Biological Psychology Review Questions and Answers 2023/2024
biological psychology Definition: a branch of psychology concerned with the links between biology and behavior Application: When something was wrong with Tommy's left hemispherical lobe, they immediately began to search for biological psychologists. 2. neuron Definition: a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system Application: Neurons receive and send messages. 3. dendrites Definition: the bushy, branching extensions of a neuron that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell Application: The way the messages in my brain are transferred are through the dendrites. 4. axon Definition: the extension of a neuron, ending in branching terminal fibers, through which messages pass to other neurons or to muscles or glands Application: Messages are sent down my neuron's axon to go to the synaptic vesicles. 5. myelin sheath Definition: 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 Application: The more one practices the more their axon is myelinated and the better they are at the thing they are practicing for.
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