Vocabulary Words
Chemicals released by neurons, which determine the rate at which other neurons fire.
Neurotransmitters
This contains the brain and spinal cord
Central Nervous System
What is the most widely used and abused drug in the United States?
Alcohol
List the 5 senses
Vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch
The chemical communication system, using hormones, by which messages are sent through the bloodstream.
Endocrine System
This occurs anytime a stimulus activates one of your receptors.
Sensation
The hormone thyroxine is produced here
Thyroid Gland
The technique in which a person learns to control his or her internal physiological processes is called what?
Biofeedback
When some or all of the cones in a person's eye do not function properly, he or she is said to be what?
Color-deficient/Colorblind
What is the name of the nerve that carries impulses from the inner ear to the brain?
Auditory Nerve
A biological clock that is genetically programmed to regulate physiological responses within a time period of 24/25 hours.
Circadian Rhythm
What is the hindbrain involved in?
The most basic processes of life
What stage of sleep do you begin to enter REM sleep?
Stage 4
What is the vestibular system in charge of?
The body's sense of balance/balance/certain movements (spinning, falling, tilting body or head)
This part of the brain contains the thalamus, and integrates sensory input
Forebrain
This studies the relations between motivation, sensitivity, and decision making in detecting the presence or absence of a stimulus
Signal-detection Theory
Name the four lobes of the brain
Frontal, Temporal, Parietal, Occipital
List one use for hypnosis
Suggest things for their participants to remember or forget
Reduce pain
Reduce anxiety and encourage relaxation
What is it called when someone is denied use of one or more of his/her senses?
Sensory Deprivation
These are the basic units of heredity
Genes
The tendency to perceive certain objects in the same way regardless of changing angle, distance, or lighting.
Constancy
List the 7 basic parts of the Neuron
Axon, Axon terminals, Dendrites, Myelin Sheath, Synapse, Cell Body, Nucleus
What are the 4 risks associated with drug abuse?
Danger of death or injury or accident
Damage to health
Legal consequences
Destructive behavior
Explain the process of binocular fusion
Each eye sees an individual image, binocular fusion takes those two image and turns them into one.
Brief auditory or visual messages presented below the absolute threshold so that there is less than a 50% chance they will be perceived are known as what?
Subliminal Messages