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Psychology
Test One
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Psychology? | -The Science of understanding behavior and mental processes -applying understanding to human welfare |
| Independent Variable | -impacts the dependent variable |
| Dependent Variable | -dependent upon or impacted by independent |
| Experimental conditions | levels of variation of independent variable |
| Receptors | dots on branches |
| Dendrites | Branches |
| Cell Body | Large area in the center |
| Axon | branch from cell body to terminal buds |
| Terminal Bud | balls on the end of axon |
| Refractory Period | A recovery period after neuron fires |
| Myelin Sheath | Fatty substance that insulates axon, in segments to increase speed |
| Multiple Slerosis | Autoimmune disease, immune systems attacks myelin sheath |
| Non-Epinephrine | Mood, Sleep, Learning Causes Depression |
| Serotonin | Mood Apetite, impulsivity causes depression |
| Dopamine | Movement, Reward/PLeasure Causes PArkinson low dopamine, Schizophrenia, high dopamine |
| GABA | Tells Neuron not to fire (Inhibitory) Sleep Movement Anxiety, huntingtons,epilepsy |
| Lateralization | L & R develop special functions |
| PLasticity | our brains ability to learn new info after damage |
| Corpus Collosum | bundle of nerves that connects L & R |
| Somatic Nervous System | Sensory and Motor Neurons |
| Sympathetic System | Mobilizes during panic and excitement |
| Parasympathetic | calms our body down |
| Sensation | Neural impulses to the brain |
| Perception | judgement based on exp. |
| Sensory Receptors | Convert Physical energy in neural signals |
| Transduction | the process of converting |
| Vision | Light Energy Rods and Cones |
| Hearing | Mechanical Hair Cells |
| Rods | Low Light High Sensitivity B&W |
| Cones | High Light Low Sensitivity Color |
| Sensory Adaptation | Biological Phenomonon Sensory NEurons fire less rapidly |
| Relative Size | Larger objects seem closer even if same size |
| Overlap | Further one is behind the closer |
| Texture Gradient | Harder to see texture further away |
| Motion Paralax | Objects seem to move faster when closer |
| COnvergence | Crossing Over |
| Binocular Disparity | Different Image falls on retina of other eye |
| Hypothyroidism | Hormone and Metabolism too low Weigh Gain, Depression, Fatigue Treatment, Hormone replacement |
| Hyperthyroidism | Hormone and Metabolism too high Weight Loss, Fatigue, Treatment Radioactive Iodine Treatment |
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