Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM


Top Flashcards (Certified)
All Flashcards

Psychology > Unit 2. Your Body Is A Wonderland > Flashcards

Unit 2. Your Body Is A Wonderland Flashcards

(69 cards)

Start Studying
1
Q

What does acetylcholine do and is it inhibitory or exhibititory?

A

E and I
Muscles and motor movement
Excites in at inhibit allow movement

Memory motivation sleep

Release of growth hormone

Lack of this links to Alzheimer’s

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What does serotonin do?

A

Inhibit

Self-esteem depression worries

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What do endorphins do?

A

Inhibits

Controls pain
Inhibits things that cause you pain
Helps keep you calm and happy
Pleasure
Slow the heart rate and respiration and metabolism
Increased level of runners high
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What does Norepinephrine

A

Excited and inhibits

Dreams energy waking motivation fight or flight

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What does dopamine do

A

Excited and inhibits

Pleasure seeking euphoria eating

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What does GABA do

A

Inhibits

Blocks anything that makes you feel negative

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What does glutamate do

A

Excited

Memory but too much can act as a tocsin to the other

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What does enkephalins do

A

Inhibits

Pain appetite cravings depressed moods

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What does melatonin do

A

Inhibits

Blocks things which make me feel unrested

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What does phenylethylamine do

A

Inhibits
Feel good euphoria
Locks things that are normally make you unattractive

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What does oxytocin do

A

Excited and inhibits

Sexual arousal excites feeling the sadness

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What is the dopamine reward system

A

If dopamine is coursing through your body it is a reward and you are caught in a cycle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What are the parts of the brain?

A 
Hemispheres 
Hindbrain
Mid brain
Forebrain
Cerebral cortex
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What are the four lobes in the cerebral cortex

A

Frontal temporal parietal and a occipital

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What is in the frontal lobe

A

Prefrontal cortex
Brokas area
motor strip
and frontal association area

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What is in the temporal lobe

A

Primary audio cortex

Wernickes area

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

What is in the parietal lobe

A

Sensory cortex

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

What is in the occipital lobe

A

Primary visual cortex

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

What is the relationship between neurons synapsis neurotransmitters an action potential

A

Neurons send messages electronically

Means that chemicals cause an electrical signal

Information passes through a synapse

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

What does the prefrontal cortex do

A

Direct thought process

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

What does Brokas area do

A

It’s responsible for controlling the muscles involved in producing speak

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

What does the motor strip do

A

It’s a band running down the side of the prefrontal lobe that sends signals to our muscles controlling voluntary muscle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

What does the frontal association area do you

A

Integrates personality forms complex thoughts engages in elaborate mental association and mental connection that helps you make sense of your environment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

The occipital lobe function

A

Located at the back of the head

visual perception interpret visual information
processing including color recognition and then
sends information to the parietal and temporal lobe

