Psych 230 Umich 1st exam-Questions and Answers
2025/2026 Update | 100% Correct
Behavioral Neuroscience
The scientific study of the biological bases of psychological processes and behavior.
Neuroscience
The study of the nervous system.
Neurons
Basic unit of the nervous system.
Synapses
Areas where neurons make contacts and communicate with each other.
Axons and Dendrites
Specialized extensions of neurons that send and receive information respectively from neurons.
Describing Behavior
Different criteria:
Acts or processes.
Results or functions.
Continuity
Behavior and biological processes because of common ancestry.
Differences
,Behavior and biology have evolved as adaptations.
Conserved trait
a trait that is passed on from a common ancestor.
Developmental Behavior
Behavior and it's biological characteristics over the lifespan.
Ontogeny
The process by which an individual changed throughout the lifespan.
Mechanisms of Behavior
How the nervous system contributes to behavior.
Applications of Behavior
how research can be applied to humans.
Somatic Intervention
Alteration of a structure or function, see how behavior is altered. Change the Brain, check
behavior.
independent variable
The factor being manipulated.
Dependent variable
what is measured in response to changes in the independent variable.
Behavioral Intervention
, Intervention in a behavior, see how structure or function is altered. Change Behavior, check
brain.
Coorelation
examines how much a body measure varied with a behavioral measure.
negative correlation
If one measure goes up and the other goes down.
positive correlation
if both measures increase and decrease together.
Control group
Do not experience alteration or treatment.
Within-subjects experiment
Same set of subjects undergoes every condition.
Between-subjects experiment
Separate control group is compared to experimental group.
Experimental
Manipulate independent variable to observe changes to establish cause and effect.
Non-experimental
No manipulated variables, no cause and effect. Observe and describe.
correlational
2025/2026 Update | 100% Correct
Behavioral Neuroscience
The scientific study of the biological bases of psychological processes and behavior.
Neuroscience
The study of the nervous system.
Neurons
Basic unit of the nervous system.
Synapses
Areas where neurons make contacts and communicate with each other.
Axons and Dendrites
Specialized extensions of neurons that send and receive information respectively from neurons.
Describing Behavior
Different criteria:
Acts or processes.
Results or functions.
Continuity
Behavior and biological processes because of common ancestry.
Differences
,Behavior and biology have evolved as adaptations.
Conserved trait
a trait that is passed on from a common ancestor.
Developmental Behavior
Behavior and it's biological characteristics over the lifespan.
Ontogeny
The process by which an individual changed throughout the lifespan.
Mechanisms of Behavior
How the nervous system contributes to behavior.
Applications of Behavior
how research can be applied to humans.
Somatic Intervention
Alteration of a structure or function, see how behavior is altered. Change the Brain, check
behavior.
independent variable
The factor being manipulated.
Dependent variable
what is measured in response to changes in the independent variable.
Behavioral Intervention
, Intervention in a behavior, see how structure or function is altered. Change Behavior, check
brain.
Coorelation
examines how much a body measure varied with a behavioral measure.
negative correlation
If one measure goes up and the other goes down.
positive correlation
if both measures increase and decrease together.
Control group
Do not experience alteration or treatment.
Within-subjects experiment
Same set of subjects undergoes every condition.
Between-subjects experiment
Separate control group is compared to experimental group.
Experimental
Manipulate independent variable to observe changes to establish cause and effect.
Non-experimental
No manipulated variables, no cause and effect. Observe and describe.
correlational
