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the endocrine systems’ most influential gland, under the influence of the hypothalamus, this regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands

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pituitary gland

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an amplified recording of waves of electrical activity that sweeps across the brain’s surface, these waves are measured by electrodes placed on the skull

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EEG

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a visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a certain task

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PET

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a technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce a computer generated image that distinguishes between the types of soft tissue in the brain

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MRI

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connected to the base of the brain stem, controls our blood pressure, heart rate, and breathing

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Medulla

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screens incoming info, and filters out irrelevant info, controls arousal and attention

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Reticular Formation

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the brains sensory switchboard

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Thalamus

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above the medulla, makes chemical involved w/ sleep and facial expressions

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Pons

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the little brain attached to the rear of the brain stem, controls coordination, fire muscles movements and balance

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Cerebellum

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associated with emotions like aggression and fear and drives such as hunger, thirst, and sex (Hippocampus, hypothalamus, and amygdala)

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Limbic system

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part of the limbic system that is involved in emotions, aggression, and fear

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Amygdala

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controls the metabolic functions of body temp., sex arousal, hunger, thirst, motivation/emotions, and the endocrine system –> the 4 f’s

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Hypothalamus

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part of the limbic system involved in learning and memory

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Hippocampus

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at side of brain above ears invloved in memory, perception, hearing

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Temporal Lobe

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lower back part of brain involved with processing visual info –> vision

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Occipital Lobe

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top of brain, discriminates between textures and shapes

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Peripheral Lobe

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located under forehead, involved with complex cognitive functions

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Frontal Lobe

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studied the effects of stimulation on the motor cortex

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William Penfield

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first lobotomy after a rod goes through his head; gives psych info on part of brain involved w/ emotions and reasoning

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Phineasa Gage

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Directs muscle movements involved with speech

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Broca’s Area

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involved in language comprehension

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Wernicke’s Area

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brain’s ability to modify itself after some kind of injury/illness

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Plasticity

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corpus callosum cut, not allowing info to travel to other side of brain

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Split Brain

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Responsible for higher thinking function, connects two side of brain

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Corpus Callosum

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logical, sequential tasks, solving math problems, verbal –> logical

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Left hemisphere

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Facial recognition, puzzle solver, emotional, artistic –> creative

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Right Hemisphere

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recieves info from skin surface and sense organs

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sensory cortex

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controls voluntary movements, on opposite side of body

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motor cortex

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lower brain, located at rear base of skull, responsible for reflective or automatic behaviors.

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Hindbrain

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Largest part of brain that controls what we think of as thoughts and reasons

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Forebrain

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located above Pons, integrates and relay sensory info to main part of brain

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Midbrain

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this occurs when positive ions enter the neuron, making it susceptible to fire an action potential

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Depolarization

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After a neuron has fired an action potential, it pauses for a short period to recharge, until it will fire again

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Refractory period

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the level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse

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Threshold

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a neural impulse that travels down the axon –> domino effect

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Action potential

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when the depolarized current exceeds the threshold of a neuron, it will fire unless it’s below, causing it not to fire

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all-or-none

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neurotransmitters that can’t find an area across the synapse to attach will be reabsorbed by the sending neurons

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reuptake

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activates motor neurons and skeletal muscles, too little = Alzheimer’s

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Acetylcholine

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contributes to voluntary movements and pleasurable emotions, lack of it causes Parkinson’s as too much causes schizophrenia.

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Dopamine

40
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natural pain killers created by brain, promotes pain relief, like morphine

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Endorphins

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involved in mood, regulation of sleep, appetite, and body temp, to little leads to depression as too much contributes to OCD and mania

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Serotonin

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affects memory, learning, and contribute to changes in mood, undersupply leads to depression

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Norepinephrine

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info processes guided by higher level mental processes, recognizing face & T/-\E C/-\T (I read ‘the cat’ no thinking)

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Top-down processing

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analysis of the stimulus begins w/ the sense receptor and works up to brain, /-\ (I see something, oh it’s an A)

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bottom-up processing

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minimum difference between two stimulus required for detection 50% of the time

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JND

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Smelling

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Olfaction

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focus of attention on selected aspects of the environment and block out the rest

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Cocktail party phenomenon

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comparing the information from each eyeball, the greater difference

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Retinal disparity

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the conversation of one form of energy into another, translates the incoming stimuli into a neural singal

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transduction

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process visual info into neural impulses

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retina

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protects and bends incoming light rays/ focus

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cornea

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focus light rays on the retina (accommodation)

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lens

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controls the pupil’s size

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iris

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central point (only cones) and see color

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foves

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adjusts opening to let in light

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pupil

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point at which there are no rods/cones

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Blind spot

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carries neural impulse to the brain

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optic nerve

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detect black, white, and gray (peripheral and night vision)

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rods

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detect color (l=fine detail) (mainly located in fovea)

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Cones

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the processing of several aspects of a problem, simultaneously

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parallel processing

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we have three types of cones in the retina: red, blue, green: we get other colors by mixing and lightening/darkening colors

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Young-Helmholtz theory

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the sensory receptors arranged in the retina come in pairs: red/green, yellow/blue, and black/white

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Opponent Process Theory

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the firing of the cones used after viewing something steadily

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afterimage

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process to tell if a baby has a sense of depth

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visual cliff

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loudness, measure in decibels

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intensity

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the pitch, a tone’s highness/lowness

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frequency

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sound waves collected
Source –> Ear canal –> eardrum (thin membrane that vibrates when hit)

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outer ear

68
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Transmits and amplifies the vibration
Hammer –> Anvil –> Stirrup –> Oval window

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Middle ear

69
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Change to neural impulse
Cochlea (snail shaped membrane filled w/ fluid that changes vibration to an electric symbol) –> Auditory Nerve –> Brain

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Inner ear

70
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If one sense is deprived, another will become stronger, ie. –> blind people have very good hearing

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Sensory deprivation

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after a while of constant stimulation, will stop detecting sense, ie. –> watch or bandage

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sensory adaption

72
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sense of body position and movement, balance

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vestibular sense

73
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a mental predisposition to see one thing rather than another

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perpectual set

74
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an organized whole, put all individual pieces together to get a big picure

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gestalt

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objects that are close together are more likely to be perceived as belonging in the same group

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Proximity

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objects that are similar in appearance are more likely to be perceived as belonging in the same group

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Similarity

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objects that form a continuous form are more likely to be perceived as belonging in the same group

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continuity

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objects that make up recognizable imagine are more likely to be perceived as belonging in the same group

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closure

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objects with similar size, shape and brightness are considered a set

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constancy

80
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gain ability to think about the way you think –> self-evaluation

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metacognition

81
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founder of classical conditioning while trying to study digestive system

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Isaac Pavlov

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Learning in which an organism comes to associate stimuli

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Classical Conditioning

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stimuli that does not trigger a response

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NS

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stimuli that automatically triggers a response

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UCS

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an unlearned, natural response to the UCS

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UCR

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after association with the UCS, elicits a certain response

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CS

87
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the learned response to a previously neutral response

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CR

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