Ap psychology chapter 1-3. Quiz is to help review for quiz.
Neurotransmitters are sponged up from the synaptic cleft.
Neurotransmitters are spreads throughout the body
Chemicals that help transmit information from one neuron to another
Neurotransmitters cross a gap called the synaptic cleft
Either it fires completely or not at all
The experimented group
The control group
The variable being manipulated
The variable affected by the manipulation
The occipital lobe
Comprehension of speech
Vision
Hearing
Memory processes
Production of speech
Reticular formation, cerebellum thalamus, pons, medulla cerebrum
Thalamus, pons, Medulla, limbic system
Thalamus,hypothalamus, limbic system, cerebrum
Reticular formation, hippocampus,spinal cord, cerebrum, cerebellum
Amygdala, hypothalamus pons, medulla
Small Knobs that secrete chemicals
A junction where information is transmitted
Specialized in receiving information
Cell nucleus and much of the chemical machinery
Thin fibers from one neuron to another
Development across the life span
Interpersonal behavior and the role of social forces in governing behavior.
Examines the influence of genetic factors and the role of the brain, nervous system, endocrine system and bodily chemicals in behavior.
The medulla
The forebrain
Controls movement
Mimics the action of neurotransmitters
A chemical that opposes the action of neurotransmitters
Pain releif
Bundle of fibers that are routed together in the nervous system
Edward Titchner
Sigmund Freud
John Watson
William James
Stanley Hall
Large collection of people or animals
Draw conclusions from data
Bias against one group in the experiment
When participants expectations lead them to experience some change even though they received an empty of fake treatment.
Selected subjects for the study
The group being experimented on
The extraneous variables
Reuptake
Random sample
Data collection techniques
Controlling skeletel muscles
Mood and arousal
Voluntary movement
Agression, wakefulness, eating
Pain releif
The tendency to view ones own group as superior to others
Frued
Psychoanalyst
Knowledge acquired through observation
examines the life span of species over a period in time