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20 Cards in this Set
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memory |
important to humans and animals, critical to survival and to function. |
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iconic memory |
1 of 5 senses (sensory). environmental input that nervous system is consuming, large capacity, subconscious |
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short term memory storage |
conscious awareness, 7 pieces of info |
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long term memory storage |
subconscious, large capacity |
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explicit memory |
long term, declarative, eposodic, semantic |
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implicit memory |
long term, non declarative, skill learning, priming, conditioning |
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anteriograde amnesia |
inability to remember new info |
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retrograde amnesia |
inability to remember old info |
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9 depressive mood symptoms |
depressive mood, worthlessness, anhedonia, cognitive deficits, fatigue, change in weight, change in sleep patterns, change in motor movements, suicidal thoughts |
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monozygotic |
identical twins |
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dizygotic |
fraternal twins |
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concordance rate |
the rate of probability that 2 people with shared genes will develop the same disorder |
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neuropathology |
the study of causes of the nervous system |
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brain areas affected with depression |
frontal lobes, amygdala, hypothalamus, hippocampus |
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antidepressants |
help maintain the health of hippocampal and hypothalamic neurons, monoamine agonists |
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norepinephrine agonist |
amplified effect with other stimulants |
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3 side effects of tricyclics |
cognitive deficits, drowsiness, cardiotoxicity |
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ssri |
selective seratonin reuptake inhibitors, bind to seratonin transporters and increase seratonin in the synapse |
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ssri side effects |
hallucinations, flu like symptoms, insomnia |
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psychotic disorder |
break from reality, hearing voices, distortion of perception (5 senses) |
