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What are the four main portions of the central nervous system?
Spinal cord
,
hindbrain
,
midbrain
,
forebrain
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What does the peripheral nervous system (PNS) consist of?
All nerves outside the
brain
and
spinal cord
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What are afferent nerves responsible for?
Sensory input to the
CNS
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What do efferent nerves do?
Transmit motor signals from the
CNS
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What is transduction in the context of the nervous system?
Conversion of a physical stimulus into an
electrical
signal
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What is the difference between bottom-up and top-down processing?
Bottom-up:
stimulus
detection; Top-down: using prior knowledge
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What is the role of the spinal cord?
Receives
afferent
input and projects
efferent
output
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Who is the author of "Biological bases of psychological processes"?
Professor Yulia Kovas
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What philosophical concept did Descartes distinguish?
Cartesian dualism
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What is the distinction made by Descartes?
Between
mind
and
body
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How did Descartes view the mind in relation to the body?
The mind is separate and
governed
by different laws
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Where does Descartes suggest the interaction between mind and brain occurs?
In the
pituitary gland
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What significant work did Descartes publish in 1664?
Traité de l’Homme
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What did Darwin propose in "Origin of Species"?
Species evolved through
natural selection
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How does Darwin's theory relate to psychology?
Humans and their psychology
evolved
from animals
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What did Hobbes argue about thoughts and ideas?
They are
physical processes
governed by
laws
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What does Hobbes's materialism suggest about psychology?
Psychology is
biological
and observable in physiology
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What does the phrase "the mind is what the brain does" imply?
Mental
activity
is equivalent to brain activity
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How can fear be explained from both mind and brain perspectives?
Mind: fear from seeing a gun; Brain: from
amygdala
activity
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What are the two main components of the nervous system?
Central
and
peripheral nervous system
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What does the central nervous system (CNS) comprise?
Brain
and
spinal cord
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What structures are included in the hindbrain?
Pons
,
medulla
,
reticular formation
,
cerebellum
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What is the function of the midbrain's substantia nigra?
Important in
movement
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What does the thalamus do?
Acts as a
sensory
relay
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What is the role of the hypothalamus?
Regulates
hunger
and
sex
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What is the function of the hippocampus?
Involved in
memory
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What does the amygdala regulate?
Emotion
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What connects the two cerebral hemispheres?
The
corpus callosum
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What is the significance of contralateral sensory projections?
Right side sensory input goes to left
hemisphere
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What are the two types of matter in the cerebral cortex?
White matter
and
grey matter
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What are the four major divisions of the cerebral cortex?
Occipital
,
parietal
, temporal, frontal
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What are primary sensory and motor areas of the cortex?
Areas directly connected to
afferent
and
efferent
nerves
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What are association cortical areas?
Areas that send/receive information from
primary areas
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How does the size of the human brain compare to that of a chimpanzee?
Three
times larger relative to body size
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What is the significance of cross-species comparisons in psychology?
To explore
mind-brain relationships
and
localization
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What are neurons responsible for?
Bringing
sensory information
, storing
memories
,
transmitting
commands
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What do glial cells do?
Bind
neurons
together and provide nutrients
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What is an action potential?
Pulses of
electricity
transmitted along
neurons
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What is a synapse?
The junction where
neurons
communicate
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How many neurons are estimated to be in the nervous system?
Around
10-100 billion
neurons
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