Psychology- chapter3
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| Absolute Refractory Period | show 🗑
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| show | An excitatory neurotransmitter that operates at synapses with muscles and is also the transmitter in some neural networks involving memory
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| show | Nerve impulse resulting from the depolarization of an axon's cell membrane
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| Adaptations | show 🗑
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| Adoption Studies | show 🗑
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| Adrenal Glands | show 🗑
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| show | A drug that increases or mimics the activity of a neurotransmitter
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| show | States that an action potential is not proportional to the intensity of stimulation; a neuron either fires with maximum intensity or it does not fire
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| Amygdala | show 🗑
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| Antagonist | show 🗑
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| Antigens | show 🗑
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| Aphasia | show 🗑
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| Association Cortex | show 🗑
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| Autonomic Nervous System | show 🗑
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| Axon | show 🗑
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| show | The scientific study of the role of genetic inheritance in behavior
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| show | Mechanisms that enable and predispose us to behave, feel, and even to think in certain ways
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| Brain Stem | show 🗑
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| Broca's Area | show 🗑
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| show | The portion of the nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord
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| show | A convoluted hindbrain structure involved in motor coordination and some aspects of learning and memory
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| show | The gray, convoluted outer covering of the brain that is the seat of higher-order sensory, motor, perceptual, and mental processes
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| show | The most advanced portion of the brain, containing the cerebral cortex and underlying structures
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| show | Tightly coiled strands of DNA and protein that contain the genes
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| show | A method of scanning the brain with narrow beams of X rays that are then analyzed and combined by a computer to provide pictures of brain structures from many different angles
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| show | The likelihood that two people share a particular characteristic
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| Corpus Callosum | show 🗑
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| Dendrites | show 🗑
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| show | A device used to record the simultaneous activity of many thousands of neurons through electrodes attached to the scalp
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| Endocrine System | show 🗑
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| Evolution | show 🗑
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| Forebrain | show 🗑
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| Functional MRI | show 🗑
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| Genes | show 🗑
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| Genotype | show 🗑
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| Graded Potentials | show 🗑
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| Heritability Coefficient | show 🗑
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| Hindbrain | show 🗑
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| Hippocampus | show 🗑
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| Homeostasis | show 🗑
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| show | Chemical substances secreted by the glands of the endocrine system that travel in the bloodstream and affect bodily organs, psychological functions, and development
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| Hypothalamus | show 🗑
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| Interneurons | show 🗑
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| show | The degree of localization of a function in either the right or left cerebral hemisphere
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| Limbic System | show 🗑
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| Magnetic Resonance Imaging | show 🗑
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| Medulla | show 🗑
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| show | Brain structures that are above the hindbrain that are involved in sensory and motor functions and in attention and states of consciousness
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| show | The cortical area in the rear portion of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements on the opposite sides of the body
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| Motor Neurons | show 🗑
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| Mylein Sheath | show 🗑
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| show | The evolutionary process through which characteristics that increase the likelihood of survival and reproduction are preserved in the gene pool and thereby become more common in a species over time
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| Neural Plasticity | show 🗑
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| show | Immature “uncommitted” cells that can mature into any type of neuron or glial cell needed by the brain
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| show | The production of new neurons in the nervous system, sometimes to replace neurons that have died or been damages
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| show | Neurotransmitter substances that are released by neurons and circulate within the nervous system to affect the sensitivity of many neurons to their natural transmitter substances
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| show | Nerve cells that constitute the basic building blocks of the nervous system
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| show | Chemical substances that are released from the axons of one neuron, travel across the synaptic space, and bind to specially keyed receptors in another neuron, where they produce a chemical reaction that is either excitatory or inhibitory
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| show | The branch of the autonomic nervous system that slows down bodily processes to conserve energy and reduce arousal
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| show | All of the neurons that connect the central nervous system with the sensory receptors, the muscles, and the glands
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| show | The observable characteristics produced by one's genetic endowment
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| Polygenic Transmission | show 🗑
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| show | A brain stem structure having sensory and motor tracts whose functions are involved in sleep and dreaming
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| show | A procedure that provides a visual display of the absorption of a radioactive substance by neurons, indicating how actively they are involved as they perform a task
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| show | The area of the frontal lobe just behind the eyes and the forehead that is involved in the executive functions of planning, self-awareness, and responsibility
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| show | Chemicals the produce alterations in consciousness, emotion, and behavior
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| Receptor Sites | show 🗑
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| show | The voltage differential between the inside and outside of a neuron caused by the unequal distribution of ions inside the neuron's membrane and outside in the fluid surrounding the neuron when the neuron is at rest
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| show | A structure extending from the hindbrain into the lower forebrain that plays a central role in consciousness, sleep and attention, in part by alerting and activating higher brain centers and by blocking some inputs to higher regions of the brain
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| Reuptake | show 🗑
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| Sensory Neurons | show 🗑
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| Somatic Nervous System | show 🗑
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| show | Cortical strips in the front portions of the parietal lobes that receive sensory input from the opposite side of the body
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| Sympathetic Nervous System | show 🗑
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| Synaptic Space | show 🗑
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| show | Chambers within the axon that contains the neurotransmitter substance
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| Thalamus | show 🗑
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| show | A research method in behavioral genetics in which identical and fraternal twins are compared on some characteristic; this method is particularly informative if the twins have been raised in different environments
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| Wernicke's Area | show 🗑
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