Psychopharmacology

Question 1

Young-Helmholtz

Answer 1

Three types of color receptors(cones)

Red, Blue or Green

Question 2

Hering’s Opponent-Process Theory

Answer 2

Three types of bipolar  receptors:
Red/Green
Yellow/Blue
White/Black
Negative After Images support this theory

Question 3

Color blindness

Answer 3

Due to sex linked recessive trait - males at higher risk

Question 4

Weber’s law

Answer 4

The more intense the stimulus, the greater the increase in intensity needed to produce just noticeable difference

Question 5

Fechner’s Law

Answer 5

Physical stimulus changes are logarithmically related to their psychological sensations

Question 6

H.M

Answer 6

Bilateral medial temporal lobotomy- to relieve severe epilepsy

Question 7

Temporal Lobes

Answer 7

Storage & retrieval of long term declarative memories

Question 8

Hippocampus

Answer 8

Memory consolidation and explicit memory

Question 9

Amygdala

Answer 9

Attaches emotions to memory

Question 10

Prefrontal lobe

Answer 10

Episodic memory
Prospective memory
Working memory

Question 11

Basal Ganglia,

Motor cortex & Cerebellum

Answer 11

Procedural & Implicit memory

Question 12

Long Term Potentiation

Answer 12

Hippocampus

Question 13

James-Lange theory

Answer 13

I’m scared because my knees are shaking

Question 14

Cannon-Bard theory

Answer 14

Emotion provoking stimuli simultaneously produce emotional experience

Question 15

Papez Circuit

Answer 15

Mediates experience and expression of emotion.
Left - dominant hemisphere =positive emotions
Right- nondominant = negative emotions

Question 16

Damage to Hypothalamus

Answer 16

Rage or uncontrollable laughter

Question 17

Schachter & Singer’s 1962 two-factor theory

Answer 17

Emotional experience is the consequence of combination of physical arousal and cognitive interpretation

Question 18

Selye’s general adaptation syndrome (GAS)

Answer 18

Alarm
Resistance
Exhaustion
(ARE) - adrenal & pituitary

Question 19

Five stages of sleep

Answer 19

1 Alpha
2 Theta
3&4 Slow Delta
5 REM/paradoxical sleep

Question 20

Huntington ‘s disease ( HD)

Answer 20

Autosomal dominant genes

Question 21

HD

Answer 21

Mood sx early/ 1st signs of disease - dysthymia and depression

Question 22

HD

Answer 22

Degeneration of GABA secreting cells and excitoticity in basal ganglia

Question 23

Parkinson’s disease

Answer 23

Degeneration of dopamine containing cells in substantia nigra

Question 24

Propanolol

Answer 24

Treats cardiovascular disease, tremor, migraine headaches & reduces physical sx of anxiety

Question 25

Narcotic-Analgesic

Answer 25

Sedative & analgesic effects (pain relief)

Question 26

Psychostomulant - Amphetamine

Answer 26

Treat ADHD & Narcolepsy

Question 27

Methylphenidate- ADHD

Answer 27

Side effects= decreased appetite
Growth suppression
Insomnia
Dysphoria

Question 28

Anti-Alcohol Drugs

Answer 28

Disulfiram

Naltrexone

Question 29

High Serotonin

Low Serotonin

Answer 29

Anorexia
Schizophrenia
Autism

Bulimia
Depression 
Aggression 
Suicide
PTSD
OCD

Question 30

Action Potential

Answer 30

Na+ in positive inside & negative outside

Na+gates close & K+ cells go out & cell returns to normal, negative inside & positive outside

Question 31

Dopamine

Answer 31

Tourette’s syndrome, Schizophrenia & Parkinson’s

Question 32

31 pairs of spinal nerves - Five Groups

Answer 32

8 cervical
12 thoracic
5 lumbar
5 sacral
1 cocygeal