Test 1

Question 1

Language areas in Left Hemisphere

Answer 1

Broca makes speech, wernicke is written language

Question 2

Concussions, TBI

Answer 2

sharp blow to head or rapid acceleration can cause brain to shake, twist or crash into skull

Question 3

Consciousness

Answer 3

Personal awareness of mental activities, internal sensations and external environment

Question 4

Consciousness as a river

Answer 4

Consciousness allows us to develop personal identity with continuity, integrat past, present and future behaviors

Question 5

attention

Answer 5

Capacity to selectively focus awareness on particular stimuli in external environment or interal thought

Question 6

Circadian rythm

Answer 6

24 hours long, daily fluctuations in bio and psycho processes. Sun, controlled by cluster of nerves in hypothalamus

Question 7

Two types of sleep

Answer 7

• REM, NREM

Question 8

REM

Answer 8

sleep with REM and dreaming, voluntary muscle activity suppressed
- brain more active, first episode 5-15 minutes

Question 9

NREM

Answer 9

Quiet sleep, dreamless sleep, 3 stages of sleep

Question 10

First 90 minutes of sleep

Answer 10

• progressive decrease in brain/body activity, dreamless sleep

Question 11

Length of sleep cycles

Answer 11

about 90 minutes, REM episodes lengthen and NREM episodes shorten through night

Question 12

What is a dream?

Answer 12

Unfolding sequence of perceptions, thoughts, and emotions

Question 13

sleep thinking

Answer 13

Occurs during NREM, vague, bland thought processes about real-life events

Question 14

Manifest content of dreams

Answer 14

Elements

Question 15

Latent content of dreams

Answer 15

Meaning of dreams

Question 16

Activation- synthesis model of dreams

Answer 16

Sleep brain activity produces a dream story, dreaming due to automatic activation of brainstem circuits

Question 17

Neurocognitive model of dreaming

Answer 17

Continuity of wake and dream, dreams reflect interests, personality, worries,

Question 18

Insomnia

Answer 18

• Inability to fall asleep, stay asleep

Question 19

OSA - Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Answer 19

• person repeatedly stops breathing during sleep CPAPN

Question 20

Narcolepsy

Answer 20

excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep attacks with sudden loss of voluntary muscle control

Question 21

Parasomnias

Answer 21

• sleep terrors, sleepwalking, sleeptalking, sleep-related eating disorder, sexsomnia

Question 22

hypnosis

Answer 22

• cooperative social interaction
  People respond to suggestions with changes in perception, memory and behavior

Question 23

Psychoactive drugs

Answer 23

Alter consciousness by changing arousal, mood, thinking, sensations and perceptions
- depressants, opioids, stimulants, psychedelics

Question 24

Depressants

Answer 24

inhibit CNS activity

Question 25

Opioids

Answer 25

relieve pain and produce euphoria

Question 26

stimulants

Answer 26

increase brain activity, arouse behavior and increase mental alertness,

Question 27

Amphetamines

Answer 27

class of stimulant drugs that arouse CNS, suppress appetite

Question 28

Methamphetamine

Answer 28

illegal drug manufactured in home/street labs