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JCCC Psychology Exam 1 Questions and Answers
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JCCC Psychology Exam 1 Questionsand Answers
Psychology- 4 basic goals - Answer-scientific study of behavior and mental process-
describe, predict, explain, control
Psychological Perspectives - Answer-Biological
Psychodynamic
Behavioral
Humanistic
Positive
Cognitive
Cross Cultural
Evolutionary
Psychological Ethics - Answer-informed consent, students as participants, deception,
confidentiality, debriefing
Glial Cells - Answer-provide structural support for neurons, most abundant in brain
Astrocyte - Answer-opens or closes pores on capillary to monitor nutritional flow to
neuron
Oligodendrocyte - Answer-makes myelin sheath, can serve more than one neuron
Microglia - Answer-takes care of debris
Meninges - Answer-cushioning inside skull and spinal cord
1. Dura mater
2. Arachnoid
3. Pia mater
Acetylcholine - Answer-regulation of Attention, Arousal, and Memory. Released by
motor neurons that control skeletal muscles. Dysregulation can lead to Alzheimer's
Dopamine - Answer-control of voluntary motion, pleasure sensations. Dysregulation
can lead to Parkinsonism, Schizophrenia, and Addictive Behaviors.
Serotonin - Answer-sleep, sensory perceptions, moods, emotional brain waves
Norepinephrine - Answer-sleep, learning, memory
Glutamate - Answer-most abundant, excitatory message
, GABA - Answer-most abundant, inhibitor message
Endorphins - Answer-regulate stress, trauma, pain
Action Potential - Answer-movement of electrical charged ions across axon(polarized)
-sodium flood in(depolarize)
-potassium floods out(depolarized)
Resting Potential - Answer-starts positive on outside, negative on inside
Somatic nervous system - Answer-voluntary movement
Autonomic nervous System - Answer-involuntary
1. Sympathetic- panic
2 Parasympatheitc- relax
Hindbrain - Answer-connects spinal cord to rest of brain
Medulla, Cerebellum, Pons
Medulla - Answer-controls vital life muscle functions, base of brain, smaller
Cerebellum - Answer-unconscious coordination, voluntary motor skills, along stalk
Pons - Answer-bridges info between cerebellum and medulla, larger
Midbrain - Answer-processes auditory and visual sensory info
-substantia nigra: produce dopamine, motor control(dark)
Forebrain - Answer-90% of brain, includes cerebral cortex
Cerebral Cortex - Answer-makes up entire brain, white and grey matter,divided into two
hemispheres
functions
1.motor cortex
2.sensory cortex
3.association cortex
4.Wernicke's area-language interpretation
5.Broca's area- language organization, speech production
Corpus Callosum - Answer-bundle of axons that connect two cerebral hemispheres
Temporal Lobe - Answer-primary auditory cortex, association areas
Occipital Lobe - Answer-primary visual cortex
Partietal Lobe - Answer-somatosensory cortex- areas of sensation
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