finals Flashcards
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Refers to the scientific study of the biology of behavior
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Biopsychology
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Scientific study of the nervous system
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Neuroscience
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Cells that receives and transmits electrochemical energy
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Neurons
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BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF BEHAVIOR
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Physiological
Ontogenetic
Evolutionary
Functional
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Relates a behavior or activity of the brain and the other organs. It deals with the machinery of the
body like the chemical reactions of the body
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Physiological
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it Describes how a structure or behavior develops
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Ontogenetic
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- Reconstructs the evolutionary history of a structure or behavior.
- The characteristic feature of an animal are almost always modification of some ancestral species
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Evolutionary
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- Describes why a structure evolve or behaved as it did
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Functional
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6 FIELDS OF NEUROSCIENCE
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Neuro anatomy
Neurochemistry
Neuroendocrinology
Neuropathology
Neuropharmacology
Neurophysiology
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Study of the nervous system
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Neuro anatomy
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Study of chemical bases of neural activity
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Neurochemistry
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Study of the interactions between the nervous and the endocrine system
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Neuroendocrinology
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Study of nervous system disorders
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Neuropathology
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Study of effects of drugs to neural activity
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Neuropharmacology
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Study of functions and activities of the nervous system
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Neurophysiology
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TYPES OF RESEARCH THAT CHARACTERIZE BIOPSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH
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Comparative Approach
Experiment
Quasi-experimental Study
Case study
Pure research
Applied research
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Study of biological approach by comparing two species
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Comparative Approach
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- Method scientists use to study causation, that is to find what causes what
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Experiment
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Studies of group of subjects who have been exposed to the conditions of experiments in the real
world
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Quasi-experimental Study
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- Focuses on a single subject
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Case study
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- Motivated by curiosity of the researcher solely for the sake of acquiring knowledge
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pure
research
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- Intended to bring some direct benefit to humankind of the study
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Applied research
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are cells and communication functional the units of the nervous system.
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NEURONS
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are non-conducting cells that support the nervous system
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GLIA
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- a structure that separates the inside of the cell from the outside environment.
- It is composed of two layers of fat molecules that are free to flow around one another
MEMBRANE/PLASMA MEMBRANE
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- Except for mammalian red blood cells, all animal cells have a ____, the structure that contains
the chromosomes
- It contains the majority of the cell's material.
nucleus
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) is the structure that performs metabolic activities,
providing the energy that the cell requires for all other activities.
- require fuel and oxygen function.
- Powerhouse of the cell
Mitochondria
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are the sites at which the cell synthesizes new protein molecules.
- Proteins building provide materials for the cell and facilitate various reactions. chemical
- float freely within the cell. Others are attached to the ER
ribosomes
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a network of thin tubes that transport newly synthesized proteins to other locations
ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
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has on its ribosomes, which are small, round
organelles whose function it is to make those proteins.
ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
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functions in many metabolic processes.
- It synthesizes phospholipids lipids, as in plasma membranes, and steroids.
SMOOTH RETICULUM ENDOPLASMIC
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) is the central organelle mediating protein and lipid
transport within the eukaryotic cell
GOLGI APPARATUS
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a membrane-bound is cell organelle that contains digestive enzymes
LYSOSOME
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Contains the nucleus, rough ER and other organelles. Responsible for the maintenance and daily
activities of the cell
CELL BODY
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a very long and thin extension of cytoplasm from the cell body. Carries impulses away from the
cell body
AXON
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much smaller cytoplasm extensions which carry impulses to the cell body (receive information)
DENDRITES
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Helps reduce signal loss.
MYELIN SHEATH
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produce the myelin sheath. A created by specialized glial cells wrapping themselves around the
axon.
SCHWANN CELLS
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gaps between myelin sheath where the axon is "naked".
NODES OF RANVIER
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In the nervous system, a _____ is a structure that permits a neuron (or nerve cell) to pass an
electrical or chemical signal to another neuron or to the target effector cell
SYNAPSE
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, his automatic muscular responses to stimuli.
REFLEX
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The circuit from sensory neuron to muscle response.
REFLEX ARC
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is a stimulant at low doses, increasing the release of dopamine.
(MDMA, OR “ECSTASY”)
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relax people, decrease their attention to real-world problems, and decrease their sensitivity
to pain.
Opiates
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leaves contain the chemical 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (9-THC) and other cannabinoids
(chemicals related to 9-THC)
MARIJUANA
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Drugs that distort perception are called
HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS
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is an organ which reacts to light and pressure. As a sense organ, the mammalian
eye allows vision.
human eye
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- The colored part
- Controls the light entering the eye
iris
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- A clear dome over the iris
- Allows the passage of light into the eye and functions as fixed lens
CORNEA
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The black circular opening in the iris that lets light in.
PUPIL
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The white part of the eye.
SCLERA
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Contains light-receptive cells (rods and cones)
RETINA
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- Transmits electrical impulses from retina to the brain
- Creates blind spot
- Brain takes inverted image and flips it so we can see
OPTIC NERVE
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Main function is the protection of the eye.
- They also help to distribute tears which wash and lubricate the eyes
LIDS AND LASHES
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sfeature alternating manic and major depressive episodes
Bipolar disorders
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, individuals find extreme pleasure in every activity,
mania
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is recurrent if two or more episodes occur and are separated by at least
two months without depression.
DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS
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f women who experience severe
emotional reactions during the premenstrual period.
PRE-MENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER (PMD)
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Mood disorders in children are fundamentally similar to mood disorders in adults.
PREVALENCE OF MOOD DISORDERS
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is a strong negative emotion and bodily symptoms of tension. apprehensively anticipating future
danger or misfortune and often feelings a lack of control.
ANXIETY
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an immediate reaction to danger
fear
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is an abrupt experience of intense fear or discomfort accompanied by a number of physical
symptoms, such as dizziness or heart palpitations
PANIC ATTACK
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the body's response to pressure
STRESS
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are anticipated when a person is subjected to specific cues or panic triggers.
EXPECTED PANIC ATTACK
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is characterized with an excessive, enduring fear in some individuals that harm will come to them
or their loved ones when they are apart
SEPERATION ANXIETY DISORDER (SEPANX)
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defined by excessive worry, apprehension, and fear about future events or situations, either real or
imagined
ANXIETY DISORDERS
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Mental disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts (obsessions) that produce uneasiness,
apprehension, fear, or worry. and by repetitive behaviors or rituals (compulsions) aimed at reducing
the associated anxiety
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDERS (OCD)
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An obsessive-compulsive disorder characterized by the repeated urge to pick at one's own skin,
often to the extent that damage is caused.
EXCORIATION
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ACUTE STRESS DISORDER
- is a psychiatric diagnosis that may occur in patients within four weeks of a traumatio event.
- Features Include anxiety, intense fear or helplessness, dissociative symptoms, reexperiencing the
event, and avoidance behaviors
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POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
is a psychiatric disorder that may occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic
event such as a natural disaster, a serious accident, a terrorist act, war/combat, or rape or who
have been threatened with death, sexual violence or serious injury.