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
What does the occipital lobe limit
Visual effects difficulty recognizing colors hallucinations visual illusions and accurately seeing objects word blindness difficulty preceding movement difficulty recognizing John objects loss of academic skills
26
What is transduction
Occurs when light activates the neurons in the retina process anything touching and smelling
27
What do cones help
Helps you distinguish colors
28
What do rods help
Peripheral vision and intensity of color
29
What does the visual cortex do
Has feature detections her vertical lines curve motion and other features of images which combined to create some sort of perception
30
What does the frontal lobe function
Arousal tracking of thoughts since it's so emotional thoughts and stability personality word association and meaning language usage responsible for thinking and this is
31
Impairments cause in head injury in the frontal lobe
Difficulty of planning loss of spontaneity loss of flexibility and thinking for attention and concentration difficulty with
32
What does the parietal lobe function
(Helps interpret and experience senses) Located near the back top of the head visual perception tactile or touch perception object manipulation integration of sensory info that allows for understanding of a single concept interprets touch pressure temperature in compilation and also language comprehension
33
Impairments caused by head injuries in the parietal lobe
Difficulties and naming objects or writing words inability to attend to more than one object at a time inability to focus on visual attention problems with reading math calculation and drawings for hand I coordination and or visual perception confusing left and right
34
What does the sensory cortex and
It receives incoming touch sensation
35
What does the temporal lobe function
Located on the side of the head above the ears into a cognitive hearing some visual perception object had a great nation speech function
36
Impairments in the temporal lobe
Difficulty remembering names and faces difficulty understanding spoken words difficulty with concentration short term memory loss aggressive behavior change and sexual interest persistent talking seizures disorders
37
What does the primary audio cortex do
It controls basic processes sound and how you respond emotionally to sound
38
What does the Wernickes area do
Interprets written and spoken speech damage would affect ability to understand language
39
What is top down processing
We perceive by filling in the gaps in what we sent you use your background knowledge to fill in the gaps to perceive a situation your experience this creates schemas
40
What is bottom up processing
Instead of using our experience receive an object we use only the features of the object itself we start our perception at the bottom with the individual characteristics of the image and put all those characteristics together tonight my own perception
41
Pro prior reception
A psychological form of ESP the sensing a body perception movement and posture
42
What is the sensation
Process of receiving info from the environment (your senses)
43
What is the perception
Assembling and organizing the sensory information on interaction between sensation and how your experience them
44
What is transduction
Means the signals are transformed into neural impulses
45
What is absolute threshold
The level of sensory stimulation necessary for the sensation to occur it's different for everyone example axe cologne
46
What is Adaptation
Once we are aware of sensory and phone we don't always pay tension to it gradual loss of attention to a needed or unwanted sensory information
47
What is sensory habituation
Decreasing responsiveness to stimuli that is constant example your shoes on I'll be but you were not aware of them until you feel them because he stopped doing them
48
What is Cocktail party phenomenon
Ability to focus auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out the other stimulus miss b when she listens to other kids
49
What is single detection theory
Investigates the distractions and interferences me experience as we percieve the world
50
What is false positive
When we think we perceive a stimulus that is not really there
51
What is false negative
Not perceiving to stimulus when it is present
52
Where is the hindbrain and what is it responsible for
The cerebellum it is responsible for balance and posture coordinates body movement through integrated muscle
53
What does the midbrain do
Coordinate simple movements with sensory and how it ties together sensory input with movement it contains reticular formation
54
What is reticular activating formation
It's not like collection of cells throughout the mid brain that controls general body arousal and ability to focus our attention activity level without it we would fall into a coma
55
What does the forebrain control
Control stop process thought and reason
56
What does the forebrain contain
Hippo campus and the limbic system (thalamus hippo thalamus and amygdala
57
What does the hippo campus function
Spatial awareness memory formation and recall help select transplant and formation for memorizing and then it passes it due to long-term memory areas damage can prevent a person from forming new memories
58
What does limbic system do
It's involved in instinctive behaviors and reactions sealed emotions and basic and forces such as sex anger pleasure general survival and long-term memory
59
What does the thalamus do
The Secretary Sensory signals from the spinal cord and sending them to appropriate and areas and the rest of the forebrain it ask like the transmitter
60
What does hypo thalamus do
It helps regulate behavior
61
Explain why the biopsychological and evolutionary approaches fall under the idea of nature not nurture
Bio psychological approach deals with more science hormones and evolutionary approach is natural selection and genetics passed down
62
Which neurotransmitters deal with motivation
Acetylcholine and norepherine
63
Explain which neurotransmitters are tied to my headaches what are they are not exciting/inhibiting
Serotonin inhibits not blocking pain
64
Jacob Black is angry and aggressive list to the neurotransmitters that explains his behavior what do they excited/inhibit
Lacking endorphins and GABA
65
Lord Baltimore needs a heavy dose of happiness what 2 neurotransmitters what do they excite or inhibit
Serotonin inhibits depression and Mournest endorphins inhibits things that make you unhappy
66
Explain the relationship between the limbic system what are the three parts and how do they work
``` Limbic system has three parts Thalamus hypothalamus and amygdala Thalamus : secretary Hypo: regulates behavior Amygdala without it you can't experience emotions ```
67
What does the hindbrain do name it's three parts in their roles
Medulla : regulates vital functions Pons: facial expressions sleep Cerebellum: posture and balance
68
What is transduction
Process of knowing where things need to go
69
Explain the difference between single detection top down and the bottom up processing
Single detection something gets in the way top-down use the skimmer bottom up we use features

Psychology (5 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions