Exam 2 | PSY 1410 - General Psychology, Quizzes of Psychology

Download Exam 2 | PSY 1410 - General Psychology and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 What two parts make up the nervous system? DEFINITION 1 Central Nervous System Peripheral Nervous System TERM 2 Central Nervous System DEFINITION 2 brain and spinal cord the body's "central information processor" TERM 3 Peripheral Nervous System DEFINITION 3 made up of all the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord receives and transmits information throughout the body. TERM 4 How many regions is the brain divided into? DEFINITION 4 3 TERM 5 What are the 3 regions of the brain? DEFINITION 5 hindbrain midbrain forebrain TERM 6 Hindbrain DEFINITION 6 regulates our basic functions such as grieving and heart breaking TERM 7 Midbrain DEFINITION 7 involved in processing autotory and visual cues making us aware of the world around us TERM 8 Forebrain DEFINITION 8 largest region of the brain involved in more sophisticated behaviors and higher mental processes takes sensory date and combines it with out memory and past experience allowing us to form meaning perceptions TERM 9 Cerebral Fortex DEFINITION 9 outer portion of the brain that is divided into two hemispheres TERM 10 How many lobes is the cerebral cortex divided into? DEFINITION 10 4 TERM 21 Dendrites DEFINITION 21 receives signals from axons of other neurons, then carries the signals to the cell body TERM 22 Synapse DEFINITION 22 gap between brain cells TERM 23 Neurotransmitters DEFINITION 23 transmits signals from the neuron to a target cell across a synapse TERM 24 Somatic Nervous System DEFINITION 24 transmits information from skin, senses, muscles, to central nervous system- carries messages from central nervous system to muscles that move skeleton TERM 25 Automatic Nervous DEFINITION 25 carries messages back and forth between central nervous system and heart, lungs, and other organs TERM 26 Sympathetic DEFINITION 26 prepares body for action "emergency responding" TERM 27 Parasympathetic DEFINITION 27 monitors and regulates various physiological functions TERM 28 Sensation DEFINITION 28 ability to experience environmental stimuli TERM 29 Sense DEFINITION 29 translates information from outside nervous system into neural activity giving nervous system knowledge of the world TERM 30 What are the 5 senses that receive information from our environment? DEFINITION 30 taste touch smell hearing vision TERM 31 Sensory Receptors DEFINITION 31 specialized nerve cells that detect stimuli in the environment and then are responsible for transduction (coding) TERM 32 Transduction DEFINITION 32 translation of physical stimuli to the language of the nervous system, which are electrical impulses TERM 33 Olfactory Receptors DEFINITION 33 sensory receptors for smell TERM 34 Taste Buds DEFINITION 34 sensory receptors for taste TERM 35 Perception DEFINITION 35 interpretation of a sensation