Psych exam 1 2 Flashcards
1
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acetylcholine
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arousal and increase cognition; lack of = Alzheimers
2
Q
dopamine
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increases pleasure; “feel good”
3
Q
norepinephrine
A
increase arousal, decrease appetite; low levels in depression
4
Q
glutamate
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main excitant; involved in memory or learning
5
Q
serotonin
A
controls mood and sleep; keeps mood “normal”
6
Q
GABA
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inhibitory transmitter; depresses mood and supress appetite
7
Q
central nervous system
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brain and spinal cord
8
Q
frontal lobe
A
reasoning, emotion, motor control, language
9
Q
parietal lobe
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processing sensory information
10
Q
occipital lobe
A
processes visual info
11
Q
temporal
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hearing, memory, emotion, language
12
Q
somatasensory
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processes sensory (touch, sense, pain)
13
Q
hippocampus
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learning and memory
14
Q
amygdala
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emotion
15
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thalamus
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sends all the info to the right spot (hallucinations come from overload)
