AP PSYCHOLOGY
Bi-weekly calendar 9/24-10/12
Class activities
9/24
AIM: Explain how neurons are at the center of
our existence.
9/25
AIM: Explain how neurons are at the center of
our existence. How does neural
communication relate to behavior?
9/26
What role do neurochemicals play in
psychopathology?
9/27
What are the implications for treatment?
9/28
Can neural speed inform us of the dangers of
texting and driving?
10/1
How do biological processes work to create
and sustain behavior?
10/2
Continue: Biological processes
10/3
Continue: Biological processes
10/4
Continue: Biological processes
10/5 *early dismissal
How does brain plasticity impact the outcome
of learning, injuries? How does the left brain
“wrestle” with the right?
No school 10/8
10/9
What are the implications of a severed corpus
callosum?
10/10
What are the implications of a severed corpus
callosum?
10/11-10/12
*Fall pep assembly 10/12
READ ON THIS NIGHT
Module 4, pp. 50-53
Neuroscience to neurotransmitters
Module 4, pp. 54-top half 55
Acetylcholine …
Add words in chart p. 54 to vocab
Dopamine, Serotonin, Norepinephrine, GABA,
Glutamate
Module 4, mid. P. 55-top half 56
Module 4, pp. 56-top half of 59
CNS to reflexes/reflex arc
Module 4, pp. bottom 59-62
Neural networks to Homeostasis
Module 5, pp. 64-67
Lesion to MRI
Quiz on brain imaging, neurons: no notes!
Module 5, pp. 67-73
Brainstem to temporal lobe
Module 5, pp. 74-76
Motor Cortex to Sensory Cortex
Module 5, p. 76-80
Association areas to Wernicke’s area to
plasticity
Module 5, pp. 83-88
Summary only: Create a list of “right” and
“left” hemisphere activities in your summary
BE READY FOR QUIZ!!!
Module 5, pp. 80-83
Corpus callosum to split brain
STUDY
TEST; Essay
3rd block may eat C lunch
Biological Bases of Behavior
8-10% of AP Exam
VOCAB III: BIO (72 terms)
*Antagonist
Blood-brain barrier
(psychotropic drugs)
L-dopa
MODULE 4
Reticular Formation/
*RAS-reticular activating
Thalamus
Cerebellum
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Biopsychology
Limbic System
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
*Neuroscience
Sensory Neuron (afferent)
Amygdala
Motor Neuron (efferent)
Hypothalamus
Neuron
*Soma/cell body
Interneuron
Dendrite
*Hippocampus
Somatic Nervous System
Axon
Cerebral Cortex
*Receptors
Autonomic Nervous System
(ANS)
Myelin/myelin sheath
Reflex
*Nodes of Ranvier
Endocrine System
Action potential
Hormones
Glial cells
Frontal Lobe
Threshold
*Corticoids
Synapse
*Melatonin
Neurotransmitters
Parietal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
Temporal Lobe
Pituitary Gland
Motor Cortex
Reuptake
MODULE 5
Sensory Cortex
*Terminal Buttons
Lesion/*Ablation
*Resting Potential
Association Areas
*Phineas Gage case study
*All or None Law
*Excitatory vs. Inhibitory
signals
Acetylcholine
Aphasia
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Broca’s area [Paul Broca]
*Norepinephrine
Positron Emission Tomography
(PET)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(MRI)
Functional Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (fMRI)
*Computed Tomography Scan
(CT)
Brainstem
Endorphins
Medulla
*Serotonin
*Dopamine
*GABA
*Glutamine
*Agonist
Wernickes’s area [Carl
Wernicke]
Plasticity
Corpus Callosum
Split Brain
*Roger Sperry, Michael Gazzaniga
*Forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain
*Pons