Chapter 2

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Biological Psychology

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Psychology that focuses on the biological reasonings for things

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Phrenology

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The study of the bumps and indents on someone’s head. Used to tell personality

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Neuron

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A single nerve cell

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Dendrite

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Short bushy fibers that receive messages, they listen

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Myelin Sheath

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The layer of fatty tissue encasing the fibers of the neuron. Enables faster neural impulses

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Action Potential

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A neural impulse. A brief electrical charge that travels down the axon

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Threshold

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The level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse

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Synapse

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The gap between the receiving dendrites and the messenger axon

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Neurotransmitters

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Chemical messengers that travel through the synaptic gap between neurons

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Acetylcholine Achieve

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Enables muscle action, memory and learning. The lack of is linked to Alzheimer’s disease

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Dopamine

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Influences learning, emotion, attention, and movement. Linked to schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease

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Serotonin

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Affects mood, hunger and sleep. Linked with depression, hunger and sleep disorders

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Endorphins

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The body’s natural pain killers

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Nervous System

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All of our nerve cells. The body’s speedy electrochemical communication system

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Central Nervous System

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The brain and spinal chord

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Peripheral Nervous System

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The sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body

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Nerves

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Consists of cables containing many axons. Part of the PNS. Nerves that fire together wire together

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Sensory Neurons

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Send info to the brain and spinal chord

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Motor Neurons

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Send info from the CNS to muscles and glands

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Interneurons

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Connect sensory and motor neurons

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Somatic Nervous System

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Part of the PNS. Controls the body’s skeletal system

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Autonomic Nervous System

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Part of the PNS. Controls the glands and other muscles

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Sympathetic Nervous System

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Part of the ANS. Arouses the body. Fight or flight

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

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Part of the ANS. Calms the body down. Rest and Digest.

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Reflex

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A simple, automatic, inborn response of a sensory stimulus

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Lesions

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Tissue destruction

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Neural Network

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Working groups of clusters of neurons in the brain

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Endocrine System

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The body's slow chemical communications system

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Hormones

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Chemical messengers. Produced in one tissue and effect another

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Adrenal Glands

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Endocrine glands that arouse the body in times of stress

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Pituitary Gland

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Endocrine systems most influential gland. Regulates growth and controls other glands

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EEG

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Electroencephalogram. Amplified recording of electromagnetic waves sweeping across the brain. Records brain waves

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PET Scan

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Positron Emission Tomography Scan. Depicts brain activity by showing the brain areas consumption of glucose

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MRI

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Magnetic Resonance Scanning. A way of having the brain examined. A way to show the anatomy and structure of the brain using electromagnetic waves.

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FMRI

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Functional MRI. Can reveal the brains functioning, structure, anatomy, blood flow, and action areas.

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Brainstem

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The brains basement, oldest and most central part of the brain, controls automatic survival functions

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Medulla

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Controls heartbeat and breathing, at the base of the brainstem

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Thalamus

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The brains sensory switchboard | Directs messages to the sensory receiving areas

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Hippocampus

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Controls learning and memory

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Cerebellum

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The little brain Processes sensory input, nonverbal learning and memory Coordinates movement output and balance

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Limbic System

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The

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Pons

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The

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Amygdala

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Linked to emotions like fear and aggression

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Hypothalamus

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Linked to several maintenance activities

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Cerebral Cortex

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The perceiving, thinking, and learning areas

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Glial Cells

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Nourish and protect the outer neurons

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Frontal Lobe

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Involved in speaking, muscle movement, planning, and body position

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Occipital Lobe

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In the back of the cerebral cortex, visual areas receive images from the opposite side

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Parietal lobes

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Control sensory I put for touch and body position

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Temporal Lobes

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The auditory input center

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Motor Cortex

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Directs voluntary movements in the frontal lobe

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Sensory cortex

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Body position, touch, and movement sensations

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Association Areas

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Higher thinking areas of the cortex

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Aphasia

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Impairment if speech and language

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Broca's Area

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Speech

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Wernicke's Area

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Understanding

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Plasticity

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The brains ability to recognize

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Corpus Callosum

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The area that connects the two brain hemispheres and sends messages

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Split brain

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When the two halves are split