Psych Chapter 3
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| Limbic System | Important for learning and emotional behavior. Contains Hippocampus, amygdala and hypothalamus
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| Corpus Callosum | part that connects the hemispheres of the brain
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| Occipital Lobe | vision
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| Parietal Lobe | receives tough and body position
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| Temporal Lobe | auditory areas
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| Frontal Lobe | speaking muscles moving , plans and judgement
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| Association Areas | higher functions like memory, thinking, speaking.
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| Hypothalamus | pleasure center and controls hunger and body temp
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| Cereberal Cortex | Ultimate control and information processing center
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| Sympathetic Nervous system | fight or flight
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| Parasympathetic Nervous System | calming of the body
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| Thalamus | transfers information from sensory recpetors to the brain
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| Brain Stem | where spinal cord meets the brain
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| Cerebellum | coordinates the body's movements
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| Pons | sleep wake cycle
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| medulla | controls heart rate breathing and blood pressure
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| plasticity | the idea that the brain can be changed structurally and chemically via experiences
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| peripheral nervous sytem | Consists of sympathetic and parasympathetic. connects the central nervous to brain/spinal cord
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| receptor site | locations on receptor neuron for specific neurotransmitters
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| neurotransmitters | chemicals released by synaptic vescicles
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| synaptic vesicles | sacs in terminal button that release the chemicals
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| all or none law | a neuron either fires or it does not
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| terminal button | enlarged area at the end of an axon
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| synapse | contains terminal buttons of one neuron, the synaptic space and the dendrites of the cell body of the receiving neurons
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| polarization | when the neuron is at rest
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| relative refractory period | when the neuron fires with strong stimulus
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| absolute refractory period | period were the neuron will and cannot send another message
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| ions | charged particles
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| glial cells | Creates the myelin sheath
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| myelin sheath | fatty stuff around axon that speeds up the neuron impulse
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| sensory neurons | carries information from sensory system to the brain
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| interneurons | Carrys information between other neurons
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| motor neurons | carry information from brain to muscles and glands
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| axon | sender
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| dendrite | receiver
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| nerve | Sends and receives information. Contains axon and dendrites
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