Basic understanding of the brain & nervous system & its effects on behavior for a General Psychology class.

2. The Brain Behavior and

6. Myelin Sheath

7. The Synapse Chemical Synapse Electrical Synapse

10. Pleasure Drive Motivation Fight – or - Flight Appetite, Sex, Aggression Cognitive Function, Mood, Emotion Health Functions, Growth & Well-Being, Homeostasis Anxiety, Irritability Biochemical Interactions Dopamine Norepinephrine Serotonin

12. Organization of the Nervous System Nervous System Central Nervous System (Processes, interprets & Stores information; issues Orders to muscles, glands & organs) Peripheral Nervous System (Transmits information to & from the CNS) Brain Spinal Cord (Controls the brain & peripheral nerves) Somatic Nervous System (Controls skeletal muscles) Autonomic Nervous System (Regulates glands, blood Vessels & internal organs) Sympathetic Nervous System (Mobilizes body for action, Energy output; fight-or- Flight) Parasympathetic Nervous System (Conserves energy, Maintains a quiet state) Afferent Pathways (Go to CNS) Efferent Pathways (From CNS)

13. The Brain The Brain contains between 100 Billion & 1 Trillion Neurons with more than 1000 Synapses per Neuron.

15. Brain Scan The Brain Processes About 400 BILLION Bits of Information At A Time. We're Aware of Only About 2000 Bits.

20. Working Memory; Word & Speech Perception (Left); Visual & Auditory Words; Associates Words; Analysis & Meanings of Items; Self-Analysis; Object Identity; Recognizes Facial Features; Action Plans Encodes, Stores, & Recalls Sequences; Processes Serial Order Information Within the Context of a Motor Task; Recognizes & Remembers Sequence of Events in Time. Receives Sensory Input from the Joints, Muscles, Bones, Skin, Touch, Pressure, Pain, & Internal Organs Attention to Details; Visual & Auditory Words; Discriminates Familiar & Un- familiar Stimuli; STM for Abstract Symbols; Sentence Memory; Visual Orienting; Concentration; Shifting of Attention Organizes Visual Information; Activates &Processes Color, Shape, &Motion; Creates Visual Images; Maps & Analyzes Visual Information; Processes Visual Words Listening to Words; Working Memory; Processes Words Visually & Auditorially; Visual Computation & Motion; Primary Auditory Cortex; Monitors Speech; Generates Verbs; Speech Output Word Production & Grammatical Processing; Semantic Analysis; Motor Patterns for Speech Production Understanding & Expression of Language; Listening to Words; Semantic Analysis & Interpretation The Cerebral Cortex The Cerebral Cortex is the outer "Gray Matter" & the "Association Areas."