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Carrys info toward the cell body.
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Dendrites
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Carrys info away from the cell body
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Axon
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Functionalism
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James
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Small gaps in the myelin sheath surrounding the axons of many neurons
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Nodes of Ranvier
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Prepares body for using energy
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Sympathetic nervous system
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Slows body down
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Parasympathetic nervous system
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Influences sleep and arousal
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RAS reticular activating system
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Major sensorary and motor pathaways pass thru both the medulla and the pons.
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Brain stem
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Regulation of motor activities. Learning. Damage to this area is likely to produce jerky, poorly coordinated movements.
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Cerebellum
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Plays a role in pain relieving effects of opiates and has primitive vision and hearing centers.
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Midbrain
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Control of body movements.
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Frontal lobe
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Somatosensorary cortex-skin senses.
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Parietal
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Speech production
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Broca's
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Comprehension of speech
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Wernicke's area
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Plays a role in emotion and motivating behavior. If damaged, can cause increased aggression.
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Limbic system
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Master gland
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Pituitary
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Degeneration of cells that produce acetycholine
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Alzheimers
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Test used to see what is happening in the brain as it performs various functions
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PET scan
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The process by which we interpret and organize information brought to us by our various senses is called...
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Perception
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Believed the libido to be the motivating force behind most behavior.
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Freud
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An instinctual drive for physical pleasure present at birth and forming the motivating force behind all human behavior.
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Libido, as defined by Freud
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In Freud's theory, the part of the personality that compromises a person's basic sexual and aggressive impulses : it contains the libido and motivates a person to seek pleasure and avoid pain.
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Id
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According to Freud, the thinking part of the personality
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Ego
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Freud's term for the part of the personality that is the moral judge.
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Superego
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Developed five psychosexual phases: Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency,Genital.
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Freud
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Birth to 1 year. Mouth, lips and tongue. Major developmental task is weaning. Characteristic of adults fixated in this stage are:Oral behavior such as smoking, overeating, passivity and gullibility.
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Oral stage
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1-3 years. Anus. Toilet training. Characteristics of some adults fixated in this stage are: Orderliness, obstinacy or messiness, disorganization.
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Anal stage
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3-6 years. Genitals. Resolving Oedipus or Electra complex. Characteristics of adults fixated in this stage are: Vanity, recklessness, sexual dysfunction or deviancy.
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Phallic
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6-12 years. Developing of defense mechanisms, identifying with same sex peers. Freud thought that the latency period is not really a psychosexual stage, because libido is not focused on the body during this period, therefore, fixation is impossible.
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Latency
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Erickson's eight stages, or crises, of personality development in which inner instincts interact with outer cultural and social demands to shape personality.
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Psychosocial stages
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