EXAM 2 Flashcards
Acetylcholine
(neurotransmitter) motor control over muscles; learning, memory, sleeping, and dreaming
Norepinephrine
(neurotransmitter) arousal vigilance and attention
Dopamine
(neurotransmitter) reward and motivation
GABA
(neurotransmitter) inhibition of action potentials; anxiety reduction
Glutamate
(neurotransmitter) enhancement of action potentials; learning and memory
Endorphins
(neurotransmitter) pain reduction; reward
Stimulants
- increases brain activity
- cocaine, nicotine. caffeine, methamphetamine,
- dopamine, norepinephrine, acetylcholine (nicotine)
Depressants
- decrease behavioral and mental activity
- anti anxiety drugs, alcohol
- GABA
Opioids
- reduce the experience of pain, bring pleasure
- heroine, morphine, codeine
- Endorphines
Hallucinogens/Psychedelics
- alter thoughts or perception
- LSD, PCP, peyote, psilocybin mushrooms
- serotonin (LSD, peyote, shrooms) glutamate (PCP)
Combination drugs
- mixed effects
- Marijuana, MDMA
- Cannabinoid (marijuana), serotonin, dopamine norepinephrine (MDMA)
Cerebellum
back of brain, responsible for motor function
Thalamus
Sensory gateway
Hypothalamus
Regulates body function
Hippocampus
formation of new memories
Amygdala
Emotions
Basal Ganglia
Movement, reward
Parietal Lobes
sense of touch and attention to environment
Occipital Lobe
vision
Temporal lobes
processing auditory info, memory, object and face perception
Frontal lobe
movement and higher-level psych processes associated with prefrontal cortex
Prefrontal cortex
attention, working memory, decision making, appropriate social behavior, and personality
Broca’s area
responsible for speech production
Plasticity
property of brain allowing it to change as a result of experience or injury
Sociocognitive theory of hypnosis
hypnotized people behave as they expect hypnotized people to behave, even if those expectations are faulty
Neodissociation theory of hypnosis
acknowledges the importance of social context to hypnosis, but it views the hypnotic state as an altered state
