Test

Question 1

Responsibility of lobes

Answer 1

Higher mental functions

Question 2

Parietal lobe

Answer 2

Contains sensory strip
Registers senses
Spacial, how much space u have

Question 3

Occipital lobe

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Interprets what you see
Seeing colors
Recognizing objects animals people etc

Question 4

Temporal lobe

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Hearing and speech functions

Question 5

Cerebral cortex

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Outermost level of brain
Divide into 4 lobes
Controls high level mental processes

Question 6

Psychologist

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PhD in psych 6/7 years

Question 7

Psychiatrist

Answer 7

Medical doctor who prescribes medicine

Question 8

History - Ancient greeks

Answer 8

Thought blood determined personality
Too much..
black- depression/sadness
yellow- bitter and angry
white-dull and sluggish

Question 9

History - renaissance

Answer 9

“Rebirth” period
Greek philosophy reappeared&scientific experiments
Graves were robbed

Question 10

Father of phsycology

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William wundt

Question 11

1879 first psych lab to study humans founded in

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Germany by william wundt

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1892 history what was founded

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American phycological ass

Question 13

___ 1900s starts interpretting dreams and developing___

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Sigmund freud, theories on personalities

Question 14

1905 history

Answer 14

First IQ test

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1920 first afro american doctrate in psych

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Frances cecil summer

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1933

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Nazi persecution of psychologists

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1946 president signs

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Truman signs national mental act after ww2

Question 18

Left hem

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Language
Write
Arithmetic
Understand others

Question 19

Corpus callosum

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Wide band of nerve cells connects 2 hemispheres and carries messages between them

Question 20

Neurotransmitters

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Chemicals in end of neurons that send info across the synapse

Question 21

Synapse

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Junction point of two or more neurons

Question 22

Axon

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Part of neuron that carries messages from the cell to dendrites

Question 23

What is a neuron

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Nervous (nerve) cell thats trasnmits electrical and chemical info via neurotransmitters thru body

Question 24

The nervous system

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Breaks into central nervous sys (brain and spinal cord) and peripheral nervous sys (nerves outside brain and spinal cord)

Question 25

Brain

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Weighs 6 pounds | Organ of thought and central control point of nervous sys

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Spinal cord

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Functions as automatic "brain" | Relay station for impulses to and from higher brain

Question 27

Reflex

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Automatix behavior of body involving movement thats activated thru spinal cord w/o use of higher brain

Question 28

What does peripheral nervous sys break into

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Autonomic n sys Automatic control of body;breathing Somatic n sys Contains sensory and motor nerves

Question 29

What does autonomic break into

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Sympathetic Prepares for emergencies Parasympathetic Calms u down

Question 30

Which starts digestions

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Parasympathetic n sys in autonomic n sys

Question 31

Thalamus

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Relay station, sends messages between brain and body

Question 32

Hypothalus

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Controls rage pleasure hunger thirst sexual desire

Question 33

Cerebellum

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Guides coordination, balance, accuracy

Question 34

Reticular activating sys

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Keeps us alert or puts us to sleep

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Amygdala

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Emotional responses, especially agression

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Hippocampus

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Forming memories

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Brain stem/ spinal cord

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Oldest part and central core of brain | Responsible for automatic functions

Question 38

Limbic system

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Lower brain area | Emotions and memory

Question 39

Endocrine sys

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Glands and hormones

Question 40

Hormones

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Chemical regulators that influence bodily processes and control Emtional responses, growth and sexuality Held inside glands

Question 41

Pituitary gland

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``` Main gland Sends messages to other glands -determines height -growth hormones On brain ```

Question 42

Thyroid gland

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Controls metabolism, speed at which the body operates of speed at which it uses energy Plays role in emotional state Throat

Question 43

Adrenal gland

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Prepares for emeegency Helps blood clot faster Has adrenaline Above kidney

Question 44

Whats adrenaline

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Chemical that prepares body for emergency by increasing blood pressure, breathing

Question 45

Gonads

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``` Sex glands Make sperm or egg Androgen-men Estrogen-women Near chest ```

Question 46

Frontal lobe

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Has prefrontal area & Frontal assoc. area (personality/complex thoughts) Has motor strip Controls bodily movement

Question 47

Right hem

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Responsible for art and music skills

Question 48

Frontal ass area

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Strongly influences personality

Question 49

Endorfins

Answer 49

Painkillers | Makes u feel gud