Summary: First Half Of Chapter 2

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• nervous system is made up of (blank) which (blank)

  the nervous system is made up of neurons,which are nerve cells that transmit signals or "messages" throughout the body

• cerebral cortex - occipital lobe

  primarily involved in processing visual stimuli

• cerebral cortex - parietal lobe

  involved in processing sensations of touch, temperature, and pain

• cerebral cortex - frontal lobe

  controls muscle movement and includes the prefrontal cortex that regulates higher mental functions such as thinking, problem- solving and use of language

• peripheral nervous system - somatic nervous system

  the division of the peripheral nervous systems that relays information from the sense organs to the brain and transmits messages from the brain to the skeletal muscles

• peripheral nervous system - autonomic nervous system

  the division of the peripheral nervous system that regulates the activities of the glands and involuntary functions

• peripheral nervous system - parasympathetic

  pertaining to the division of the autonomic nervous system whose activity reduces states of arousal and regulates bodily processes that replenish energy reserves

• psychoanalytic theory (or psychoanalysis)

  developed by freud that is based on the belief that the roots of psychological problems involve unconscious motives and conflicts that can be traced back to childhood

• pleasure principle (freud)

  the governing principle of the id, involving demands for immediate gratification of needs

• reality principle (freud)

  the governing principle of the ego, which involves considerations of social acceptability and practicality