Psychology (87.88) Flashcards
(46 cards)
What do Dendrites do
Receive information from neurons
What are neurotransmitters
Chemicals
How is the information sent
Action potentials
What do Axons do
get information sent from neurons
What is Phrenology
The early belief that head shad determined personality and function
What is Broca’s Area
A region if the brain concerned with the production of speech
What is the main function of the Cerebral cortex
Complex mental action, Sensations, Cognition, and control
What is the main function if the frontal lobe
Thought, planning, and movement
What is the main function of the Occipital lobe
Vision
What is the main function of the Parietal lobe
Touch and Spatial relations
What is the main function of the Temporal lobe
Hearing and Memory
What is the main function if the Subcortical Region
Appetite, emotion, and behavior
What is the main function if the Hypo campus
Short term and long term memory
What is the Thalamus
The body information station
What does the Basal Ganglia do
controls your body’s voluntary movements
Who was Phineas Gage
He had a rod go through his head
What is the amygdala
A major processing center for emotions
What does the Hypothalamus do
Keeps your body in homeostasis
Peripheral Nervous system
Not in the brain
Sympathetic
stress
Para Sympathetic
Chill
Endocrine system
glands send hormones through body that help you do things
what is consciousness
ones subjective experience/ awareness of the world resulting from brain activity
What is Flow
When completing a task provides an optimal experience of pleasure/ satisfaction
