test 1 - part 4

Question 1

clinical psych

Answer 1

• branch of psych that studies, assesses, and treats ppl with psych disorders

Question 2

psychiatry

Answer 2

• branch of medicine dealing with psych disorders, practiced by physicians

Question 3

community psych

Answer 3

• branch of psych that studies how ppl interact with their social environment and how social institutions affect individuals and groups

Question 4

testing effect

Answer 4

• enhanced memory after retrieving rather than simply rereading info
• also sometimes referred to as a retrieval practice effect or test enhanced learning

Question 5

SQ3R

Answer 5

• survey
• question
• read
• retrieve
• review

Question 6

bio psych

Answer 6

• scientific study of the links b/t biological and psych processes
• concerned with the links b/t bio and behavior

Question 7

what are neurons

Answer 7

• building blocks, or nerve cells
• variate on same theme, but differ
• composed of a cell body and its branching fibers

Question 8

cell body of a neuron

Answer 8

• nucleus with chromosomes

Question 9

dendrites

Answer 9

• neuron’s bushy, branching extensions that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body—fingers

Question 10

axon

Answer 10

• neuron extension that passes messages through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or to glands —arm

Question 11

myelin sheath

Answer 11

• fatty tissue layer segmentally encasing the axons of some neurons, enables vastly greater transmission speed as neural impulses hop from one node to the next
• composed of glial cells
• helps efficient transmission of signals to other cells

Question 12

glial cells

Answer 12

• cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons
• may also play a role in learning, thinking, memory, “glue”, proportion of glial to neurons increases in compels animals

Question 13

einstein had more

Answer 13

• glial cells = faster processing

Question 14

sensory neurons

Answer 14

• carry incoming message from sensory receptors to the CNS

Question 15

interneurons

Answer 15

• communicate within the CNS and process info btw incoming and outgoing messages

Question 16

What doe the hypothalamus do?

Answer 16

• regulates body temp, helps govern the endocrine system, houses “reward centers”, part of it uses light cues to regulate sleep/wake cycles, controls MAINTENANCE functions like eating and drinking: HELPS MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS

Question 17

What does the hippocampus do?

Answer 17

• creates new memories, integrates memories into a network of knowledge
  ( using things you learned in class )
• consolidates and stores memores

Question 18

Electrical stimulation of a cat’s amygdala provokes angry reactions. Which AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM division is activated by such stimulation?

Answer 18

• SNS

Question 19

Brain is separated into _______ hemispheres

Answer 19

• 2

Question 20

Brain’s hemispheres control the:

Answer 20

• opposite sides of the body ( CONTRALATERAL control )

Question 21

The brain’s 2 hemispheres are connected by :

Answer 21

• corpus callosum

Question 22

Brain’s 2 hemispheres are functionally:

Answer 22

• symmetrical in some respects and have specialized abilities

Question 23

What is the cerebral cortex?

Answer 23

• outer covering of 2 hemispheres of the brain

- great meaning “bark”

Question 24

Cerebral cortex contains______ neurons

Answer 24

• 20-23 billion

Question 25

Cerebral cortex is responsible for

Answer 25

- responsible for the most complex, aspects of perception, emotion, movement, and thought

Question 26

2 cerebral hemispheres construct specialized work teams that enable:

Answer 26

- enable perception, thinking and speaking