Psychology

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Motor Neuron-

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Send instructions out to the body tissues

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Interneuron-

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Interneuron-

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Neuron

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building blocks for our neural information system

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Sensory Neuron-

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carries messages from the body’s tissues and sensory organs inward to the brain and spinal cord,

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Dendrite-

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receives information and conducts it toward the cell body

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Axon-

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passes the message along to other neurons or to muscle glands

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Synapse-

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meeting point between neurons

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Neurotransmitters-

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release of chemical messengers

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Reuptake-

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sends neuron reabsorbs the excess neurotransmitters

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Endorphins-

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help explain good feelings as such the “runners high”

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Nervous Systems-

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the body’s speedy electrochemical communication networks, consisting of all the nerve cells of the peripheral and central nervous systems

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Central Nervous systems-

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- the brain and spinal chord

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Peripheral nervous system-

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sensory and motor neurons that connect to the central nervous system to the rest of the body

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Somatic nervous system-

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division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body’s skeletal muscles

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Sympathetic nervous system

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arouses and expends energy

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Parasympathetic nervous system-

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produces opposite effects

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Reflex

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- automatic responses to stimuli

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Medulla

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- automatic responses to stimuli

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Reticular formation-

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- finger-shaped network of neurons that extends from the spinal cord right up to the thalamus

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Cerebellum-

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extends from rear of the brainstem

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Limbic system-

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two halves of the brain together

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Amygdala-

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influence aggression and fear

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Hypothalamus-

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link in the chain of governing bodily maintenances

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Frontal Lobes

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behind the earlobes

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Parietal Lobes

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at the top and to the rear

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Occipital Lobes

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back of head

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temporal lobes

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above the ears

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Plasticity-

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its ability to modify itself after some types of damage

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Corpus Callosum-

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wide band of axon fibers connecting the two hemispheres and carrying messages between them

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Corpus Callosum-

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wide band of axon fibers connecting the two hemispheres and carrying messages between them

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Split Brain-

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isolates the brains two hemispheres by cutting the fibers

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Psychoanalysis

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- Freud’s theory of personality and the associated treatment techniques

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Id

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unconscious psychic energy constantly strives to satisfy basic drives to survive

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Ego

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executive part of personality that mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality

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Superego

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- the part of personality that represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment

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Defense Mechanism

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egos protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality

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Repression

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- basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness

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Regression

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defense mechanism in which an individual faced with anxiety retreats to a more infantile psychosexual stage

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Reaction Formation

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- defense mechanism by which the ego unconsciously switches unacceptable impulses into their opposites