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| the potential inherent in a system of behavior control |
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a readout of moticational potential when activated by a challenging stimulus
ex. analoguous relationship with matter and energy in physics; never see energy directly, only its manifestation in matter, and never see motivation directly, only its manifestation in emotion |
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| biological motives and emotions are based upon... |
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specifiable neurochemical systems that are genetically structured.
genetic systems --> neurochemical systems (neurotransmitters with agonists and antagonists to receptor bed) --> primary motivational/emotional systems (motivation-->emotion) |
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| 3 kinds of biological motivational/emotional readouts |
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emotion I: peripheral bodily readout (autonomic, endocrine, immune system responding); function: adaptation/homeostasis; not accessible to anyone
emotion II: social display (expression); function: social coordination; accessible to other people
emotion III: bodily awareness (subjective experience); function: self-regulation; accessible to self |
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| central nervous system consists of... |
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| peripheral nervous system consists of... |
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| nerves entering and leaving the brain and spinal cord; sensory nerves entering from various sense organs and motor nerves leaving to various effectors such as muscles and glands. |
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| peripheral nervous system is divided into ... |
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somatic nervous system: sensory nerves from most receptors and motor nerces serving the skeletal muscles
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autonomic nervous system: sensory and motor nerves serving heart, glands, and smooth muscles of the viscera |
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| autonomic nervous system contains two branches: |
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| sympathetic nervous system (activated primarily by the posterior hypothalamus) and parasympathetic nervous system (activated primarily by the anterior hypothalamus) |
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- synaptic transmitter in the parasympathetic nervous system
- neutralized by achetylcholinesterase (AChE), which is released by the nerve cell
- synaptic transmission using ACh as the synaptic transmission is called cholinergic transmission |
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| Norepinepherine (aka noradrenalin) |
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- major synaptic transmitter in the sympathetic nervous system
- not neutralized as quickly as ACh, and it exists in considerable quantities outside the sympathetic nervous system nerve cells
- synaptic transmission using norepinepherine as the transmitter substance is called adrenergic transmission |
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