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Physiological Psychology Flashcards

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Franz Gall

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phrenology

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Pierre Flourens

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first to study functions of major sections of the brain

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ablation/extirpation

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parts of the brain are removed and behavioural consequences are observed

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William James

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functionalism; link between physiology and emotional experience

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John Dewey

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functionalism

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Johannes Muller

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law of specific nerve energies

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law of specific nerve energies

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each sensory nerve is excited by only one kind of energy, and the brain interprets any stimulation of that nerve as being that kind of energy

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Hermann von Helmholtz

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measured the speed of a nerve impulse & credited with transitioning psychology into the field of natural sciences

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Sir Charles Sherrington

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inferred the existence of synapses (but thought it was electrical, not chemical)

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afferent neurons vs efferent neurons

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sensory vs. motor

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interneurons

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located predominantly in CNS, linked to reflexive behaviour

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Describe how the peripheral nervous system is divided

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somatic and autonomic (parasympathetic and sympathetic)

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Walter Cannon

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pioneering work on autonomic nervous system; homeostasis

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resting and digesting

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parasympathetic nervous system; acetylcholine

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fight or flight

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sympathetic nervous system (“I am sympathetic to your flight”); increase in heart rate, blood sugar, respiratin, decrease in digestion; adrenaline

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hindbrain

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vital functioning necessary for survival; where brain and spinal cord meet

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midbrain

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receives sensory and motor information

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forebrain

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emotion and memory; complex processes; greatest impact on human behavior

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phylogeny

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evolutionary development

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medulla oblongata

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regulates heartbeat, blood pressure, and breathing

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alcohol impairs which brain structure?

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cerebellum

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reticular formation

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arousal, alertness, and attention

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superior colliculus

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nuclei of midbrain that receives visual sensory input; SEEING (Superior)

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inferior colliculus

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nuclei of midbrain that receives auditory sensory input; reaction to sudden noises

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thalamus

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forebrain structure; relay station (receives incoming impulses and sorts them to the correct structure)

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hypothalamus

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homeostatic functions, aggression, sexual behaviours, hormones, autonomic nervous system, drive behaviours

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osmoregulation

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maintenance of water balance by osmoreceptors in hypothalamus

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lateral hypothalamus

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hunger center; Lacking Hunger (lesions; aphagia)

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ventromedial hypothalamus

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satiety centre; Very Hungry (lesions; hyperphagia)

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anterior hypothalamus

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sexual activity; Asexuality (lesions)

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large ventricles are seen in which disorder

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symptoms of schizophrenia, social withdrawal, flat affect, catatonic states

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limbic system

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2nd area of brain to evolve; septal nuclei, amygdala, hippocampus

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James Olds and Peter Milner

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septal nuclei - when stimulated, results in intense pleasure and sexual arousal

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septal rage

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vicious aggressive behaviour resulting from damage to the septal nuclei

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Kluver and Bucy

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linked amygdala with defensive and aggressive behaviours in monkeys

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Kluver-Bucy syndrome

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changes in animals resulting from bilateral removal of the amygdala

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Brenda Milner

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study of H.M.’s memory problems

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regions of frontal lobe

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prefrontal lobe (executive functioning) and motor cortex

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association area

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combines input from diverse brain regions; larger than projection areas in humans

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projection area

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receives incoming sensory information and sends out motor impulse commands

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Broca’s area

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usually only found in dominant hemisphere; speech production; in frontal lobe

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Hubel and Wiesel

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visual perception; single cell recording

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Wernicke’s area

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in temporal lobe; language perception and comprehension; located in dominant hemisphere

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Dominant hemisphere

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analytic and detailed; language, logic, math, language production and comprehension

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Nondominant hemisphere

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emotional tone of language, intuition, creativity, music, spatial processing

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Sperry and Gazzaniga

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corpus callosum severing in epileptic patients (SPerry and SPlit brain)

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terminal buttons

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end of axon that contains sacs that are filled with neurotransmitters

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glial cells

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insulate axons with myelin sheath

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diff between dendrites and axons

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dendrites are not myelinated (most axons are);
can regenerate and branching can change (axons are stable and cannot regenerate);
dendrites receive information and axons communicate it

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neural conduction within neuron vs. between neurons

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electrical vs. chemical

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resting membrane potential

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slight negative charge stored inside neuron’s cell membrane (-70 mV)

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describe the distribution of sodium and potassium ions during resting potential

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Outside: positive sodium ions (more)
Inside: positive potassium ions (less than sodium) AND negatively charged proteins
So overall inside is more negative compared to outside (polarized)

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describe depolarization

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when a stimulus is significant enough to cause membrane’s potential to increase to -50 mV

54
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describe the action potential spike

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when inside of membrane hits -50 mV, action potential is initiated when voltage-gated sodium channels open and allow sodium ions into the cell, changing inside of cell to a positive charge (about 35 mV)

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repolarization

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positively charged potassium ions rush outside the cell, and inside becomes negative once more

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hyperpolarization

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period when the membrane overshoots original negative charge of -70 mV

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refractory period

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neuron cannot fire until action potential finishes

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absolute refractory

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corresponds with depolarization, neuron cannot respond to additional stimuli

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relative refractory

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corresponds with repolarization

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acetylcholine

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nerve impulses to muscles; linked to Alzheimer’s

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catecholamines

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epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine –> emotions

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norepinephrine

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alertness, wakefulness, implicated in depression and mania

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dopamine

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movement, posture, basal ganglia

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GABA

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produces inhibitory postsynaptic potentials

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neuromodulators/neuropeptides

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slow and have longer effects on postsynaptic cell; endorphins are these

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tricyclic ADs

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facilitate transmission of norepinephrine or serotonin at synapse (block reuptake of monoamines)

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antipsychotics mechanism of action

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mostly block receptor sites for dopamine and make it difficult to bind to postsynaptic membrane

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master gland of endocrine system

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pituitary gland, specifically the anterior pituitary gland

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Which hormone is associated with ovulation?

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luteinizing hormone

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estrogen

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maturation and release of egg or ovum from ovary

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progesterone

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prepares uterus for implantation of fertilized egg

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Wilder Penfield

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first to use electrical stimulation to map out areas on brain’s surface

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A. R. Luria

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study of neuropsychological disorders

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Wernicke’s aphasia

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damage to Wernicke’s area resulting in difficulty in understanding language

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Broca’s aphasia

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damage to Broca’s area resulting in difficult in producing language

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agnosia

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problems in perceptual recognition

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apraxia

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impairment in organization of motor action

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brain waves when awake

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beta (awake and doing things) and alpha (relaxed with eyes closed)

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sleep stage 1

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short bursts of alpha waves

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sleep stage 2

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theta waves and K complexes

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sleep stage 3

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delta waves (Deep sleep)

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sleep stage 4

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deepest sleep, delta at slowest and sleep spindles at steepest

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BAT-D

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sequential order of brain waves (BAT sleeps during the Day)

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infants spend more time in what kind of sleep

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REM

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REM sleep

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eyes moving, brain waves look like beta waves but muscle tone is relaxed

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James-Lange theory of emotion

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we become aware of our emotion after we notice our physiological reactions to some external event

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Cannon-Bard theory of emotion

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bodily changes and emotions occur at the same time

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Schacter-Singer theory of emotion

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two-factor theory; individual’s appraisal of the situation determines the interpretation

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