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Sem 1 Exam Revision Flashcards

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What’s the Left side of the brain involved with?

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Logical thinking and processing

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What’s the right side of the brain involved with?

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Creatively thinking

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Where’s the frontal lobe located?

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Front of the brain

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Where’s the parietal lobe located

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Back top of the brain

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Where is the occipital lobe located?

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Back bottom

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Where is the temporal lobe located?

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Bottom front

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What is psychology?

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The study of behaviour and mental processes - Can’t prescribe medicine

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What is psychiatry?

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A doctor who is trained in mental Illness - CAN prescribe medicine

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What is the function of the frontal lobe?

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Executive functioning
Involved with voluntary movement
involved with personality and expression of emotions

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What is the function of the parietal lobe?

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Receives sensory from organs, glands and muscles
Body orientation

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What is the function of the temporal lobe?

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memory formation and recognition of facts/objects
Auditory perception

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What is the function of the occipital lobe?

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Received visual information

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What are the specialised areas of the brain and where are they located? What do they do?

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Broca’s area, (frontal lobe) - plans the processes of speech
Wernickes area (temporal lobe) - Critical for speech production

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What does the motor cortex do?
Where is it located?

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Initiates voluntary movement
Frontal lobe

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What does the sensory cortex do?
Where is it located?

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Interpret and respond to sensory info
Parietal lobe

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What does the visual cortex do?
Where is it located?

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Organises and interprets visual info
Occipital lobe

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What does the auditory cortex do?
Where is it located?

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Receives and processes info from ears (sound)
Temporal lobe

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Where is the forebrain located?
What are the parts inside?

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The front
Cerebrum, thalamus, hypothalamus

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What does the cerebrum do?

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Responsible for everything we see, feel and do
It is made up of the 4 lobes

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What does the thalamus do?

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Relay centre
Most incoming and outgoing senses (except smell)

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What does the hypothalamus do?

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Role in emotional regulation and motivational behaviour
Hormone release

22
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Where is the mid brain located?
What are the parts inside?

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In the middle
Reticular formation

23
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What does the reticular formation do?

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It’s a network of neurons that acts as a filter so the brain isn’t overloaded
Sex, thirst, eat, sleep

24
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Where is the hind brain located?
What are the parts inside?

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The back
Cerebellum, Pons, Medulla

25
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What’s the corpus callosum

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The band of tissue that connects the left and right hemisphere

26
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What are the members of the limbic system?

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Hypothalamus
Hippocampus
Amadella

27
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What is hemispheric specialisation? (left and right)

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The differential role of the left or right side in processing a specific neuronal task or behaviour.

28
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What are the parts of a neutron

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Dendrites (the bristles at the end)
An axon (the stem)
Nucleus (the dot)
Soma (stem of the dendrites)
Myelin sheath (the sheath)
Nerve ending (the ending)

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Ct types of info obtained

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Detailed images of the body

30
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MRI types of info obtained

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Detailed images of the body

31
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PET info obtained

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How organs and tissue are going

32
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FMRI info obtained

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Shows up what areas of the brain are most active

33
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What are the parts of the human nervous system?

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Central nervous system (CNS)
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)

34
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What parts of the body does the central nervous system include?

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The brain and the spinal cord

35
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How long do you need to study for psychology?

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7 years

36
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How long do you need to study for psychiatry

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14 years

37
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What are the two specialised areas

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Broca’s area
Wernickes area

38
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What does Broca’s area do?

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Speech productiob

39
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What does Wernickes area do?

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Understand words/meaning

40
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What are the left and right hemisphere involved in

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LEFT = LOGIC

RIGHT = CREATIVE

41
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Can Voldemort win if dumbledore dies?

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Confidentiality
Voluntary participation
Withdraw rights
Inform consent
Debrief
Deception

42
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Peripheral Nervous system

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Somatic ns
Autonomic nervous system
-sympathetic ns
-parasympathetic ns

43
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What does the central NS do?

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Processes and responds to info

44
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What does the spinal cord do?

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Long column of nerve tissue extending from the base of the brain to the lower back

45
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Take a break

A

No we ball

46
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What does the peripheral NS do?

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A network of nerves which transform info from muscles to glands

47
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What does the automatic ns do?
What does the somatic ns do?

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Automatic: voluntary
Somatic: involuntary

48
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What does the sympathetic ns do?
What does the parasympathetic ns do?
Where do they branch from?

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Sympathetic: sumpathy, activated when stressed
Parasympathetic: relaxed state, conserves energy

Branch: Automatic NS

49
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What is a neuron

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A nerve cell that sends messages all over the body

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