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Components of the brainstem.
Peripheral Nervous System neurons that innervate muscles use this neurotransmitter to initiate a contraction.
What is acetylcholine?
This type of conditioning takes advantage of intrinsic responses to associate two unrelated stimuli.
Classical (Pavlov) Conditioning
What is semantics?
Strong performance on simple tasks, but weak performance at complex tasks at high arousal.
What is social facilitation? (Yerkes-Dodson)
The subdivision of the embryonic brain that forms the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, and limbic system.
These two (or three) biogenic amines are catecholamines
What are Epinephrine and Dopamine?
What is an unconditioned response?
Normal time for first word, and word combinations
12-18mo = lag 18-20mo = explosion 2-3 years = 3 word sentences.
Simultaneous presence of two opposing thoughts or opinions.
The gatekeeper of sensory impulses, this structure in the forebrain is a relay and regional transmitter of all senses except olfaction.
What is the thalamus?
Synthesis of of melatonin after receiving direct signals from the retina.
What is negative punishment?
Biological Theory credited to Noam Chomsky that theorizes an LAD, different from the Behaviorist Theory of reinforcement credited to Skinner
Innate capacity for language allows for spontaneously transformative grammar, requiring critical period between 2yrs and puberty.
People learn to behave and think by observing others.
What is social cognitive theory?
Name the cortical lobes from front (anterior) to back (posterior)
Frontal, Temporal, Parietal, Occipital
Theory for schizophrenia symptoms vs parkinsonism.
Excess dopamine or increase dopamine sensitivity - schizoid
Loss of dopaminergic neurons in basal ganglia - resting tremor
Increase the frequency of a behavior by removing something unpleasant.
What is negative reinforcement?
What is the Left? Broca's and Wernicke
Frontal - executive and motor
Temporal - Speech, language, memories
Parietal - Touch, Temperature, Pain
Occipital - Vision
Effect of alcohol on GABA and dopamine.
Increased GABA-R activity decreases inhibitory judgement. Increased dopamine levels cause euphoria and myopia.
Components of Declarative Memory
What are Episodic (events) Memory and Semantic (facts) memory?
What is Wernicke's Receptive Aphasia, loss of ability to make sense, but patients still believe they can converse normally.
Provide the definitions for the following epidemiological metrics: Incidence, Prevalence, Morbidity, Mortality
Incidence is the new cases of disease per population at risk in a given time. Prevalence is the number of cases of a disease per population size in a given time. Morbidity is the burden of disease, and mortality is the death rate.