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21 Cards in this Set
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What is a theory?
Hint: Stimuli |
An idead stimulated by research
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Stimuli
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What is a Hypothesis?
Hint: Building on theory |
Predictions based on theorys
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Building on theory
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What are neurons?
Hint: some nerve |
Nerve cells in the brain
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some nerve
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What is the central nervous system?
Hint: stacies is messed up |
brain and spinal cord
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stacies is messed up
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What makes up periphial nervous system?
Hint: motor |
sensory and motor neurons that connect the central to the rest of the body
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motor
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What is the Somatic NS?
Hint: volunteer |
Controls the voluntary movements of the skeletal muscles
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volunteer
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What is the Autonomic NS?
Hint: auto |
controls self-regulated actions of internal organs
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auto
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What is the Sympathetic NS?
Hint: morning wood |
arousal
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morning wood
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What is the Para-sympathetic NS?
Hint: loss of blood to the head |
calming down
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loss of blood to the head
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What is the Thalamus?
Hint: regulator |
takes in and directs messages from the brain
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regulator
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What is the Cerebellum?
Hint: opposite of uncoordinated |
coordinates voluntary movements
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opposite of uncoordinated
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What does the amygdala do?
Hint: sum of all ____ |
fear and aggression
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sum of all ____
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What does the hypothalamus do?
Hint: the essentials |
regulates body temp, thirst, hunger and sex
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the essentials
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What are the frontal lobes for?
Hint: motivational ____ |
speaking, muscle movements, judgements
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motivational ________
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What are parietal lobes for?
Hint: you have 5 of em |
sensory cortex
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you have 5 of em
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What are temporal lobes for?
Hint: i don't need a hearing aid yet |
auditory
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i don't need a hearing aid yet
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Stages of prenatal development?
Hint: before you were born |
nurturing begins in the womb
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before you were born
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What are teratogens?
Hint: every thing risi did |
bad for pregnancy, drugs, alcohol, etc.
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every thing risi did
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Sensation vs. Perception
Hint: organizes |
we sense physical energy through sensations and we organize those sensations with perception
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organize
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What is the Bottom up theory?
Hint: exactly as it sounds |
from point of concact to brain integration
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exactly as it sounds
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What is the absolute threshold?
Hint: bare ______ |
the minimum amount of stimulation for detecting a certain stimulus 50% of the time
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bare ______
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