Physiological Psychology

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Neurotransmitter associated with muscle movements, REM sleep, the sleep-wake cycle, and memory

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Acetylcholine

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Neurotransmitter category that includes norepinephrine, ephinephrine, and dopamine

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Catecholamines

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Neurotransmitter associated with Parkinson's Disease, Schizophrenia, and Tourette's Syndrome

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Dopamine

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Neurotransmitter associated with Depression, PTSD, OCD and aggression

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Serotonin

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Neurotransmitter associated with sleep, anxiety, and eating.

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GABA

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Two types of cholinergic receptors

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Nicotinic (excitatory) and Muscarinic (inhibitory)

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Excitatory neurotransmitter that plays a role in learning and memory. Also related to Huntington's and Alzheimer's

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Glutamate

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Inhibitory neuromodulators that help control pain.

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Endorphins

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Structures in the Hindbrain

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Pons, Cerebellum, Medulla

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Structure that is responsible for balance, posture, and coordinated movement

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Cerebellum

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Part of the midbrain responsible for consciousness, arousal, and wakefulness.

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Reticular Activating System (RAS)

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Relay station that transmits incoming sensory information to the appropriate areas of the cortex. Also involved in memory, language, and motor activity.

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Thalamus

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Disease associated with thiamine deficiency, resulting in anterograde and retrograde amnesia, and confabulation

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Korsakoff's Syndrome

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Brain structure involved in hunger, thirst, body temperature, emotional reactions, and homeostasis.

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Hypothalamus

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Located in the hypothalamus, mediates the sleep-wake cycle and circadian rhythms

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Suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN)

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Structure involved in planning, organizing, and coordinating voluntary movements.

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Basal ganglia

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Parts of the limbic system

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Amygdala and hippocampus

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Structure that attaches emotions to memory and recalls emotionally-charged events

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Amygdala

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Structure involved in processing spatial, visual, and verbal information, and consolidating memory.

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Hippocampus

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Brain structure that is involved in motor symptom disorders like Parkinson's and Huntington's

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Basal Ganglia

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Lobe responsible for encoding, storage and retrieval of long-term declarative memories

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Temporal Lobe

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Area of the brain where long-term potentiation was first observed

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Hippocampus

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Area implicated in short-term memory, episodic memory, and prospective memory

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Prefrontal Cortex

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Plays key role in fear conditioning, and recalling traumatic events

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Amygdala

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Damage to this structure produces retrograde and/or anterograde amnesia

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Thalamus

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Theory of emotion that states that emotions result from the physiological responses - you are afraid because your heart pounds and your knees shake

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James-Lange Theory of Emotion

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Theory that proposed emotions and physiological reactions occur simultaneously

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Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion

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Theory that proposes that physiological arousal results from interpretation of environment - ephinephrine study

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Schachter-Singer Theory

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Theory of emotion which focuses on cognitive appraisal

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Lazarus' theory

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Stages of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome

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Alarm, Resistance, Exhaustion

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Gland that produces the gonadotropin hormones

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Pituitary gland

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Sleep wave when body is fully awake and alert

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Beta waves

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Sleep wave when body is awake, rested, and relaxed

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Alpha waves

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Sleep waves associated with relaxation

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Theta waves

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Sleep waves associated with deep sleep

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Delta waves

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Stage of sleep characterized by alpha waves, which transition to theta waves

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Stage 1

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Stage of sleep characterized by theta waves, with occasional sleep spindles

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Stage 2

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Stage of sleep characterized by oncoming delta waves

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Stage 3

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Stage of sleep dominated by delta waves, and increased muscle activity

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Stage 4

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Also called paradoxical sleep

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REM sleep

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Aphasia characterized by slow, difficult speech with poor articulation

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Broca's aphasia

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Aphasia characterized by difficulty understanding written and spoken language, and generating meaningful language

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Wernicke's aphasia

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Aphasia characterized by anomia and impaired repetition

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Conduction aphasia

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Phenothiazine, thioxanthene, butryophenone

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Typical/Conventional Antipsychotics

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Side effects such as dry mouth, blurred vision, tachycardia, urinary retention, constipation, and delayed ejaculation

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Anticholinergic side effects

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Side effects associated with these drugs include the anticholinergic side effects and extrapyramidal side effects

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Typical Antipsychotics

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Disorder characterized by involuntary rhythmic movements of the jaw, lips, tongue, and extremities

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Tardive Dyskinesia

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Clozapine, Resperidone, Olazapine, Quetiapene

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Atypical Antipsychotics

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Side effects associated with these drugs include anticholinergic side effects and agranulocytosis

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Atypical Antipsychotics

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Amitriptyline, Doxepine, Imipramine, Clomipramine

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Tricyclic Antidepressants

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Side effects of these drugs include cardiovascular symptoms, anticholinergic effects, confusion, drowsiness, fatigue, weight gain, fine tremor, etc.

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Tricyclic Antidepressants

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Fluoxetine, Fluvoxamine, Paroxetine, and Sertraline

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SSRIs

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Side effects of these drugs include GI problems, insomnia, anxiety, headache, dizziness, and sexual dysfunction

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SSRIs

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Isocarboxazid, Phenelzine, Tranylcypromine

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MAO Inhibitors

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Side effects of these drugs include anticholinergic side effects, insomnia, agitation, skin rash, weight gain, edema, and hypertensive crisis

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MAO Inhibitors

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These drugs work by blocking dopamine receptors (dopamine hypothesis)

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Typical antipsychotics

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These drugs work primarily on the dopamine receptors, but also on serotonin and glutamate

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Atypical antipsychotics

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These drugs block the reuptake of norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine (catecholemine hypothesis)

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Tricyclic Antidepressants

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These drugs block the reuptake of serotonin

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SSRIs

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These drugs inhibit the enzyme that deactivates dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin

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MAO Inhibitors

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Lithium and Carbemazepine

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Mood Stabilizers

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Side effects of this drug include nausea, fine hand tremor, polyuria, and polydipsia. Can also be toxic

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Lithium

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Side effects of this drug include dizziness, ataxia, visual disturbance, nausea, and rash.

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Carbamazepine

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Amobarbital, pentobarbital, secobarbital, phenobarbital

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Barbiturates

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Side effects of these drugs include slurred speech, dizziness, irritability, impaired motor and cognitive performance, decrease in REM sleep

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Barbiturates

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Diazepam, alprazolam, ozazepam, triazolam, chlordiazepoxide, lorazepam

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Benzodiazepenes

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Side effects of these drugs include drowsiness, lethargy, slurred speech, impaired psychomotor ability

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Benzodiazepenes

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These drugs work by interrupting impuses to the Reticular Activating System

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Barbiturates

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These drugs work by stimulating GABA

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Benzodiazepenes

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Propranalol

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Beta Blocker

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Side effects of this drug include bradycardia, shortness of breath, nausea, and depression

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Beta Blockers