Stress
which personality type would describe someone who is tolerant, easy going, and carefree
type b personality
what are the two types of communication between neurons
chemical and electrical
which part of the brain is important for hearing and language
temporal lobe
what part of the eye has the highest visual acuity ( you will see the clearest picture)
fovea
what test requires the consumption of glucose to track where it goes
PET scan
what type of stress relief releases endorphins
exercise
which cations are involved in neuron potential
Na+ (sodium) and K+ (potassium)
what part of the brain remembers all of your important memories throughout your life
hippocampus
T/F the pupil expands when it is dark and shrinks when it is light out
FALSE- the pupil is a hole in the eye, the iris is a muscle that expands and contracts to make the pupil larger or smaller
what organs makes up the central nervous system
brain and spinal cord are the two organs (neurons are nervous tissue)
what type of psychology supports overall wellbeing, enhancing ones strengths, and creating a good environment to learn
positive psychology
T/F a neuron will not under any circumstance fire again during the relative refractory period
false- a neuron can fire again but it needs a bigger stimulus
someone who pronounces words correctly but the words lack meaning would have
wernickes aphasia
what part of the eye focuses the light
lens
if a stimuli is present and the observer recognizes the stimuli this is
What was the conclusion of the Glaser 1998 study
stress causes a prolonged immune response
Schizophrenic people would need an [agonist/antagonist] for which neurotransmitter
dopamine antagonist
what four lobes make up the forebrain
frontal, temporal, occipital, parietal
What are the dorsal and ventral streams
ventral- occipital to temporal, what pathway
dorsal- occipital to parietal, where/how pathway
Halberstadt 1995 explain which processing theory? How did he do this?
top down- caused people to expect the sad meaning of a homophone, starting with beliefs which influence perspective
A study was conducted to determine which images were stress inducing and which were not. There was a range of positive to negative images shown and they wanted to know how much stress each image caused. What perspective of stress is this?
stress as a stimuli
Which neurotransmitters can cause depression either in excess or scarcity
norepinephrine, serotonin
what part of the body controls vital signs and other involuntary life processes such as heart and respiratory rate
medulla
what depth cue allows us to recognize foreground and background
interposition- things in front are closer
T/F the visual pathway starts at the retina, then goes to the optic nerve, then the optic chiasm, then from one field of vision to the same corresponding hemisphere, then the optic tract, then the thalamus, then the primary visual cortex
FALSE- everything is true except the field of vision goes to the OPPOSITE hemisphere so right field of vision goes to left hemisphere