front 1 Biological Psychologists | back 1 A link between our behavior(Psychological processes) and biological structures. |
front 2 Key areas of biological psychologist study | back 2 Nervous system-Endocrine system-Heredity |
front 3 Heredity- | back 3 effect the way we look and act |
front 4 Endocrine system | back 4 Secretion of hormones |
front 5 Nervous system | back 5 Brain and tracks of all the nerves |
front 6 Nervouse system | back 6 Regulates internal functions and how we relate the external world. When we learn new information. |
front 7 Two areas of the nervouse system | back 7 Central & Peripheral |
front 8 Centeral | back 8 Brain and spinal cord |
front 9 Peripheral | back 9 made up of nerve cells that send messages between the centeral nervouse system and all areas of the body. |
front 10 Neurons | back 10 send messages and communicate with each other |
front 11 Cell Body | back 11 produces energy that fuels cells activity |
front 12 Dendrites | back 12 thin fibers that receive the message from other neurons and send the message to the cell body |
front 13 Axons | back 13 do the same as a dendrite in a different direction. There are less Axons. They carry the message away from the cell body. |
front 14 Myelin | back 14 helps speed up the transmission of the message |
front 15 Heath | back 15 protective barrier around the axon |
front 16 Axon Terminals | back 16 at the end of the axon |
front 17 Synapse | back 17 a bridge between two neurons |
front 18 Types of Neurons | back 18 Sensory & Motor |
front 19 Sensory Neurons | back 19 are nerve cells that carry information recieved by the senses to the centeral nervouse system. |
front 20 Motor Neurons | back 20 carries information from the centeral nervouse system to the muscles, glands, and influence their functions |
front 21 Types of Neurotransmitters | back 21 Acetylocholine, Dopamine, Serotonin, Noradenaline |
front 22 Acetylocholine | back 22 involved in the control of muscles |
front 23 Dopamine | back 23 Motor Behavior (Parkinson's disease) |
front 24 Serotonin | back 24 Emotional arousal |
front 25 Noradenaline | back 25 preparing the body for action |
front 26 Centeral Nervous system | back 26 made up of meurons of the spinal cord and the brain |
front 27 Spinal reflexes | back 27 automatic response to something. ex. removing your hand from a hot stove |
front 28 Peripheral Nervouse system | back 28 outside the centeral nervouse system. It transfers messages from centeral nwevouse system to extremities of the body. |
front 29 Two divisions of the Peripheral system | back 29 Somatic & Automatic |
front 30 Somatic | back 30 Transmits sensory messages to the centeral nervouse system |
front 31 Automatic | back 31 Occurring involuntarily-regulates the bodies bital functions such as heartbeat, breathing, digestion, and blood presure. |
front 32 Autonomic Nervouse System | back 32 Sympathetic & Parasympathetic |
front 33 Symathetic | back 33 ACTIVATED energy reserve after an action has occured |
front 34 Parasympathetic | back 34 RESTORES energy reserve after an action has occured |
front 35 Brian | back 35 the control center |
front 36 Three areas of the brain | back 36 Hindbrain, Mid-brain, and forebrain |
front 37 Hindbrain | back 37 Medulla, Pons, and Cerebellum |
front 38 Medulla | back 38 controls heartbeat, blood presure, and breathing |
front 39 Pons | back 39 In front of the medulla. Body movement, attention, sleep, and alertness. |
front 40 Cerbellum | back 40 "little brain" Balance and coordination |
front 41 Mid-brain | back 41 Vision and hearing |
front 42 Apart of the mid-brain Reticular Activation System | back 42 Attention, sleep, and arousal- makes people alert
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front 43 Forebrain | back 43 Thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system, and cerebrum |
front 44 Thalmus | back 44 relay station for sensory information. It takes messages from the eyes, pain sensations from a pinched finger, or a loud bang when a firecracker goes off. |
front 45 Hypothalamus | back 45 Below the thalmus. Regulates body temp., storage of mutrients, motivation, and emotion |
front 46 Limbic system | back 46 Memory, emotion, hunger, sex, and aggression |
front 47 Cerebral Cortex | back 47 composed of two sides- left and right hemisphere |
front 48 Corbus callosum | back 48 is what commects the two sides |
front 49 Four sides of the Cerbeal cortex | back 49 Frontal lobe, parietal lobe, teporal lobe, and occipital lobe |
front 50 Frontal lobe | back 50 helps us move our body |
front 51 Parietal lobe | back 51 skin senses-cold, touch, pain |
front 52 Temporal lobe | back 52 Hearing and auditory |
front 53 Occipital lobe | back 53 Visual |
front 54 Association areas | back 54 areas that put all the different forms of stimulus together. (3-D objects) |
front 55 Language functions | back 55 most ofger in the left hemisphere for most people, even left handed people |
front 56 Broca's area-frontal lobe | back 56 controls areas of the fave used for speaking |
front 57 Wernicke's area-teporal lobe | back 57 pieces together sounds and sights. Damage to this area may make it difficulty to understand what someone is saying |
front 58 Right and left brain | back 58 Right brain-associated with logic, problem solving and mathematical computation (Logical)
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front 59 The corpus callosum is cut to work on such things as severe epilepsy. | back 59 After this type operation the two hemispheres can no longer communicate and thus it is earier for psychologists to study their serparate operations or tasks. |