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PSY 100-Test 1
PSY 100
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
09/29/2011

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What is Psychology?
Definition
Scientific Study of behavior and mental processes
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Scientific Method
Definition
A systematic way to acquire knowledge and understanding
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Structure of a nueron
Definition
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The Nervous System
Definition
Bodies electrochemical communication system

made up of billions of nerve cells
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How Nuerons communicate with eachother
Definition
Nuerons communicate with eachother through a meeting point known as a synapse, there is a gap between the axon terminals and the dendrites known as the synaptic gap, nuerotransmitters go across this gap to blind receptors of the receiving nueron and then a electrical signal is triggered
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How do drugs affect nuerotransmitters?
Definition
affect it at synapses by amplifying or blocking a nuerotransmitters activity
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Nervous System Organization 
Definition

Peripheral System & Central Nervous system

 

AUTONOMIC- controls self regulated action on internal organs and glands

-sympathetic (AROUSING)

-parasympathetic (CALMING)

 

SOMATIC- controld voluntary movements of muscles 

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Brain Imaging Techniques
Definition

can look at electrical activity using an electroencephalogram (EEG)

 

PET

MRI 

fMRI

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Corpus Callosum
Definition
axon fibers connecting right and left hemisphere of the brain
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Thalamus
Definition
relays messages between lower brain centers and the cerebral cortex
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Hypothalamus
Definition
controls maintenance functions such as eating helps govern endocrine system 
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pituitary
Definition
master endocrine gland
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Reticular Formation
Definition
helps control arousal
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Medulla
Definition
contols heartbeat and breathing
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spinal cord
Definition
pathway for nueral fibers, controls simple reflexes
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Cerebellum
Definition
coordinates voluntary movement and balance and supports memories of such
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Amygdala
Definition
linked to emotion
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hippocampus
Definition
linked to memory
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The endocrine system
Definition
system that sends messages to hormones to affect how they act and what they do
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brain hemispheres
Definition

left-speech

 

 

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Pre-Natal Development
Definition

Zygotes form

zygotes inner cells become embryo 

over next 6 weeks organs begin to function 

fetus is now recognzable

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Physical Development
Definition

Brain:

At birth we possess all brain cells, but all connections are not developed. Expierience develops these connections

 

Motor:

Sequence is universal, timing varies, biological maturation is needed

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Cognitive Development
Definition

all mental activities associated with thinking

 

process by which a childs understanding of the world changes 

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Teratogens
Definition
harmful agents or viruses allowed to get into baby, like HIV, heroin addiction, smoking, and drinking, all of these go from mother right to baby in stomach
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piagets theory
Definition
children reason differently then adults, and their mind develops from simple reflexes to 
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