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Exam 3 - Section 1 (10/25) Flashcards

1
Q

_________ : functions of parts of the brain

A

Anatomy

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2
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_________ : effects of neurotransmitters and

hormones on brain processes

A

Biochemistry

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3
Q

Parts of _________
– Dendrites
– Axons

A

nerves

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4
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Types of nerves:

– Afferent nerves
– _________ nerves
– Interneurons

A

Efferent

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5
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Types of nerves:

– _________ nerves
– Efferent nerves
– _________

A
  • Afferent

- Interneurons

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6
Q

If its important for mood, its important for _________

A

personality

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7
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_________ nerves - Send information down to CNS

A

Efferent

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8
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_________ - Controls response to stimulus, environment, stress response, anxiety response

A

CNS

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9
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CNS - Controls response to stimulus, _________, stress response, _________ response

A
  • environment

- anxiety

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10
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_________ nervous system - Responds to stress, emergency situations

-Increases blood pressure, heart rate, dilates eyes

A

Sympathetic

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11
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Sympathetic nervous system - Responds to stress, _________ situations

-Increases blood pressure, _________, dilates eyes

A
  • emergency

- heart rate

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12
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_________ nervous system - Calms you down, relaxes blood vessels, slows heart rate

A

Parasympathetic

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13
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Parasympathetic nervous system - Calms you down, _________ blood vessels, slows _________

A
  • relaxes

- heart rate

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14
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_________ controls Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous systems

A

CNS

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15
Q

CNS includes:

  • _________ system - hormone system
  • _________
A
  • Adrenal

- Spine

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16
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_________ nerves - bring information up to your brain from the CNS

A

Afferent

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17
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Afferent nerves - bring information up to your _________ from the _________

A
  • brain

- CNS

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18
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_________ - between neurons, allow them to talk to each other

A

Interneurons

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19
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Interneurons - between neurons, allow them to _________ to each other

A

talk

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20
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Responstivity -

Someone who is very jumpy has a more _________ nervous system

A

-reactive

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21
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_________ = regulates emotional responses

A

Amygdala

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22
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_________ = receives and processes hormones and neurotransmitters

A

Hypothalamus

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23
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Hypothalamus = receives and processes hormones and _________

A

neurotransmitters

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24
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_________ - Secretes lots of hormones

A

Hypothalamus

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25
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_________ = executive function - cognition

A

Frontal lobe (frontal cortext)

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26
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Frontal lobe (frontal cortext) = executive function - _________

27
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_________ = outer layer

28
Q

Brain damage in _________ = lasting effects on personality

A

frontal cortex

29
Q

Dopamine we process is managed and handled in _________

A

the frontal cortex

30
Q

Brain damage in _________ can change levels of aggression, risk taking, etc

A

the frontal cortex

31
Q

Brain damage in the frontal cortex can change levels of aggression, _________ , etc

A

risk taking

32
Q

Brain damage in _________ = emotional processing, regulation
-Can create a “short fuse”

A

rear of brain

33
Q

Brain damage in rear of brain = emotional _________, regulation
-Can create a “_________ “

A
  • processing

- short fuse

34
Q

Changes in _________ structure can change important parts of your _________

A
  • brain

- personality

35
Q

_________ - Spike through brain damaged part of his brain (prefrontal cortex) making him aggressive, etc

A

Phineas Gage

36
Q

Phineas Gage - Spike through brain damaged part of his brain (prefrontal cortex) making him _________, bad decisions, etc

A

-aggressive

37
Q

Brain stimulation - electric signals

-Can make long lasting changes in _________

A

mood and affect

38
Q

Brain stimulation common for _________ disorder

39
Q

Transcranial _________ stimulation (TMS)

40
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transcranial _________ stimulation (tDCS)

A

direct current

41
Q
  • ______encephalography (EEG)

* ______encephalography (MEG)

A
  • Electro

- Magneto

42
Q

Brain activity and imaging

– Detect WHAT PARTS of the brain are working

  • ___ scans
  • Positron emission tomography (PET)
  • Functional _________ Resistance Imaging (fMRI)
A
  • CT

- Magnetic

43
Q

Brain activity and imaging

– Detect WHAT PARTS of the brain are working

  • CT scans
  • Positron _________ tomography (PET)
  • Functional Magnetic Resistance Imaging (fMRI)
44
Q

Difficulties with imaging techniques

– May indicate _________ activity

A

inhibitory

45
Q

Difficulties with imaging techniques

All parts of the brain are always _________ to some degree
• Blood oxygenation level dependent (_____) imaging signals and perfusion imaging

A
  • active

- BOLD

46
Q

Difficulties with imaging techniques

All parts of the brain are always active to some degree
• Blood _________ level dependent (BOLD) imaging signals and _________ imaging

A
  • oxygenation

- perfusion

47
Q

Difficulties with imaging techniques

Brain activity in response to a _________ does not mean the same _________ process occurs every time that area is active

A
  • stimulus

- psychological

48
Q

Difficulties with imaging techniques

Most researchers only look at _________ areas
• Difficult to detect the _________ context effect

A
  • small

- neural

49
Q

Difficulties with imaging techniques

The technology is _________ to use

A

-difficult

50
Q

Contentiousness, Extraversion - controlled by _________

51
Q

_________ - Links perceptions and thoughts with emotional meaning

52
Q

amygdala - • Role in negative and positive _________

53
Q

_________ -

Role in assessing whether a stimulus is threatening or rewarding

54
Q

amygdala - Role in assessing whether a stimulus is _________ or rewarding

A

-threatening

55
Q

Damage to the _________ - changes levels of contentiousness, Extraversion

56
Q

_________ -

Relevant traits: anxiety, fearfulness, sociability, sexuality, optimism, extraversion, neuroticism

57
Q

amygdala -

Relevant traits: anxiety, _________, sociability, _________, optimism, extraversion, neuroticism

A
  • fearfulness

- sexuality

58
Q

amygdala -

Relevant traits: anxiety, fearfulness, sociability, sexuality, _________, extraversion, _________

A
  • optimism

- neuroticism

59
Q

– _________ murders at University of Texas in 1966 -

Tumor next to amygdala - changed his thoughts and behaviors

60
Q

– murders at University of Texas in 1966 -

Tumor next to _________ - changed his thoughts and _________

A
  • amygdala

- behaviors

61
Q

_________ - 25 year old student started having dark murderous thoughts, killed a bunch of people at university of Texas then killed his wife.

-Tumor next to amygdala

62
Q

Whitman - 25 year old student started having dark _________ thoughts, killed a bunch of people at university of Texas then killed his wife.

-Tumor next to amygdala

63
Q

Whitman - -Left a note saying something was wrong with him, please do an autopsy on me. psychologist had told him he was fine
- Had _________ pressing on amygdala

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