1. Biological Psychology 2.Neuron 3. Dendrite 4. axon 5 myelin 6 action potential 7 Threshold 8 Synapse 9 neurotransmitter 10 acetylcholine 11 Endorphins A branch of psychology concerned with the links between biology and behavior. A nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system. The bushy‚ branching extensions of a neuron that receive messages and conduct impulses
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Chapter 1 *Goals of psychology: 1. Description of behaviors- classifying & labeling behavior‚ 2. Understanding-Understanding the causes and why they occur‚ 3. Prediction-Accurately saying what may say in the future‚ 4 Control-Altering conditions to positively influence behavior.‚ psychology-the scientific study of behavior and mental processes-behavior(Overt) & mental processes (covert)‚ many research projects in psych begin with observations in real life *Pseudopsychology-Any unfounded “system”
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understanding and immaturity is also another factor to add in. Teens legally get their licenses at the age of 16. Your frontal lobe is considered to not be fully “developed” until you are 21. The frontal lobes act as the decision maker. It is the part that makes you ask yourself if what you are doing is a good decision or not. At such a young age and not having the frontal lobes fully connected‚ it makes it harder to process thoughts such as texting and driving‚ and effects that can follow it. Motivational
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Evolutionary Psychology: Learning‚ Biology and the Brain Hegel—thesis (consciousness mind) anti thesis (beh) synthesis (cog/beh) Taste Aversion: powerful disinclination toward eating or drinking certain substances. Easily learned—sometimes after a single exposure—are highly resistant to extinction and demonstrate biological constraints What are 3 characteristics of taste aversion that classical conditioning doesn’t explain very well? 1. Conditioning results from the repeated pairing
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Dementia Awareness Unit 1. Explain what the term Dementia means 2. Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia 3. Explain why depression‚ delirium and age related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia 4. Outline the medical models of dementia 5. Outline the social models of dementia 6. Explain why dementia should be viewed as a disability 7. List the most common causes of dementia 8. Describe the likely signs and symptoms of the most common causes
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thought--what causes a person to act so violently? There have been many studies done to try and find an answer. For a crime such as serial killing‚ there are two thoughts. The first idea is that serial killing is caused by an abnormality in the frontal lobe of the brain. The other is that serial killers are bred by circumstance which means they have certain genes that make them prone to becoming a killer. With some analysis‚ the evidence for both theories can serve to prove that serial killers are
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because the frontal lobe is less developed‚ 17-year-olds rely more heavily on the amygdala… to make decisions than adults do. The amygdala… is one area of the brain associated with strong negative emotions‚ including impulsive and aggressive behavior… These two findings are supported by imaging studies that show teens struggling to reason through a dangerous scenario‚ while adults identify and react to a bad idea with considerably less effort expended in the later-developing frontal lobe.” ("Findings:
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neurological abnormalities. People with schizophrenia have a tendency to show a decreased brain tissue‚ decreased volume of the temporal lobe and thalamus‚ enlargement of the lateral ventricles‚ a large cavum septum pellucidi‚ and hypofrontality. Hypofrontality is a decreased metabolic functioning of the frontal lobes as well as decreased blood flow to the frontal lobes. These abnormalities are not found with every schizophrenic person‚ and most people do not exhibit all
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split up into different regions‚ a point furthered by the fact that Henry knows basic skills but fails to remember his family. Henry Turner was an accomplished lawyer who was shot in his right frontal lobe and also suffered from a lack of oxygen to his brain for some time. The right frontal lobe is responsible for many non-verbal abilities (neuroskills.com). Damage to this area can cause pseudopsychopathy. Childish behavior and a lack of tact characterize this condition. Evidence of this damage
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____________________________________________________________ ___________ 1. Your professor asks you on what axis diabetes would fall under. You answer: A. Axis II. B. Axis I. C. Axis III.** D. Axis V. 2. Brian often interrupts his teacher while she is speaking and frequently forgets to complete his homework assignments. He also has difficulty taking turns in playground games with classmates. Brian most clearly exhibits symptoms of: A. obsessive-compulsive
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