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EXAM 2 Flashcards

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Acetylcholine

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(neurotransmitter) motor control over muscles; learning, memory, sleeping, and dreaming

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Norepinephrine

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(neurotransmitter) arousal vigilance and attention

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Dopamine

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(neurotransmitter) reward and motivation

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GABA

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(neurotransmitter) inhibition of action potentials; anxiety reduction

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Glutamate

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(neurotransmitter) enhancement of action potentials; learning and memory

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Endorphins

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(neurotransmitter) pain reduction; reward

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Stimulants

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  • increases brain activity
  • cocaine, nicotine. caffeine, methamphetamine,
  • dopamine, norepinephrine, acetylcholine (nicotine)
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Depressants

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  • decrease behavioral and mental activity
  • anti anxiety drugs, alcohol
  • GABA
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Opioids

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  • reduce the experience of pain, bring pleasure
  • heroine, morphine, codeine
  • Endorphines
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Hallucinogens/Psychedelics

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  • alter thoughts or perception
  • LSD, PCP, peyote, psilocybin mushrooms
  • serotonin (LSD, peyote, shrooms) glutamate (PCP)
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Combination drugs

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  • mixed effects
  • Marijuana, MDMA
  • Cannabinoid (marijuana), serotonin, dopamine norepinephrine (MDMA)
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Cerebellum

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back of brain, responsible for motor function

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13
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Thalamus

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Sensory gateway

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14
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Hypothalamus

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Regulates body function

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Hippocampus

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formation of new memories

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16
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Amygdala

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Emotions

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Basal Ganglia

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Movement, reward

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Parietal Lobes

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sense of touch and attention to environment

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Occipital Lobe

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vision

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Temporal lobes

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processing auditory info, memory, object and face perception

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Frontal lobe

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movement and higher-level psych processes associated with prefrontal cortex

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Prefrontal cortex

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attention, working memory, decision making, appropriate social behavior, and personality

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Broca’s area

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responsible for speech production

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Plasticity

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property of brain allowing it to change as a result of experience or injury

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Sociocognitive theory of hypnosis

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hypnotized people behave as they expect hypnotized people to behave, even if those expectations are faulty

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Neodissociation theory of hypnosis

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acknowledges the importance of social context to hypnosis, but it views the hypnotic state as an altered state

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