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Psychology test rev
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acetycholine | Involved with muscle action, learning and memory |
| Dopamine | Associated with motor control and attention, can be triggered by drugs or tiktok |
| Serotonin | Regulates mood, pain and dreams |
| Norepinephrine | Controls alertness and arousal, the fight or flght syndrome |
| GABA | Associated with calming effects, too little gives insomnia, sezuires |
| Glutamate | Excititory neurotransmitter in the brain, too much gives migranes. |
| Endorphins | Brains natural painkillers |
| Substance P | Promotes smooth muscle contraction and dialation of blood vessels |
| Leptin | Suppresses the hunger sensation, feeling of fullnesss |
| Ghrelin | Gives the sensation of hunger |
| Adrenaline | Increases glucose, heart rate ; respiration |
| Oxytocin | Stimulates pregnancy, promotes love and attachment |
| Melatonin | Regulates sleep and circadian rythms. |
| _____________ consists of the brain and spinal cord | Central Nervous System |
| _________________ is all nerves connecting to the spinal cord. | Peripheral Nervous System |
| __________________ controls the speeding up of heart rate, breathing , dialation of pupilsm, slowing down of digestion, etc.- the car's gas pedal. | Sympathetic Nervous System |
| ____________________ controls the slowing down of heart rate, breathing, increasing digestion, etc.- the car's break pedal. | Parasympathetic Nervous System |
| A myelin sheath insulates neurons to __________ the transmission of signals. | speed up |
| ___________ is the minimum level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse. | Threshold |
| What are the lobes of the brain? | Frontal, Occipital,Temporal, Parietal |
| ___________ takes short term, explicit (facts/dates) information and helps turn it into long term memories. | Hippocampus |
| ______________ connects the two hemispheres of the brain and corrdinates messages between them. | Corpus Callosum |
| _____________ is the "little brain" at the back of the brain stem, and helps control balance. | The Cerebellum |
| ____________ controls the comprehension of speech. | Wernicke's Area |
| ____________ controls the production of speech | Broca's Area |
| Motor and somatosensory cortexes use (MORE/LESS )area to interepret the sensations from sensitive parts if the body? | More |
| ___________ controls basic funtions like breathing, blood pressure, heart rate | The Medulla |
| The_______________ is the chief area responsible for hormone production concerning growth and hunger | Pituitary Gland |
| ___________ helps the brain recognize the fear response, in faces and in situations. | Amygdala |
| __________ lobe helps make complex decisons | Frontal |
| __________ lobe aids in processing visual information | Occipital |
| __________ lobe aids in balance and touch sensation. | Parietal |
| __________ lobe aids in processing auditory information. | Temporal |
| _____________ controls responses to fight, flight, food and romantic interest in others | Hypothalamus |
| ______________ is when the brain is able to rewire from a severe injury. | Brain Plasticity |
| Severing the corpus callosum results in a condition called_____________? | Split Brain |
| Split Brain highlights the phenomenon of _________________ where the left side of the body's input goes to the right hemisphere and vice versa | Brain Lateralization |
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