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final exam( chapter 3)
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
04/26/2012

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Term
The cells life support center
Definition
cell body
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STUDY OF THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR
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BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
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passes messages away from the cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands
Definition
axon
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WHAT ARE THE 2 DIVISIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM?
Definition

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS)

&

PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (PNS)

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WHICH SYSTEM CONSISTS OF THE BRAIN, FOREBRAIN, BRAINSTEM, AND SPINAL CORD?
Definition

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

(CNS)

Term
WHICH NERVOUS SYSTEM CONSISTS OF THE AUTONOMIC, SOMATIC, SYMPATHETIC, AND PARASYMPATHETIC?
Definition

PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

(PNS)

Term

?TRUE/FALSE?

Definition

FALSE.

EVERY PART OF THE BRIAN HAS A FUNCTION.

Term
"THE _____ IS WHAT THE BRIAN DOES."
Definition
MIND
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BORN WITH 200 BILLION BUT AS THE BRAIN SPECIALIZES THE EXTRA NEURONS DIE OFF...IS THE WHAT PROCESS??
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PRUNING
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GIVES US OUR ADVANCED INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES
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THE FOREBRAIN
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OUTERMOST COVERING CONTAINING THE NEOCORTEX, CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES, AND CORPUS CALLOSUM IS THE...
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CEREBRAL CORTEX
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MOST RECENTLY DEVELOPED CORTEXT IN THE FOREBRAIN
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NEOCORTEX
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LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE FOREBRIAN, LOOK THE SAME BUT HAVE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS
Definition
CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES
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A BRIDGE OF MILLIONS OF AXONS THAT ALLOW THE HEMISPHERES TO COMMUNICATE
Definition
CORPUS CALLOSUM
Term
LARGE BAND OF NEURAL FIBERS, CONNECTS THE 2 BRAIN HEMISPHERES, AND CARRIES MESSAGES BETWEEN THE HEMISPHERES.
Definition
CORPUS CALLOSUM
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THE PART OF THE FOREBRAIN THAT SENDS SIGNALS TO MUSCLES
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MOTOR CORTEX
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THE PART OF THE FRONTAL LOBE THAT ISNT INVOLVED WITH MOVEMENT
Definition
PREFRONTAL CORTEX
Term

PREFRONTAL CORTEX: INJURY

IMPAIRMENT OF LANGUAGE, USUALLY CAUSED BY LEFT HEMISPHERE DAMAGE EITHER TO BROCA'S AREA(IMPARINING SPEAKING) OR TO WERNICKE'S AREA IN THE TEMPORAL LOBE (IMPAIRING UNDERSTANDING).

Definition
APHASIA
Term

PREFRONTAL CORTEX: INJURY

AN AREA OF THE LEFT FRONTAL LOBE THAT DIRECTS THE MUSCLE MOVEMENTS INVOLVED IN SPEECH PRODUCTION

Definition
BROCA'S AREA
Term

Major findings of homework –

gender differences in the brain?

 

Definition
Term

 

a.       What is the relationship between the pituitary gland and romantic love

 

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a.       Know the two main divisions of the nervous system

 

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a.       Know the effect of an impoverished environment on mice (in the book)

 

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Term

a.       What happened to Phineas Gage and how did it affect his behavior?

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a.       What happened to Phineas Gage and how did it affect his behavior?

 

Definition
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a.       Know the physical features of the brain

 

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a.       Know the drawbacks of using stem cells in medical and scientific procedures.

 

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Term

a.       What are interneurons and what do they do?

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Term

 

a.       What are interneurons and what do they do?

 

Definition
Term

 

WHAT IS Kismet?

 

Definition
Term

LOBE:

PERCEPTION OF SPACE, OBJECT SHAPE AND ORIENTATION, ACTIONS OF OTHERS, AND NUMBERS.

-INTEGRATES VISION, TOUCH, AND MOTOR INFORMATION.

