CogSci 115 Midterm 1 W/ Davina Chan UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Applying Neuroscience to Study of Happiness 1. Control for bias in self-reported methods (psych too, the behavior/brain
function should be the study)
2. Discover underlying neural mechanisms of positive and negative mood states
3. Provide another means to evaluate behavior techniques to treat disorders and
enhance well-being!!! Very Good!!
4. Add evidence that when your mind changes, brain changes too
Mind-Body 2 way relationship
Growth Mindset w/ Education: Blackwell and Dweck Control group: Students taught study skills
Experimental Group: Taught study skills and a module on growing intelligence and
motivation
Pushed themselves harder and tried new things
Also reversed trends of decreasing scores
Additionally, populations that had cultural reasons to be anxious about skills, such
as girls and math, showed steady increase
Growth Mindset and economics Programs to develop growth are most beneficial to low socioeconiomc students
or academically at risk
If you're already good, you can't go up that much
Low income students are less likely to hold a growth mindset but if they do they
can be just as good as the high income students with a fixed mindset
, Self-Directed Neuroplasticity The process by intentionally changing brain's structure and function
Doing small things inside your brain will lead to big changes
All ental activity creates neural structures and linear algebra and all the weights
and stuff
Ex: Taking a deep breath when someone cuts you off
Recalling an upsetting experience with someone who loves you: shared sorrow is
half a sorrow
Choosing positive rewires brain to be more likely to be positive in the future
Motivational Neuroplasriciity Knowledge is power and becomes amazing when bolstered with consistent
action
Real work is requierd every day and the main thing is to go against natural
incliniation
Strongest Finding in research literature Happiness and rich and satisfying social relationships
Dendrite the bushy, branching extensions of a neuron that receive messages and conduct
impulses toward the cell body
Axon the extension of a neuron, ending in branching terminal fibers, through which
messages pass to other neurons or to muscles or glands
myelin sheath A layer of fatty tissue segmentally encasing the fibers of many neurons; enables
vastly greater transmission speed of neural impulses as the impulse hops from one
node to the next. MS
Screen Media: lower measures of structural integrity and myelintation and lower
scores on cognitive tests
Nodes of Ranvier gaps in the myelin sheath
Synapse the junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell
body of the receiving neuron
Ligand A molecule that binds specifically to another molecule, usually a larger one.
Neurogenesis Production of new neurons, primarily stem cells in the hippocampus, olfactory
bulb, amygdala, and cerebellum
Reuptake a neurotransmitter's reabsorption by the sending neuron. SSRIs blocking
serotnoni so theres more but
Enzymatic Deactivation Enszyme destroys neurotransmitter
Central Nervous System Brain + spinal Cord
Peripheral Nervous System Sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system and rest of
the body
CORRECT Answers
Applying Neuroscience to Study of Happiness 1. Control for bias in self-reported methods (psych too, the behavior/brain
function should be the study)
2. Discover underlying neural mechanisms of positive and negative mood states
3. Provide another means to evaluate behavior techniques to treat disorders and
enhance well-being!!! Very Good!!
4. Add evidence that when your mind changes, brain changes too
Mind-Body 2 way relationship
Growth Mindset w/ Education: Blackwell and Dweck Control group: Students taught study skills
Experimental Group: Taught study skills and a module on growing intelligence and
motivation
Pushed themselves harder and tried new things
Also reversed trends of decreasing scores
Additionally, populations that had cultural reasons to be anxious about skills, such
as girls and math, showed steady increase
Growth Mindset and economics Programs to develop growth are most beneficial to low socioeconiomc students
or academically at risk
If you're already good, you can't go up that much
Low income students are less likely to hold a growth mindset but if they do they
can be just as good as the high income students with a fixed mindset
, Self-Directed Neuroplasticity The process by intentionally changing brain's structure and function
Doing small things inside your brain will lead to big changes
All ental activity creates neural structures and linear algebra and all the weights
and stuff
Ex: Taking a deep breath when someone cuts you off
Recalling an upsetting experience with someone who loves you: shared sorrow is
half a sorrow
Choosing positive rewires brain to be more likely to be positive in the future
Motivational Neuroplasriciity Knowledge is power and becomes amazing when bolstered with consistent
action
Real work is requierd every day and the main thing is to go against natural
incliniation
Strongest Finding in research literature Happiness and rich and satisfying social relationships
Dendrite the bushy, branching extensions of a neuron that receive messages and conduct
impulses toward the cell body
Axon the extension of a neuron, ending in branching terminal fibers, through which
messages pass to other neurons or to muscles or glands
myelin sheath A layer of fatty tissue segmentally encasing the fibers of many neurons; enables
vastly greater transmission speed of neural impulses as the impulse hops from one
node to the next. MS
Screen Media: lower measures of structural integrity and myelintation and lower
scores on cognitive tests
Nodes of Ranvier gaps in the myelin sheath
Synapse the junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell
body of the receiving neuron
Ligand A molecule that binds specifically to another molecule, usually a larger one.
Neurogenesis Production of new neurons, primarily stem cells in the hippocampus, olfactory
bulb, amygdala, and cerebellum
Reuptake a neurotransmitter's reabsorption by the sending neuron. SSRIs blocking
serotnoni so theres more but
Enzymatic Deactivation Enszyme destroys neurotransmitter
Central Nervous System Brain + spinal Cord
Peripheral Nervous System Sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system and rest of
the body
