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| What are the top 2 parts that make up the Nervous System? |
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| Central and Peripheral Nervous |
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| Which of these three things make up a part(s) of the Hindbrain? |
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| Cerebellum, Pons, Medulla |
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| Cutting what part of the brain eases seizures in Epileptic patients and allows us to see how the left and right brain function? |
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| What is also known as the “master gland?” |
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| The transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring is? |
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| What Aphasia would have a hard time with the sentence, “The deer was killed by the lion.” when dealing with understanding? |
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| Part of your brain that wakes you up to unfamiliar noises but not familiar ones? |
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| Reticular Activating System |
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| What Thyroid problem results from having too much Thyroxin being produced? |
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| What part of the Nervous System is responsible for returning the body to normal conditions after the “flight or fight” response is over? |
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| What one of these scans uses electricity to measure brain activity? |
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| EEG (Electroencephalogram) |
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| Which one of these scans uses magnetic fields to take snapshot of the brain? |
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| MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) |
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| Which one of these scans uses radioactive ‘markers’ or sugars to see where bloodflow is in the brain and take snapshots of it? |
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| PET (Positron Emissions Tomography |
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| Which one of these scans uses X-rays to take snapshot of the brain? |
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| CAT (Computerized AXial Tomography |
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| Which of the two Aphasias causes jumbled or meaningless speech? |
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| From the debate in class, what is based on experience and your environment? |
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| ________ means “Body” in Greek. |
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| _________________ are the building blocks of heredity. |
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| Neurons use _________________ to transmit messages to and from nerves. |
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| 24. Two of the three studies that the Nature v. Nurture debate uses are ________________ and _____________________. |
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| The ___________ side of the brain is more responsible for language and logic. |
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| The ___________ side of the brain is more responsible for imagination and spatial relations. |
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| _____________ ________ are the part of the lobes that give meaning to what we do, hear, see, or feel. |
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| _____________, _______________, and _____________ are hormones produced by the Adrenal gland. |
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| Adrenaline, Noradrenaline, Cortical |
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| Know where Axons, Dendrites, Axon Terminals, Myelin Sheath, Soma/Cell body, and Synapses are and what they do. |
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Axons- Send
Dendrites- Receive
Axon Terminals- Send neurotransmitters to Dendrites
Synapse- Space between Axons and Dendrites
Myelin Sheath- White, Fatty Substance that Protects, Insulates, AND Speeds Up signals |
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| List the 4 lobes of the brain and their functions |
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Parietal- Touch (hot, cold, rough, smooth, how things feel in general)
Temporal- Hearing
Occipital- Sight
Frontal- Movement, Thinking |
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| What are the 2 subdivisions of the Peripheral Nervous System and their functions? |
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Somatic- bodily (voluntary)
Autonomic- involuntary
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| Name the part of the Nervous System that starts the ‘Fight or Flight’ response and 3 of the physiological (physical symptoms) that occur. |
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| Sympathetic- Increased and usually shallow breathing, increased heart rate and blood pressure, decreased digestion, decreased appetite, sweating, shaking/trembling |
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| Why are Psychologists concerned with how the Nervous System and Hormones work in the human body? |
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| Hormones and the nervous system create behavior and behavior is what they are concerned about. |
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| Phineas Gage’s story… What happened? What was his behavior afterward? What part of his personality was he unable to regulate? |
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