October 24, 2024

Thursday October 24, 2024

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Happiness Journal

Neuron Model: Due Monday October 28th.

Homework: SQ3R 80-97 Due Monday October 28th.

Quiz over Vocabulary on Wednesday October 30th

Circle: Say you’re independently wealthy and don’t have to work, what would you do with your time?

Biological Psychology and Transmission

Nervous and Endocrine System

Make a neuron

Learning Targets: I can explain/understand:

What are neurons, and how do they transmit information? Myelin sheath

How do nerve cells communicate with other nerve cells?

How do neurotransmitters influence behavior, and how do drugs and other chemicals affect neurotransmission?

What are the functions of the nervous system’s main divisions?

How does the endocrine system – the body’s slower information system – transmit its messages?

How do neuroscientists study the brain’s connections to behavior and mind?

What are the functions of important lower-level brain structures?

What functions are served by the various cerebral cortex regions?

Unit: Biological Bases of Behavior

Point to remember!!!- Everything psychological is simultaneously biological.

Power Point

Domino Neuron Analogy

2 Minute Neuroscience- The Neuron

Crash Course

Get to you know your nervous system

Divisions of the Nervous System

2 Minute Neuroscience- Division of the Nervous System

Psych for kids

Why are people so afraid of clowns?

Kahoot

Explore the Brain

Vocabulary for this unit and which should be turned into notecards:

Neuron Unit Vocabulary

neuron

cell body

dendrites

axon

myelin sheath

glial cells

action potential

threshold

refractory period

all-or-none response

synapse

neurotransmitters (Chart in book on page 87)

reuptake

endorphins

agonist

antagonist

Nervous System Vocabulary

nervous system

central nervous system (CNS)

peripheral nervous system (PNS)

nerves

sensory neurons

motor neurons

interneurons

somatic nervous system

autonomic nervous system

sympathetic nervous system

parasympathetic nervous system

reflex

endocrine system

hormones

adrenal glands

pituitary gland (master gland)