PSYCH Ch 1
Terms
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- serotonin
- affect mood, sleep, appetitite, arousal, etc. associated with depression
- The goals of psychology are....?
- describe, explain, predict, change
- glial cells
- provide structure, nutrition and info for neurons
- secondary appraisal
- assessing one's resources and choosing a coping method
- primary appraisal
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deciding if a situation is harmful or threatening
- HPA Axis
- the body's delayed stress response, release of cortisol
- SAM system
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fight or flight
- hans sasle
- defined a stressor as anything that triggers stress
- GABA
- inhibits the CNS
- Somatic NS
- connects to sensory receptors and controls skeletal muscles
- Autonomic NS
- controls involuntary bodily functions
- parasympathetic
- calming
- sympathetic
- arousal
- Thalamus
- part of the forebrain;relays messages to the cortex;ability to learn and remember
- hypothalamus
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part of forebrain; hunger, thirst, sex, aggression
- Limbic System
- part of forebrain;emotions, drives, memory
- Epinephrine
- emotional arousal, memory storage, metabolism
- Pons
- part of hindbrain; involved in respiration, movement, waking, sleeping
- Corpus Collosum
- bundle of nerves connecting the 2 hemispheres