Brain Regions
Connects the left and right hemispheres
Corpus Callosum
This unconscious level holds the answer to our behaviour
Psychoanalytical
The two components of the central nervous system
Brain & Spinal Cord
Awareness or how much [stimuli] you are aware of
What does consciousness focus on?
The number of sleep stages
Four
Section that receives stimuli for touch
All about free will and choice, being your best self
Humanist
The chemicals that neurons use to communicate
Neurotransmitters
Name the level: Recalling the name of your first grade teacher
Preconscious
The biological pattern that guides our sleep and wakefulness
Circadian rhythm
Midbrain/Limbic System
Jean Piaget’s developmental theory is found in this perspective
Cognitive Perspective
The nervous system responsible for interacting with the environment
Somatic nervous system
Theory that the mind and body are one in the same
Monism
The machine used to measure brain waves
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
The main emotional centre of the brain
Amygdala
Charles Darwin’s Perspective
Evolutionary Perspective
The space between the pre and post synaptic neurons
Synaptic cleft or Synapse
Name the effect: Lily now likes a song she once hated after hearing it on the radio a few times
Mere Exposure Effect
The short bursts of rapid brain waves AND the stage they’re most commonly present in
Sleep spindles & Stage 2
Region responsible for processing and making sense of sound
Wernicke's Area
This perspective holds the three pronged approach of the genetics + social interactions + thought patterns
Biopsychosocial Perspective
The gaps in the axon between the myelin sheath
Nodes of Ranvier
Therapy can be used to access this level of consciousness
Subconscious
Describe the frequency and amplitude of the wave in stage 1
High frequency, low amplitude