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Who is Franz Gall?

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developed Phrenology

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What is phrenology?

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The false idea that if you used a certain part of your brain more, it would grow larger. Therefor the anatomy of your brain is a direct correlation with your patterns of thinking and personality, and you could read this “map” by the bumps on the skull.

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Who is Pierre Flourens?

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The first man to study the functions of specific areas of the brain.

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What experiment did Pierre Flourens perform?

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He removed certain areas of the brain (extirpation aka ablasion) to see what behaviors would be effected.

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Who is William James?

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He was focused on how the brain adapts to the environment. He helped develop functionalism.

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Who is John Dewey?

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He was focused on how an organism adapted to a certain environment. He helped develop functionalism.

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What is functionalism in psychology?

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The study of how organisms mentally adapt in response to their environment

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Who is Paul Broca?

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the first to link specific deficits with specific brain lesions

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What is Broca’s Area?

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a major language center in the brain

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Who is Hermann von Helmholtz?

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the first scientist to measure the speed of a nerve impulse

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Who is Sir Charles Sherrington?

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He was the first to infer the existence of synapses.

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What is extirpation?

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Removing certain areas of the brain and observing differences

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What is a functional impairment in psychology?

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A change in behavior due to a specific brain lesion

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What led to psychology becoming one of the natural sciences?

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The discovery of nerve impulses

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How is the PNS divided?

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It’s divided into the autonomic and somatic nervous systems.

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How is the autonomic nervous system divided?

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It’s divided into the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems

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Are interneurons part of the CNS or PNS?

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CNS

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What are the key stimulated responses to sympathetic stimulation?

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pupil dialation, bronchioles relax, heartbeat increase, digestion decrease, adrenal gland increased output, stimulate sweating, inhibit peristalisis, relax bladder, increase glucose production

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What are the key responses to parasympathetic stimulation?

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pupil contractioin, bronchioles constrict, heartbeat decrease, stimulate digestion, stimulate bile release, constrict bladder

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What are the parts of the hindbrain?

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Medulla oblongata, pons, and cerebellum

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What does the Pons do?

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relays information and regulates sleep

“Sleep-Pon the bed”

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What does the medulla oblongata do?

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regulate breathing, HR, and BP

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What does the cerebellum do?

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coordinate movements and balance

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What are the parts of the adult midbrain?

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Superior colliculus and inferior colliculus

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What does the superior colliculus do?
Receive visual input
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What does the inferior colliculus do?
Receive auditory input
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What is the importance of animals for studying the brain?
Ethics do not allow stimulation or ablasion of human brains because of unknown irreversible damages.
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What is the importance of electrical stimulation for studying the brain?
Placing electrodes directly on an alert patient's brain can stimulate certain memories, sensations, and thought patterns.
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What is the significance of EEG's in studying the brain?
A cap covered in electrodes can map electrical activity throughout the brain
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What is rCBF?
regional cerebral blood flow
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What is the importance of rCBF in studying the brain?
detecting blood flow to certain areas of the brain as a patient is being stimulated
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What parts does the telencephalon become?
cerebrum, basal ganglia, and limbic system
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What parts does the diencephalon become?
Thalamus, hypothalamus, pineal gland, and posterior pituitary gland
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What is the function of the thalamus?
Receive input from all senses except smell and relay the signals to the proper areas of the brain for processing
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What is the function of the hypothalamus?
regulates homeostatis of water balance, temperature, and metabolism; aggressive or sexual emotions; hormone balance to regulate autonomic system
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What are the 3 areas of the hypothalamus and what does each part do?
Lateral (trigger eating and drinking), Ventromedial (satiety center), and anterior (sexual behavior)
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What is the function of the posterior pituitary?
Store and release the hormones ADH and oxitocin.
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What is the function of the pineal gland?
regulate "Carcadian" rhythms and secrete melatonin
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What does melatonin do?
Regulate sleep cycle
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What is the function of the basal ganglia?
Coordinate muscle movement and smooth muscle
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What brain area has been linked to the jerky movements of Parkinson's patients?
malformations in the basal ganglia
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What is the function of the limbic system?
mainly emotions and memory
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What is the function of the hippocampus?
memory and learning (forming new memories)
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What is the function of the amygdala?
memory and emotional reactions (aggression or passive)
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What is the primary function of the frontal lobe?
To exert the executive functions over the other areas of the brain; planning, emotional coping, etc.
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What is the primary function of the parietal lobe?
Spatial processing; proprioception and 3D imagining of 2D images
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What is the main function of the occipital lobe?
Visual processing
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What is the primary function of the temporal lobe?
Auditory processing for language and music
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What is the somatosensory cortex? Were does it lie?
receives sensory stimuli for processing; parietal lobe
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What is the motor cortex? Where does it lie?
sends the motor signals in response to the somatosensory cortex; frontal lobe
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What is the corpus callosum?
Connects the 2 hemispheres of brain
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What is a person who uses "left side" of their brain usually better at?
math, logic, language, analysis
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What is a person who uses "right side" of their brain usually better at?
emotion, intuition, creativity, spacial processing
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What is ipsilateral control? What sensory input is under this kind of control?
When a side of the brain controls that same side of neurons; hearing
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What is contralateral control?
The left side of the brain controls right side movement and sight
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What are the important neurotransmitters for the CNS?
dopamine, serotonin, GABA, endorphins, and acetylcholine
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What are the important neurotransmitters for the PNS?
acetylcholine, epinephrine, and noepinephrine
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What does dopamine do?
activates reward circuit
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What does serotonin do?
sleep cycles, mood, appetite, dreams
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What does GABA do?
it's a regulator that inhibits over stimulation of the nerves
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What do endorphins do?
kill pain over a long period of time, cause euphoria
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What does epinephrine do?
aka "adrenaline", it triggers the sympathetic responses
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What does norepinephrine do?
regulates level of alertness
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What does acetylcholine do in the PNS?
regulates movement of voluntary muscle
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What does acetylcholine do in the CNS?
influences attention and arousal
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What are the hormones released by the anterior pituitary?
FSH, LH, ACTH, TSH, prolactin, endorphins, and GH
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What hormones does the adrenal medulla release?
epinephrine and norepinephrine
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What hormones does the adrenal cortex release?
cortisol and sex hormones
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What hormones do the gonads produce?
estrogen and testosterone
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What do nocireceptors detect?
pain
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What do osmoreceptors detect? Where are they located?
concentration (in the blood); hypothalamus
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What is the difference between sensation and perception?
Sensation is the raw sensory input to the CNS, but perception is becoming aware of it which includes any biases and experiences
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What is a sensory threshold?
The amount of difference required to detect a difference between 2 things
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What is Weber's Law?
The understanding that each individual has a different sensory threshold proportion (just noticeable difference - JND), and it stays that proportion no matter what the numerical difference is.
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How do you calculate a JND (just noticeable difference)?
Take the sensory difference btw two inputs and divide by the INITIAL stimulus. This will give you your percentage or proportion.

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