no doing”; failure in sequencing components of actions; inability to organize movements (not paralysis); frontal lesions just forward of motor cortex

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agnosia

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“no knowing”; deficit in interpreting, categorizing, labeling, knowing; occipital or temporal lesions

69
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neglect

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right hemisphere (parietal) damage causes inattention to the whole left side

70
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aphasia

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left hemisphere (frontal or temporal) damage causes deficits in language function (damage to Broca’s area or Wernicke’s area)

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expressive aphasia

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cannot produce speech; lesion to Broca’s area

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receptive aphasia

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cannot understand speech, and consequently cannot produce speech; lesion to Wernicke’s area

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