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1
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whats psychology

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Psychology is the scientific study of behaviours and mental processes.

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whats psychiatry

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Biology is the study of life and living organisms

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behaviour

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an observable action done by a human or animal

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mental process

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is the feeling thoughts inside of an individual

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psychologist

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6 years uni, focuses on therapy treatment,

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psychiatry

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11 years uni. trained as medical doctors. can diagnose and provide medical treatment as well as admit people to hospital

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areas of psycholgy

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Health
  Education
  Organisational
  Sports
  Clinical neuropsychology
  Clinical
  Community
  Counselling
 Forensic
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CNS

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Brain is the control centre of the body and the spinal cord carries messages to and from the brain and the body

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PNS

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Any nerve outside of the CNS, and carries messages to and from the brain and the body’s glands, muscles and organs

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somatatic

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Carries messages from the senses to the brain and from the brain to the muscles. like aches and pains and smells

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Autosomatic

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Includes the body’s non-skeletal muscles such as the heart and performs basic bodily functions such as digestion.

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Parasympathetic

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calms the body down and return to base line

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Sympathetic

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prepare for fight or flight response

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BRAIN

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Central Hub for body

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SPINAL CORD

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connects the brain to the PNS

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structures that protect the brain

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meninges, skull, cerebral fluid

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occipital lobe

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Vision contains the primary visual cortex

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frontal lobe

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Decision making, expression of emotion, personality - primary motor cortex

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temporal lobe

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Hearing and language comprehension - primary auditory cortex

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parietal lobe

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Receives and interprets information about touch, temperature and the position of muscles. Contains the somatosensory cortex

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left hemisphere

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maths and science, language, analytical thinking

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right hemisphere

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creativity, art and music, holistic thinking

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brocas location

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left frontal lobe

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brocas function

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speech production

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brocas aphasia

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ruins the production of speech, speaking slowly and only key words

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wernickes location

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left temporal lobe

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wernickes function

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speech comprehension

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wernickes aphasia

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affects the comprehension of speech. may speak regularly but add in unnecessary words

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what is a neuron

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A nerve cell which forms complex chains and networks which form neural pathways through information continuously travels

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Dendrite

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Receives information from other neurons and transmits it to the soma

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Soma

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AKA the cell body, contains the nucleus, maintains the cell and ensures that is keeps functioning

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Axon

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Carries message from the soma to the axon terminal

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Myelin Sheath

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White, fatty substance which coats and insulate the axon, helping to speed up the message

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Axon Terminal

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Stores and secretes neurotransmitters

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Neurotransmitter

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Chemical — which are used by the neurons to carry the message through the synaptic gap

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exisitory and inhibitory neurontransmitters

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the likely and unlikelyhood for the neuron to fire an action potential

37
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ways brain damage can occur

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Stroke
  Car crash
Disease such as Alzheimer’s
  Alcohol
Bain surgery
Knock to the head
38
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brain plasticity / have the ability to adapt and change

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The brain has plasticity which means it is able to change in response to change. If a neuron is damaged then the surrounding neurons are able to make new connections with other undamaged neurons forming new neural pathways.

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types of plasticity

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Developmental

Adaptive

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plactisity process

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Synaptogenesis, reroouting, sprouting

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Synaptogenesis

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the formation of new connections between neurons

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rerouting

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When a neuron that is undamaged that has lost connection seeks a connection with another neuron

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sprouting

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growth of axon and dendrite branches to enable the neuron to make new connections.

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cerebrum

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area of the brain responsible for all voluntary activities of the body. located above the cerebellum

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cerebellum

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balance and coordination. located at the base of the brain

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sensory neurons

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neurons that carry incoming information from the sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord

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motor neurons

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neurons that carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands

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interneurons

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neurons within the brain and spinal cord that communicate internally and intervene between the sensory inputs and motor outputs

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development plasticity

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the natural changes that take place in all people’s brain as well grow older

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adaptive plasticity

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the ability of the brain to compensate for lost function in the event of brain injury

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