exam 1 study (lesson 2.1-4.3)

Question 1

what is psychology

Answer 1

science of behavior and mental processes

Question 2

structuralism

Answer 2

idea to break the bran into elements and structures like chemists – very short lived theory

Question 3

functionalism

Answer 3

focusing on functional behavior

Question 4

psychoanalysis

Answer 4

personalities are shaped by unconscious motives

Question 5

behaviorism

Answer 5

study of observable behavior

Question 6

hindsight bias

Answer 6

I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon

Question 7

correlation causation relation

Answer 7

CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION

Question 8

double blind procedure

Answer 8

both experimenters and the people being tested are unaware go the control and experiment group

Question 9

parts of a neuron

Answer 9

soma – cell body
dendrites – (receiver) hairy like
axes – (talker)

Question 10

synapses

Answer 10

contact point between neurons

Question 11

neurotransmitters

Answer 11

chemical messengers going through the cells and passing the synpases

Question 12

excitatory neurotransmitters

Answer 12

rev neurons up

Question 13

inhibitory neurotransmitters

Answer 13

chill neurons chill

Question 14

nervous vs. endocrine

Answer 14

N - fast transmitters but shorter effect
E - slow transmitters but longer effect

Question 15

adrenal glands

Answer 15

fight or flight response

Question 16

pancreas

Answer 16

level of sugar blood regulation

Question 17

thyroid glands

Answer 17

affects metabolism

Question 18

parathyroids

Answer 18

regulate level of calcium in blood

Question 19

testes/ovaries

Answer 19

men/women sex hormones

Question 20

pituitary gland

Answer 20

rules them all

Question 21

hypothalamus

Answer 21

brain region controlling pituitary

Question 22

CNS

Answer 22

makes bodies’ big decisions, COMMAND center

Question 23

“old brain” parts

Answer 23

–keeps basic functions of brain running–
brain stem
medulla
pons
thalamus
reticular formation
cerebellum

Question 24

brain stem

Answer 24

ancient and central core of brain

Question 25

medulla

Answer 25

automatic control of beating of hearts, breathing of lungs etc.

Question 26

pons

Answer 26

other automatic functions/movements

Question 27

thalamus

Answer 27

sensory info

Question 28

reticular formation

Answer 28

arousal such as sleeping, walking, pain perception

Question 29

cerebellum

Answer 29

responsible for nonverbal learning memory, perception of time, and modulating emotions

Question 30

limbic system

Answer 30

amygdala hypothalamus hippocampus

Question 31

amygdala

Answer 31

memory of consolidation and emotion

Question 32

hypothalamus

Answer 32

keeps the whole body steady (hunger, temp) helps govern endocrine system

Question 33

hippocampus

Answer 33

learning and memory

Question 34

corpus callosum

Answer 34

connects left and right brain

Question 35

cerebral cortex

Answer 35

thick layer of over twenty billion interconnected neurons

Question 36

the four lobes:

Answer 36

frontal parietal occipital temporal

Question 37

frontal lobe

Answer 37

speaking, planning, judging, abstract thinking, personality aspects

Question 38

parietal lobe

Answer 38

receive and process sense of touch and body position

Question 39

occipital lobe

Answer 39

info related to sight

Question 40

temporal

Answer 40

process sound, speech, comprehension

Question 41

motor cortex

Answer 41

voluntary movement sends messages from brain to the body

Question 42

sensory cortex

Answer 42

process incoming sensations

Question 43

association areas

Answer 43

related to higher mental function like remembering, thinking, learning, and speaking

Question 44

consciousness

Answer 44

our awareness of ourselves and our environment

Question 45

cognitive neuroscience

Answer 45

study of how brain activity is linked with our mental processes

Question 46

dual processing

Answer 46

info is simultaneously processed on separate conscious and non-conscious tracks (ex: squirrel)

Question 47

selective attention

Answer 47

focusing of conscious awareness

Question 48

inattentional behavior

Answer 48

obvious things you fail to notice when your full attention is directed elsewhere

Question 49

REM stand for?

Answer 49

rapid eye movement

Question 50

nREM-1

Answer 50

brief moments like you're falling, body jerks

Question 51

nREM-2

Answer 51

relax more deeply, is asleep but can easily be woken

Question 52

nREM-3

Answer 52

brief dreams

Question 53

REM

Answer 53

vivid visual dreams

Question 54

sleep disorders

Answer 54

insomnia narcolepsy sleep apnea night terrors nightmares

Question 55

insomnia

Answer 55

problem falling or staying asleep

Question 56

narcolepsy

Answer 56

uncontrollable sleep attacks

Question 57

sleep apnea

Answer 57

causes to stop breathing temporary

Question 58

night terrors

Answer 58

increased heart rates and breathing, screams, thrashing -- not remembered in the morning

Question 59

nightmares

Answer 59

during REM

Question 60

drug tolerance

Answer 60

diminishing effect with regular use of same dose of drug

Question 61

neuroadaptation

Answer 61

brain chem adapting to offset the drug affect

Question 62

psychoactive drugs (3)

Answer 62

1. depressants 2. stimulants 3. hallucinogens

Question 63

depressants

Answer 63

mellow, slow body functions, suppress neural activity ex: alchohol

Question 64

stimulants

Answer 64

excite neural activity, speed up body function ex: caffeine, nicotine

Question 65

hallucinogens

Answer 65

- evoke sensory images - come in plant fungal and synthetic forms