| A | B |
|---|
| dendrites | part of the cell that receives messages from neighboring cells |
| Anti-depression drugs | block uptake of serotonin |
| Noradrenaline | elevates heart rate within the sympathetic nervous system |
| Endorphins | Act as natural opiates in our brains |
| Cerebellum | Controls motor coordination |
| Hippocampus | Center of creation of new memories |
| Hypothalmus | Pleasure center, thirst, body temperature and sexual behavior |
| Temporal Lobe | Receives information about touch, pain and pressure as well as auditory information |
| Afferent Neurons | Carry sensations to the brain |
| Sensory neuron | Afferent |
| Motor neuron | Efferent |
| Central Nervous System | brain and spinal cord- responsible for everyday tasks |
| Thalamus | Processes incoming sensory stimulation |
| Senses transmitted | Somatic nervous system |
| Location of auditory center | Temporal lobe |
| Heart rates and breathing increase | Stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system |
| Agonists | mimic and produce same effect as some neurotransmitters |
| medulla | controls breathing and heart beat |
| fundamental attribution error | focus on someone's disposition rather than the situation |
| social inhibition | performing less well when others are around (normally on more difficult tasks) |
| social facilitation | performing better when others are around (normally on easier tasks) |
| reciprocity norm | if someone gives you something you feel you should repay |
| aggression and violence (frustration aggression) | heightened by heat, rejection, poverty, split families |
| focus on the message | central route persuasion |
| focus on the messenger | peripheral route persuasion |
| social-responsibility norm | we have an obligation to take care of others |
| MRI | helps view structures of the brain |
| Broca's area | helps us to form words |
| Adrenal gland | "fight or flight" |
| split brain | corpus callosum severed, each hemisphere operates independently |
| plasticity | brain's ability to change and reorganize |
| Zimbardo | prison experiment= role playing |
| Asch | lines= conformity |
| Millgram | shocks= obedience |
| group polarization | group becomes more extreme |
| social scripts | a sequence of expected behaviors for a given situation |
| amygdala | structure connected with aggression |
| proximity | main predictor of friendship |
| cognitive dissonance | changing your thinking to match your actions |
| action potential | brief electrical charge traveling down the axon |
| acetylcholine | neurotransmitter related to memory and cognitive tasks |
| Myelin Sheath | Helps speed the transmission of information within a neuron |
| Right brain | More creative and intuitive |
| Left brain | language center (for most people) |
| Heritability | Group variation in a trait genetically influenced |
| frontal lobes | higher order processing, self control |
| dual processing | process information both consciously and unconsciously |
| neurotransmitters | chemical messengers across the synaptic gap |
| reticular formation | center of consciousness |
| PET scan | uses radioactive tracers to reveal activity in the brain |
| scapegoating | blame an innocent person or group |
| self fulfilling prophecy | Meet the expectations (good or bad) of others |
| norms | accepted standards of behavior for any given group |
| physical attractiveness stereotype | attractive people are assumed to have other great attributes |
