AP Psychology- Unit 1

Eugenics

Evolutionary Perspective

Nature

Natural Selection

Nurture

Autonomic Nervous System

Central Nervous System

Parasympathetic Nervous System

Peripheral Nervous System

Somatic Nervous System

Sympathetic Nervous System

Axon Cell

Cell Body

Dendrite

Glial Cell

Myelin Sheath

Motor Neurons

Multiple Sclerosis

Myesthenia Gravis

Reflex Arc

Sensory Neurons

Action Potential

All or Nothing Principle

Endocrine

Excitatory Neurotransmitters

Inhibitory Neurotransmitters

Neurotransmitters

Hormones

Refractory Period

Reuptake

Adrenaline

Ghrelin

Leptin

Melatonin

Oxytocin

Acetylcholine

Dopamine

Endorphins

GABA

Glutamate

Seratonine

Substance P

Norepinephrine

Postsynaptic neuron

Presynaptic neuron

Receptor

Synapse

Alchohol

Cocaine

Caffeine

Depressant

Heroin

Hallucinogen

Opiode

Stimulant

Addiction

Agonist

Antagonist

Reuptake Inhibotor

Tolerance

Withdrawal

Brainstem

Cerebellum

Controls balance, coordination, fine motor movement

Cerebrum

Controls Conscious thoughts, sensory processing, memory, language, and decision making

Frontal Lobe

Occipital Lobe

Parietal Lobe

Temporal lobe

Amygdala

Processes emotion; Fear and Angst

Hippocampus

Forms and stores new conscious memories (spacial memory/navigaition)

Hypothalamus

Keeps homeostasis by regulating basic needs hunger, thirst, body temp, sex drive

Limbic System

Medulla Oblangata

Controls involuntary vital functions breathing, heart rate, swallowing, and coughing

Pituitary Gland

Releases hormones that control endocrine gland, regulates growth, reproduction, water balance

Reticular Activating System

Controls arousal, alertness, and attention

Thalamus

Sends sensory messages to appropriate ares (all except smell)

Association Areas

Brocas Area

Corpus Callosum

Connects left and right cerebral hemispheres allowing them to communicate

Frontal Lobe

Prefrontal Cortex

Somatosensory Cortex

Wernick’s Area

Split Brain Reasearch

Right side of Brain

Left side of Brain

EEG

Aphasia

fMRI

Lesioning

Neuroplasticity

Activation Synthesis

Circadian Rhythm

Consciousness

Hypnagogic

Memory Consolidaition

NREM Sleep

REM Rebound

REM Sleep

Restoraition

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