psychology try 2

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  • Levels of organisation
    • Somatic Nervous System
    • Autonomic Nervous System
    • Sensory Nervous System
    • Motor Nervous System
    • Sympathetic Nervous System
    • Parasympathetic Nervous System
    • Central Nervous System
    • Peripheral Nervous System
  • Nervous system response to external stimuli
    1. Receptors detect change in environment
    2. Sensory neurone sends message to central nervous system
    3. Central nervous system sends message via motor neurone to effectors (muscle)
  • Brain
    Controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger and every process that regulates our body
  • Spinal Cord

    Carries nerve signals to and from your brain to your body. These nerve signals help you feel sensations and move your body
  • Parts of a neuron
    • Axon Terminal
    • Myelin
    • Axon
    • Soma/cell body
    • Nucleus
    • Dendrites
  • Axon Terminal

    Stores neurotransmitters and transmits messages to other cells using the neurotransmitters at the synapses
  • Myelin

    Insulation sheath covering nerves increases the speed of nerve impulses
  • Axon

    Carries nerve impulses away from cell body
  • Soma/cell body

    Performs cell functions
  • Nucleus

    Controls the neurone
  • Dendrites

    Receives messages from other nerve cells and sends them to cell body
  • Parts of a synapse
    • Axon of presynaptic neurone
    • Axon terminal
    • Neurotransmitter
    • Dendrite
  • Axon of presynaptic neurone

    Carries electrical signal away from cell body
  • Neurotransmitter

    Chemical messenger that travels across the synapse
  • Dendrite

    Has receptors that receive the neurotransmitter and initiate the electrical signal to travel towards the cell body
  • Cerebral Cortex

    Carries out essential functions of your brain, like memory, thinking, learning, reasoning, problem-solving, emotions, consciousness, and sensory function
  • Frontal Lobe
    Voluntary movement, expressive language and for managing higher level executive functions
  • Parietal Lobe

    Receiving and processing sensory input such as touch, pressure, heat, cold, and pain
  • Temporal Lobe

    Processing auditory information and with the encoding of memory
  • Occipital Lobe

    Visuospatial processing, distance and depth perception, color determination, object and face recognition, and memory formation
  • Parts of the brain
    • Forebrain
    • Midbrain
    • Hindbrain
  • Forebrain

    Front part of brain containing the Cerebrum, Thalamus and Hypothalamus
  • Cerebrum

    The largest part of the brain initiates and coordinates movement and regulates temperature, speech, judgment, thinking and reasoning, problem-solving, emotions and learning
  • Thalamus

    Receives information from the body's senses (except smell) and processes them to send to cerebral cortex for interpretation
  • Hypothalamus

    Produces hormones that control body functions such as body temperature, heart rate; hunger and mood
  • Midbrain

    Transmits information necessary for vision and hearing. Also plays a role in arousal and the sleep/wake cycle
  • Parts of the Hindbrain
    • Pons
    • Medulla oblongata
    • Cerebellum
  • Pons

    Unconscious movements and processes including sleeping and breathing
  • Medulla oblongata

    Links cardiovascular and respiratory systems and controls heart rate, breathing and blood pressure
  • Cerebellum

    "Little brain", coordinates balance and movement
  • Parts of the Limbic System
    • Amygdala
    • Hippocampus
    • Hypothalamus
  • Amygdala

    Plays a central role in emotional responses e.g. pleasure, fear, anxiety and anger. Also responsible for our emotional memory -stronger emotion = stronger memory of that event
  • Hippocampus
    Memory centre of the brain (long term memory) and also plays a role in spatial orientation and navigation
  • Parts of the Learning Curve
    • Minimal improvement
    • Rapid improvement
    • Learning new skill
  • Minimal improvement

    Skill is established and improvement rate decreases or plateaus
  • Rapid improvement

    Ability to perform task improves rapidly as skill level increases
  • Learning new skill

    Slow improvement due to acquiring the needed skills
  • Mental Imagery

    Mental Practice- Allows a person to visually rehearse a performance in their mind
  • Motivation Theories
    • Performance Goal Theory/Achievement Goal Theory
    • Cognitive Evaluation Theory
    • Incentive Theory
    • Self Efficacy Theory
  • Choking

    Failure to perform near optimal levels when under intense pressure