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AP Psychology Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Brain Stem | vital life functions (like heart rate and breathing); includes the medulla |
| Reticular acivation system | sleep/wake patterns, attention focus/awareness; eye movement; some voluntary movement |
| cerebellum | voluntary movement; motor coordination; balance; high dopamine concentration |
| Thalamus | relays sensory and motor signals to appropriate brain area for ALL BUT SMELL signal |
| Amygdala | fear and emotions; high seratonin concentration |
| Hippocampus | events and factual memory (NOT skill-based); high acetylcholine concentration |
| Hypothalamus | reward center, eating behavorios, hormone control (controls pituary gland), homeostasis; high |
| Pituitary Gland | makes and release hormones (master gland); signaled by hypothalamus to signal adrenal glands to release adrenaline (with endocrine) |
| Cerebral Cortex | outer most brain layer; higher level processing, perception, thinking, language, decision-making, voluntary movement. |