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AP PSYCH REVIEW 2024 > UNIT 2: BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR > Flashcards

UNIT 2: BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR Flashcards

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  1. LOBES OF THE BRAIN
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Frontal Lobe

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Executive function, higher level cognition

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Parietal Lobe

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Sensory Information

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Occipital Lobe

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Vision

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Temporal Lobe

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Sense of hearing/meaningful speech.

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STRUCTURES OF THE BRAIN

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Corpus Callosum

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Connects two hemispheres

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Medulla

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Life sustaining functions, breathing, heart rate, blood pressure.

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Cerebellum

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Control coordination “balance”/voluntary movements.

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Hypothalamus

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Releasing hormones (regulate homeostasis of the body).

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Hippocampus

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Formation of memories

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Amygdala “Fear Center”

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Processing emotion and survival responses.

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Neuroplasticity

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Is the brain’s ability to constantly change both the structure and function of many cells in the brain.

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Split Brain

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Is the two hemispheres of the brain can’t communicate with each side (researched by Sperry and Gazzaniga).

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Broca’s Area

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Speech production

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Wernicke’s Area

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Comprehension of speech

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Motor Cortex

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Voluntary movement

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Somatosensory Cortex

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Receives and processes sensory information.

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THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

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Body’s communication network.

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Central Nervous System

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Brain and the spine

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Peripheral Nervous System

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Sensory nerves outside brain/spinal cord.

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Somatic Nervous System

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Voluntary moment from your brain to your muscles.

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Autonomic Nervous System

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Involuntary and unconscious actions (breathing, blood pumping, and etc).

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Sympathetic Nervous System

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Emergency response system “Fight, Flight, or Freeze”

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

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Calm a person “rest and digest”

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THE NEURON

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Dendrites

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Receive message

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Soma

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Keep the neuron functional

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Myelin Sheath

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Protect nerve/speed up message

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Axon

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Carry messages

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Axon Terminals

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Send Signals

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Neural Transmission

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Information travels through a neuron electrochemically

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Action Potential “Firing”

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Neuron sends information

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Resting Potential

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Neuron is charge and ready to fire

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All-or-None Principle

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Neuron fires at full strength or not at all.

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Neurotransmitters

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Chemical messengers

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Inhibitory Neurotransmitters

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Prevent neurons from firing

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Acetylcholine

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Movement & memory

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Serotonin

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Dopamine

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Pleasure chemical of the brain

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Norepinephrine

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Response to danger “flight or flight”

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GABA

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Calming the central nervous system

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Glutamate

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Thinking, memory, learning

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Endorphines

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Relieve pain and stress, feelings of pleasure/euphoria

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Afferent Neuron

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Sensory
neuron, sensory input to
spinal cord into the brain

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Efferent Neuron

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Motor neurons, carry signals away from central nervous system to initiate an action.

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Inter-neuron

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Middleman between the afferent and efferent neurons

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Endocrine System

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Glands that secrete chemical messengers called hormones

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Pituitary Gland “Master Gland”

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Controlled by the hypothalamus.

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Nature

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Nurture

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Environment

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Identical Twins

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Have the same DNA

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Fraternal Twins

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Have different DNA

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Heritability

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Extent to which differences in the appearance of a trait across several people can be accounted for by differences in their genes.

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SLEEP CYCLES

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Circadian Rhythm

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24 hour cycle, body’s internal biological clock

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Electroencephalography (EEG)

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Test record electrical activity in the brain.

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REM Sleep

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Is your dream sleep. It is called Paradoxical sleep because brain waves are very active but muscles are paralyzed.

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PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS

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Agonist

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Mimic neurotransmitters

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Antagonist

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Block neurotransmitters

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Depressants

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Slow the activity of the central nervous system

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Alcohol

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Depresses the area of the brain that controls judgement and inhibition

AP PSYCH REVIEW 2024 (13 decks)

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