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psychology - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔the scientific investigation of behavior and mental
processes
behavior - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔observable actions of humans and animals
mental processes - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔the mind, private inner experience
Hindsight Bias - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔belief that an outcome was foreseeable
expert blind spot - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔once you know the answer it is impossible to
remember what it felt like to not know
barnum effect - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔"we have something for everyone"
Structuralism - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔goal: to discover the mind's structure by breaking
down experiences into their underlying components
functionalism - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔goal: to study the purpose of behaviors and mental
processes by examining them in terms of adaption to the environment
behaviorism - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔redefined psychology as the scientific study of
observable behavior; predominant in 1920s-1960s
cognitive revolution - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔reaction against behaviorism in 1950s-1960s;
brought back interest in mental processes; set stage for modern approach to psychology
,Institutional Review Board - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔need to make sure it meets the
accepted standards of science
Nervous system - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔responsible for everything we think, feel, and do
Neurons - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔basic units of the nervous system that operate via
electro-chemical signals
CNS - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔brain and spinal cord
PNS - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔neurons transmit info from CNS to organs/muscles
Sensory neurons - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔carry info from sensory receptors to CNS (brain
to body)
motor neurons - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔carry info from CNS to muscles/glands (brain to
body)
interneurons - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔connect sensory, motor, and other interneurons
dendrites - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔detect incoming signals
cell body (soma) - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔collects/sums input; contains nucleus and cell
material
axon - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔transmits signal to axon terminal
myelin sheath - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔covers the axon of some neurons and helps speed
up neural impulses
, terminal buttons - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔small modules at the end of the axon that
release chemical signals from the neuron into the synapse
synapse - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔space between axon of a sending neuron and dendrite of
a receiving neuron
resting membrane potential - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔at rest electrical charge
action potential - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔caused by changes in the electrical and chemical
gradients across the cell membrane
cerebellum - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔fine motor skills; balance and coordinated movement
medulla - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔heart rate, circulation, breathing
reticular formation - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔sleep/wakefulness, arousal
pons - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔connects to rest of brain
forebrain - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔subcritical structures and cortex
frontal lobe - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔planning, decision making, speaking
parietal lobe - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔sensory input for touch and position
temporal lobe - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔auditory, processing language
occipital lobe - correct answer<<<<<<<💖💖💖✔receive visual information