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22 Cards in this Set
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Neuroscience
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How blood chemistry is linked with moods and motives
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Evolutionary
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natural selection of traits that promotes the perpetuation of ones genes
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Behavior genetics
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to what extent are psychological traits such as intelligence personality sexual orientation and vulnerability to depression attributable to our genes/ environment
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Psychodynamic
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How behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts
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Behavioral
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what is the most effective way to alter our behavior? observable responses?
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Cognitive
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How we encode process, store and retrieve information. Reasoning, problem solving, ect.
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Social-Cultural
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How behavior and thinking vary across cultures
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Cerebellum
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Balance and Coordination "the little brain"- voluntary movement
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Medulla
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heart beat and breathing
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Pons
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Swallow, hearing, balance, taste, sleep
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Reticular formation
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nerve network in brain stem that plays important role in controlling arousal
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Thalamus
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transmitting sensory info to the cortex (up and down)
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Hypothalamus
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regulates: eating, drinking, body temp, endocrines system (helps), and controlling emotions
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Amygdala
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Two lima bean-sized neural clusters linked to emotions
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Hippocampus
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critical for the formation of new autobiographical and fact memories. It may function as a memory "gateway" through which new memories must pass before entering permanent storage in the brain
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Corpus Callosum
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connects the left and right sides of the brain allowing for communication between both hemispheres
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Frontal Lobe
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Motor Cortex, Frontal Cortex: Voluntary movements like speaking, muscle movement, decision making, planning
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Parietal Lobe
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Sensory Cortex: receive sensory input, feedback on motor cortex
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Occipital Lobe
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Visual cortex: back of the head, visuals
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Temporal Lobe:
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Auditory Cortex: sarcasem, tone of voice ect.
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Left side of brain
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Speech
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Right side of brain
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non speech signs
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