Definition
PARIETAL LOBE
Term

CORTEX:

REGUALTES PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, AND PAIN

Definition
SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX
Term
INJURY/ DAMAGE TO THE LEFT SIDE ______ AFFECTS MATH ABILITY
Definition
ACALCULIA
Term
NEGLECT OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BODY
Definition
CONTRALATERAL NEGLECT
Term

LOBE:

HEARING, LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION, AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORIES

(LOWER PART OF _________ LOBE)

Definition
TEMPORAL LOBE
Term

(TOP OF TEMPORAL LOBE)

DEVOTED TO HEARING

Definition
AUDITORY CORTEX
Term

LOBE:

CONTROLS VISION ABILITIES

Definition
OCCIPITAL LOBE
Term

CONTROLS VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT (WITH HELP OF MOTOR CORTEX)

-REWARD-RELATED MOVEMENT

-ACTIVATES IN ANTICIPATION OF PLEASURABLE ACTIVITY

Definition
BASAL GANGLIA
Term
INJURY TO THE BASAL GANGLIA WOULD CAUSE _______________ DISEASE?
Definition
PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Term

SELECTIVELY ACTIVATES THE CORTEX

-ALLOWS US TO ATTEND TO SOME THINGS AND NOT OTHERS

-MANUFACTURES ACETYLCHOLINE

-INJURY TO THIS WOULD CAUSE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

Definition
BASAL FOREBRAIN
Term

MIDBRAIN:

INVOLVED IN MOVEMENT

Definition
SUBSTANTIA NIGRA
Term

MIDBRIAN:

INVOLVED IN TRACKING VISUAL STIMULI

Definition
SUPERIOR COLLICULI
Term

MIDBRAIN:

CONTROLS REFLEXES TRIGGERED BY SOUND

Definition
INFERIOR COLLICULI
Term
REGULATES CORTICAL AROUSAL
Definition

(RAS)

REGULATES CORTICAL AROUSAL

Term

A NERVE NETWORK IN THE BRAINSTEM THAT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CONTROLLING AROUSAL

-A NETWORK OF NEURONS THAT EXTEND FROM THE SPINAL CORD INTO THE BRAIN

(ASCENDING-KEEPS YOU AWAKE AND PERKS YOU UP WHEN SOMETHING INTERESTING IS GOING ON)

(DESCENDING- ACTIVATES THE INSTRUMENTAL IN ACTIVATIING THE AUTONOMIC SYSTEM)

Definition
RETICULAR FORMATION
Term
EVOLUTIONARILY SPEAKING THE OLDEST PART OF THE BRIAN (REPTILIAN BRAIN)
Definition
HINDBRAIN
Term

(LITTLE BRIAN)

VOLVED IN INBALANCE AND COORDINATES MOVEMENT, LEARN NEW MOTOR SKILLS, INSTRUMENTAL IN EXECUTIVE, VISUALSPATIAL, AND LINGUISTIC ABILITIES

Definition
CEREBELLUM
Term
CONNECTS CEREBRAL CORTEX WITH CEREBELLUM
Definition
PONS
Term
____________ REGULATES BREATHING, HEART RATE, AND OTHER VITAL FUNCTIONS.
Definition
MEDULLA
Term

-A FLEXIBLE ROPE OF NERVES

-31 PLACES THE NERVES EMERGE FROM THE SPINAL COLUMN IN PAIRS (LEFT AND RIGHT)

-THROUGH THESE NERVES THE BRAIN COMMANDS THE BODY AND ALLOWS THE BRIAN TO REGISTER INFOR. ABOUT THE STATE OF THE BODY

-INITIATES SOME ACTIONS ON ITS OWN CALLED REFLEXES

Definition
SPINAL CORD
Term
________ REFLEX RELIES ON SENSORY NEURONS TO ACTIVATE THOUGH INTERNEURONS TO CONTRACTION OF MUSCLES
Definition
STRETCH
Term
COMMANDS THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Definition
SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
Term

EMOTIONAL CENTER OF THE BRIAN

-NETWORKED WITH THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM TO INFLUENCE BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, ETC.

Definition
LIMBIC SYSTEM
Term

MAINTAINS INTERNAL BODILY STATES BY OVERSEEING THE ENDOCRINE AND AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEMS

(E.G., RELEASES HORMONES TO INFLUENCE HUNGER AND SEXUAL MOTIVATION)

Definition
HYPOTHALAMUS
Term
EXCITEMENT, AROUSAL, FEAR, SOCIAL SIGNALS RELATED TO EMOTION
Definition
AMYGDALA
Term

ACTIVE DURING EMOTIONA EXPRESSION

-- KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIALLY APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR

--REGULATES AUTONONMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

--PRIMATES WITH DAMAGE IN THIS AREA ACT LIKE HUMANS WITH ACQUIRED SOICOPATHY

Definition
CINGULATE CORTEX
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