The Brain, Psych test

Question 1

whats psychology

Answer 1

Psychology is the scientific study of behaviours and mental processes.

Question 2

whats psychiatry

Answer 2

Biology is the study of life and living organisms

Question 3

behaviour

Answer 3

an observable action done by a human or animal

Question 4

mental process

Answer 4

is the feeling thoughts inside of an individual

Question 5

psychologist

Answer 5

6 years uni, focuses on therapy treatment,

Question 6

psychiatry

Answer 6

11 years uni. trained as medical doctors. can diagnose and provide medical treatment as well as admit people to hospital

Question 7

areas of psycholgy

Answer 7

Health
  Education
  Organisational
  Sports
  Clinical neuropsychology
  Clinical
  Community
  Counselling
 Forensic

Question 8

CNS

Answer 8

Brain is the control centre of the body and the spinal cord carries messages to and from the brain and the body

Question 9

PNS

Answer 9

Any nerve outside of the CNS, and carries messages to and from the brain and the body’s glands, muscles and organs

Question 10

somatatic

Answer 10

Carries messages from the senses to the brain and from the brain to the muscles. like aches and pains and smells

Question 11

Autosomatic

Answer 11

Includes the body’s non-skeletal muscles such as the heart and performs basic bodily functions such as digestion.

Question 12

Parasympathetic

Answer 12

calms the body down and return to base line

Question 13

Sympathetic

Answer 13

prepare for fight or flight response

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BRAIN

Answer 14

Central Hub for body

Question 15

SPINAL CORD

Answer 15

connects the brain to the PNS

Question 16

structures that protect the brain

Answer 16

meninges, skull, cerebral fluid

Question 17

occipital lobe

Answer 17

Vision contains the primary visual cortex

Question 18

frontal lobe

Answer 18

Decision making, expression of emotion, personality - primary motor cortex

Question 19

temporal lobe

Answer 19

Hearing and language comprehension - primary auditory cortex

Question 20

parietal lobe

Answer 20

Receives and interprets information about touch, temperature and the position of muscles. Contains the somatosensory cortex

Question 21

left hemisphere

Answer 21

maths and science, language, analytical thinking

Question 22

right hemisphere

Answer 22

creativity, art and music, holistic thinking

Question 23

brocas location

Answer 23

left frontal lobe

Question 24

brocas function

Answer 24

speech production

Question 25

brocas aphasia

Answer 25

ruins the production of speech, speaking slowly and only key words

Question 26

wernickes location

Answer 26

left temporal lobe

Question 27

wernickes function

Answer 27

speech comprehension

Question 28

wernickes aphasia

Answer 28

affects the comprehension of speech. may speak regularly but add in unnecessary words

Question 29

what is a neuron

Answer 29

A nerve cell which forms complex chains and networks which form neural pathways through information continuously travels

Question 30

Dendrite

Answer 30

Receives information from other neurons and transmits it to the soma

Question 31

Soma

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AKA the cell body, contains the nucleus, maintains the cell and ensures that is keeps functioning

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Axon

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Carries message from the soma to the axon terminal

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Myelin Sheath

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White, fatty substance which coats and insulate the axon, helping to speed up the message

Question 34

Axon Terminal

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Stores and secretes neurotransmitters

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Neurotransmitter

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Chemical --- which are used by the neurons to carry the message through the synaptic gap

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exisitory and inhibitory neurontransmitters

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the likely and unlikelyhood for the neuron to fire an action potential

Question 37

ways brain damage can occur

Answer 37

``` Stroke Car crash Disease such as Alzheimer’s Alcohol Bain surgery Knock to the head ```

Question 38

brain plasticity / have the ability to adapt and change

Answer 38

The brain has plasticity which means it is able to change in response to change. If a neuron is damaged then the surrounding neurons are able to make new connections with other undamaged neurons forming new neural pathways.

Question 39

types of plasticity

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Developmental | Adaptive

Question 40

plactisity process

Answer 40

Synaptogenesis, reroouting, sprouting

Question 41

Synaptogenesis

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the formation of new connections between neurons

Question 42

rerouting

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When a neuron that is undamaged that has lost connection seeks a connection with another neuron

Question 43

sprouting

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growth of axon and dendrite branches to enable the neuron to make new connections.

Question 44

cerebrum

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area of the brain responsible for all voluntary activities of the body. located above the cerebellum

Question 45

cerebellum

Answer 45

balance and coordination. located at the base of the brain

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sensory neurons

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neurons that carry incoming information from the sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord

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motor neurons

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neurons that carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands

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interneurons

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neurons within the brain and spinal cord that communicate internally and intervene between the sensory inputs and motor outputs

Question 49

development plasticity

Answer 49

the natural changes that take place in all people's brain as well grow older

Question 50

adaptive plasticity

Answer 50

the ability of the brain to compensate for lost function in the event of brain injury