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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Key Principles of the Biological Level of Analysis | 1. Behaviour can be innate because it is generally based. 2. Animal research can provide an insight into human behaviour. 3. There are biological correlations with behaviour. |
| Acetylcholine | controls activities in the brain; connected to attention, learning, and memory |
| Dopamine | controls arousal levels; unduces physical/mental arousal and heightens mood |
| Serotonin | known as the "feel good" chemical; affects mood and anxiety levels |
| Frontal Lobe controls.. | planning, consciousness, memory, behaviour, problem solving, organization, personality |
| Parietal Lobe controls... | orientation, touch, language |
| Temporal Lobe controls... | hearing, sight, emotion, behaviour, déja vu |
| Occipital Lobe controls... | visual recognition |
| Broca | discovered area in brain pertaining to ability to form complex lanauge |
| Broca's Area | area located in left frontol lobe of brain which pertains to ability to create grammatically complex languages |
| Broca's aphasia | the inability to to produce language although being able to understand it |
| Broca's most famous case study | Tan |
| Wernicke | discovered area in brain crucial to understanding of speech |
| Wernicke's area | located in left posterior superior temporal gyrus; crucial for understanding speech |
| Wernicke's aphasia | condition in which one can produce speech, but not understand it |
| Wernick's case studies | carried out post-moterm studies on stroke patients |
| Broca's case studies | studied stroke patients |
| Adrenaline | flight/fight response/arousal |
| Cortisol | Arousal, stress hormone, memory |
| Melatonin | Regulation of sleep |
| Oxytocin | Mother-child attachment |
| Testosterone & estrogen | development, emotion |
| Adrenals | produce adrenaline and cortisol |
| Pineal | produces melatonin |
| pineal and hypothalamus | produces oxytocin |
| gonads | produce testosterone and estrogen |
| what blocks the production of cholinesterase? | physostigmine |
| what is cholinesterase? | it "cleans up acetylcholine |
| what is scopolamine | blocks acetylcholine receptors |
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