Psychology Ch. 2
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| In its resting state, what charge is the neuron? | show 🗑
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| show | cell membrane is selectively permeable
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| show | The terminal buttons of neuron A are stimulated and release neurotransmitters into the synapse
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| show | the minimum amount of neurons received to start the action potential, or "neural firing"
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| show | cell membrane of neuron B becomes permeable, positive ions rush into the cell
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| What's the action potential? | show 🗑
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| show | the neuron releases its neurotransmitters across the synapse to the other neuron
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| What is the process in which excess neurons are reabsorbed into the axon terminal of neuron A? | show 🗑
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| Neuron firing has the all-or-none principle. What is this? | show 🗑
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| show | excites the next cell into firing
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| show | prevent the next cell from firing
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| show | yes
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| What direction does a neuron fire? | show 🗑
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| show | sensory neuron
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| What kind of neuron, in the brain or spinal chord, take and send messages elsewhere in the brain or on to sensory neurons? | show 🗑
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| What kind of neuron takes information from the brain to the rest of the body? | show 🗑
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| In what order would the different kind of neurons act in? | show 🗑
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| show | brain & spinal chord
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| What does the spinal chord do? | show 🗑
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| show | all nerves not encased in bone
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| show | voluntary muscle movements
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| What is the autonomic nervous system for? | show 🗑
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| Which nervous system would destress the body, sympathetic or parasympathetic nervous system? | show 🗑
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| show | sympathetic nervous system
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| I accelerate some functions such as heart rate and blood pressure, and I conserve resources needed for a quick response by slowing down other functions like digestion. Am I the sympathetic or parasympathetic nervous system? | show 🗑
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| show | parasympathetic nervous system
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| show | reflex
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| show | removal or destruction of part of the brain
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| show | noticing changes after accidents, noticing changes after lesioning, EEG (electroencephalograph), CAT (computerized axial tomography), MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), PET scans (positron emission tomography), and fMRI (functional MRI)
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| show | Detects the types of brain waves produced during different stages of consciousness for generalizing about brain function
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| How does the CAT (computerized axial tomography) work & what does it do? | show 🗑
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| show | uses magnetic fields to measure the density & location of the brain material to create detailed images of brain structure
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| How does the PET (positron emission tomography) work & what does it do? | show 🗑
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| How does the fMRI (functional MRI) work & what does it do? | show 🗑
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| show | controls basic biological functions that keep us alive
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| What does the hindbrain consist of? | show 🗑
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| show | controls blood pressure, heart rate, & breathing
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| show | controls facial expressions
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| show | coordinates some habitual muscle movements & for balance
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| show | coordinates simple movements with sensory information
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| show | controls general body arousal and ability to focus our attention
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| What does the forebrain do? | show 🗑
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| show | thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, and hippocampus
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| What does the thalamus do? | show 🗑
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| What does the hypothalamus do? | show 🗑
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| What's the role of the amygdala? | show 🗑
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| show | memories, esp. new ones
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| What is the grey wrinkled surface of the brain that is largely densely packed neurons? | show 🗑
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| show | language, sensory messages, controls right half of body, logical thought
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| show | perception, spatial thinking, abstract or intuitive thought, controls left half of body
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| show | the separation of the two hemispheres by cutting of the corpus callosum
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| What are association areas & their roles? | show 🗑
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| show | directing thought processes, foreseeing consequences, pursuing goals, maintaining emotional control
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| show | control of muscles involved in producing speech
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| What is the role of the motor cortex? | show 🗑
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| show | receiving of incoming touch sensations from the rest of teh body
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| show | interpretation of messages from our eyes in our visual cortex
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| show | process of sound sensed by ears: sound waves processed by ears, turned into neural impulses, interpreted in auditory cortex
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| What does brain plasticity mean? | show 🗑
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| Which has more plasticity, a young brain or an old brain? | show 🗑
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| What's the endocrine system? | show 🗑
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| What do the adrenal glands do? | show 🗑
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