Perspectives
The perspective that is most concerned with interpreting life experiences by reflecting on the subconscious
What is psychodynamic?
The brain region that works as our brain's librarian, storing and organizing our memories
What is the hippocampus?
The loss of ability to understand or express speech and language
What is aphasia?
This is the most needed stage of sleep for overall human health and functioning
What is REM
Where the optic nerve enters/exits the eye- a portion of the visual field we do not actually see
What is the blind spot
This branch of psychology studies all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing remembering and communicating.
What is cognitive
The region of the brain that acts like our body's conductor, controlling aspects like hunger, thirst, and body temperature.
What is the hypothalamus
Split-brain patients have had this surgically cut.
What is the corpus callosum
The length of time for one sleep cycle in humans
What is 90 minutes
The ability to simultaneously recognize the color, shape, size and speed of an oncoming automobile
What is parallel processing
The perspective most relevant to understanding the impacts of strokes or brain damage on behavior.
What is biological
The region of the brain that influences aggression and fear (emotions)
What is the amygdala
Encases the axon to speed up the travel time of a neural impulse
What is the myelin sheath
drug type that speeds up neural function and body system activity.
What is stimulants
Our ability to focus attention on a single talker among a mixture of conversations and background noises
What is the cocktail party effect
The perspective used by Dr. Churchill who believes that women prefer mostly older, and more financially stable men as life partners because this preference enhanced the survival of our ancestors genes
What is evolutionary
brain region- connects the brain to the spinal cord while also regulating the cardiovascular and respiratory system
What is the medulla
A brief electrical charge that travels down an axon of a neuron
What is action potential
sleep disorder characterized by the cessation of breathing while sleeping.
What is sleep apnea
The light sensitive inner-surface of the eye, containing the rods and cones
What is retina
Using this perspective, Nancy believes that boys learn to be more aggressive than girls primarily because they are exposed to more external pressures to fight.
What is behavioral
Your ability to experience the physical sensation (sensory information) of a hot shower is most likely to be disrupted by damage to this
What is the thalamus
When Mr. Valentine thought his 1-year-old daughter had fallen down the stairs, his heartbeat accelerated, his blood pressure rose, and he began to perspire heavily via the arousal of this nervous system
What is sympathetic
Chemicals that alter perceptions and mood
What are psychoactive drugs
The coiled, fluid filled tube in which sound waves trigger nerve impulses
What is the cochlea