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AP Psych Unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| phrenology | telling about behaviour by the bumps in your skull |
| pituitary gland | master gland; regulates all other glands; secretes hormones |
| adrenal gland | triggers fight or flight response |
| thyroid gland | affects metabolism |
| hypothalamus | controls the pituitary gland |
| pancreas | regulates level of sugar in the blood |
| ovary/testis | secretes female/male sex hormones |
| parathyroids | helps regulate amount of calcium in blood |
| excitatory | passing a message |
| inhibitory | blocking a message |
| agonist | mimicking messages |
| antagonist | inhibits messages (mimics inhibitory) |
| EEG | an amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity in a person's brain |
| Cat Scan | series of photos taken from different angles put together to make a composite representation |
| PET Scan | detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task. |
| MRI | allow us to see structures in the brain; soft tissue |
| FMRI | shows brain function and bloodflow |
| old brain | used for basic functions |
| brain stem | oldest part; automatic survival functions |
| medula | controls heartbeat and breathing |
| thalamus | sensory control center |
| reticular formation | controls automatic survival functions (aka the brainstem) |
| corpus collosum | helps hemispheres communicate |
| glial cells | support, nourish, and protect neurons |
| occipital lobe | brings in visual information |
| cerebral cortex | thinking center (includes all lobes) |
| temporal lobe | brings in audio information |
| Wernicke's Area | speech comprehension |
| frontal lobe | complex thinking center |
| Broca's Area | controls speech |
| parietal lobe | sensory cortex |
| limbic system | emotional response |
| hippocampus | processing conscious memories |
| amygdala | linked with rage and fear |
| association | anything other than the motor and sensory cortex |
| pons | helps with balance, coordination, and accuracy |
| plasticity | the brain can change itself |
| neurogenesis | your brain can form new neurons |
| consciousness | our awareness of ourselves and our environment |
| dual processing | information is processed with both conscious and unconscious brains working |
| blindsight | unable to register what you see |
| heredibility | differences that can be related to genetics |
| left brain | facts and verbal skills |
| right brain | pictures and visual skills |
| balanced brain | mix of both visual and verbal skills |
| neurons | basic building blocks of the nervous system |
| dendrites | branches that receive messages |
| axon | passes messages through its branches to other neurons or muscles and glands |
| myelin sheath | tissue layer encasing the axon that makes it more efficient |
| action potential | what an axon fires and travels down the axon |
| depolarization | positive ions replace the negative ions |
| refractory period | after a neuron has fired it needs to repolarize |
| threshold | what a neuron meets to trigger an impulse |
| synaptic gap | the space between a neuron and a dendrite |
| reuptake | neurotransmitters are reabsorbed to be used again later |
| acetylcholine | learning, memory, and attention |
| dopamine | movement, memory, and reward/motivation |
| serotonin | regulate mood, appetite, and sleep |
| GABA | controls anxiety, stress, and fear |
| glutamate | shapes learning and memory |
| norepinephrine | increases alertness, arousal, and attention |
| endorphins | relieves pain and reduces stress |
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Hailey Trifan
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