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27 Cards in this Set
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Chemicals that alter activity in neurons
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Neurotransmitters
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Receive messages from other neurons
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Dendrites
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Fiber that carries information away from the cell body
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Axon
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Area that is sensitive to neurotransmitters
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Receptor site
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Bulb at the end of axons holding neurotransmitters
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Axon terminals
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Bodily sensations such as touch, pain, and temperature
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Parietal Lobe
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Primary visual area
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Occipital Lobe
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Movement, sense of smell, higher mental functions
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Frontal Lobe
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Auditory center
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Temporal Lobe
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Bundle of fibers connecting the two hemispheres
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Corpus Callosum
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Better at language, math, computation, and processing information sequentially
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Left hemisphere
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Better at perceptual skills, and at expressing emotions and detecting other's emotions
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Right hemisphere
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Associated with storing permanent memories; navigation
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Hippocampus
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Relays sensory information; switchboard
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Thalamus
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Regulates emotional behaviors and motives
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Hypothalamus
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Associated with fear responses
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Amygdala
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Located in the neck and regulates metabolism
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Thyroid Gland
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Releases epinephrine or norepinephrine to arouse the body
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Adrenal Gland
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Regulates body rhythms and sleep cycles; secretes melatonin
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Pineal Gland
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The "master gland" whose hormones influence other glands
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Pituitary Gland
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Laissez-faire parents
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Values and accepts emotions but fails to provide guidance
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Emotion coaching
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Value emotions, help chicldren understand emotions, lead children in problem solving
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Disapproving parent
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Criticize or punish children for being sad or angry
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Dismissing parents
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Tend to ignore feeling like anger or fear; believe it is harmful to dwell on these feelings
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Emotions accour when physical arousal is labeled or interpreted
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Schachter's Cognitive Theory
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Activity in the thalamus causes emotional feelings and bodily arousal at the same time
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Cannon-Bard Theory
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Emotional feelings follow bodily arousal and come from awareness
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James-Lange Theory
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