Q2 N322 Psych 1 Exam 1 Info Exam Study Guide

Frontal Lobe - Plan & execute goals ´Decision making; our connection with other people ´Insight ´Motivation ´Social judgment (empathy and what we should and shouldn't do) ´Voluntary motor starts in frontal lobe (learning to wait and patience) ´Being patient, being goal directed ´What makes us human, aka the executive level thoughts and processes Changes related to Schizophrenia, Depression, Addiction are related to which area of the brain? A. Frontal Lobe B. Occipital Lobe C. Temporal Lobe D. Parietal Lobe - A Parietal Lobe - ´Receives, identifies and integrates sensory information (all senses except smell) ´It's the GPS, tells us where we are in relation to our environment ´Concept formation and abstraction ´Proprioception and body awareness ´Reading and math ´Right and left orientation ´Writing Temporal Lobe - ´Hearing and receiving information via ears (language recognition and comprehension) ´Emotional brain structures ´Short-term memory (visual, language and speech and new memories) ´Sense of smell ´Expression of emotions ´Wernicke's area (works with Broca's area, that is in the frontal lobe, to produce normal communication) speech capacity - written and verbal speech ´Complex visual perceptions such as faces Occipital Lobe - Interprets visual images ´color recognition ´recognition/naming objects´ability to track moving objects The Limbic System - Circle of structures known as the emotional brain ´Hippocampus - deep within temporal lobe ´Amygdala - in temporal lobe ´Hypothalamus - deep in the brain ´Thalamus - near the brain stem ´Sometimes will see singlet gyrus in limbic system too Changes related to the conditions of Stress related disorders, Depression, and Addiction are related to what? - The Limbic System Basal Ganglia - Located deep in the cerebrum Functions §Voluntary motor movements § Procedural learning § Routine behaviors such as eye movements § Cognition § Emotion Motor and muscle tone -r/t neurotransmitter (rich in) dopamine Changes related to the conditions of Extrapyramidal (EPS) involuntary motor symptoms and Tardive dyskinesia (TD) are related to which area of the brain? - Basal Ganglia Extrapyramidal Tract - §Rich in dopamine Controls & coordinates postural & motor mechanisms §Affected by psychotropic drugs Brainstem - Vital (signs) life functions Cerebellum - Motor & Cognitive processes Thalamus - Filter - sensory information Hypothalamus - Homeostasis (regulator) of Temperature, BP, Hunger / eating, Thirst, Sleep Axon function - transmits impulses away from the cellDendrite function - transmits impulses toward the cell Afferent Neurons (Sensory) - Carry impulses from the periphery to the CNS