What is Psych?
What is Psychology?
The study of the brain, the mind and human behavior.
This part of the brain is responsible for essential bodily functions like breathing, and your heartbeat.
The "Old Brain"
The 1848 railroad worker who survived an iron rod going through his head
Phineas Gage
This messenger tags “this matters — do it again” in the reward path and also helps start movement.
Dopamine
What kind of science is Psychology?
Social science
Psychology combines these three things: biology, everyday human experience and what?
Philosophy
Nicknamed the "little brain" this part coordinated volunatary movement and sense of time.
Cerebellum
A chronic condition characterized by a compulsive need to engage in a behavior or use a substance despite harmful consequences.
If the incoming signal is strong enough, a neuron fires this electrical impulse down the axon.
Action potential or neural impulse
Drugs of this type alter the chemistry of the brain and can produce intense symptoms.
Psychoactive
The primary essential question of this course is what?
What does it mean to be human?
Two lima-bean sized clusters in the brain that control fear and aggression
The amygdala
With this disorder, memory circuits fade and this transmitter’s systems decline. It is the most common cause of dementia.
Alzheimers
A drug that occupies a receptor so the brain’s own chemical cannot do its job.
On day 1, we said this concept justifies why murder is morally wrong.
the imago Dei
Animals operate based on instinct, association and this:
Immeditate drive or to meet a need
This brain structure is the most complex and deals with high order thought and personality
Prefrontal cortex
Too little dopamine in movement pathways: tremor, stiffness, a slow start.
Parkinson’s disease
Nervous system is a text message. This slower system is a letter in the mail.
Endocrine system
What conceptual image did Freud use to explain the subconscious mind?
An iceberg
List two of the 5 capacieties given by the imago Dei
Rational thought, self-consciousness, moral awareness, free will, genuine relationships.
The thalamus
This disorder is caused by the loss of the majority of the neurotransmitter called hypocretin
Narcolepsy
This neurotransmitter is also a hormone and it's primarily responsible for alertness and stimulatory arousal (not sleep)
Norepenephrine
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