Ap Psychology Unit 2 - Part 1

The brain

100

What is the Endocrine System?

A complex network of glands and organs. 

200

What is the brain scan that uses glucose and takes pictures of the glucose being used in the body? 

Positron Emission Tomography (PET Scan) 

300

What are the 4 F's?

1. Fight 

2. Flight 

3. Food 

4. Fornication 

400

Which part of the brain helps control vital processes like your heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure?

Medulla Oblongata.

500

Amanda gets into a severe car crash. When she wakes up she finds that she is continuously asking the doctor and nurse what their names are. She also thinks that it is her first time asking them. What is Amanda experiencing? 

Anterograde amnesia.

Neurons

100

What part of the neuron receives the neurotransmitters? 

The dendrites 

200

The abundance of Dopamine in the brain is said to cause which disease? 

Schizophrenia

300

The lack of this neurotransmitter is associated with Alzheimers disease. What is the neurotransmitter? 

Acetylcholine (ACh)

400

What is Action Potential? 

An electrical charge that travels down an axon.

500

What do inhibitory and excitatory neurotransmitters do? 

Inhibitory - slows neuron’s firing speed

Excitatory - accelerates neuron’s firing speed

Drugs

100

What is one example of a stimulant drug? 

Cocaine - Nicotine - Caffein - Amphetamines - Methamphetamine

200

Is Alcohol a stimulant, depressant, or Hallucinogens? 

Depressant

300

What are antagonist drugs? 

Drugs that work by occupying receptor sites on the postsynaptic neuron and block the impact of neurotransmitters.

400

Name one example of an agonist drug.

Xanax

500

What are SSRIs? Name one example of an SSRI drug.

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors - Prozac

Sleep

100

What are the stages of sleep?

NREM 1

NREM 2

NREM 3

REM

200

What does REM stand for?

Rapid Eye Movements 

300

At what stage of sleep do sleep talking and walking happen?

Talking: any stage

Walking: NREM 3 

400

Stacey's daughter has been fidgeting and screaming during the night and then wakes up breathing heavily all sweaty. What is Stacey's daughter experiencing? 

Night Terrors

500

What is sleep apnea? 

A sleeping disorder where one's breathing repeatedly stops and starts. 

Dream Analysis

100

What technique/machine is used to study brain waves? 

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

200

Name 2 dream theories.

Freud's Wish Fulfilment - Information Processing - Psychological Function - Activation Synthesis - Cognitive - Problem Solving

300

What is the Circadian Rhythm? 

A person's biological clock; regular bodily rhythms such as body temperature or wakefulness that occur on a 24-hour cycle. 

400

James is a struggling musician. When he falls asleep he dreams about performing in front of a big audience. What theory does this portray? 

Wish Fulfilment theory

500

What are the pair of grain–of–rice–sized cell clusters in the hypothalamus that helps in waking up a person when it is activated by light-sensitive retinal proteins?

The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN).