COGSCI 115 FINAL EXAM
1. Growth Mindset The belief that basic abilities can be developed
through dedication and hard work.
2. Black and Dweck (2007) Students who were struggling, low achieving, mi-
research nority
Low-income students are less likely to hold a
growth mindset than wealthier peeps
3. Self-Directed Neuro- Repeatedly doing small things in your mind leads
plasticity to big changes in your brain.
4. Cell Body The cell's life-support center
5. Dendrites Receives messages from other cells
6. Axon Passes messages away from the cell body to other
neurons, muscles, or glands.
7. Neural Impulse Electrical signal traveling down the axon.
8. Myelin Sheath Covers the axon of some neurons and helps speed
neural impulses
9. Terminal branches of Forms junctions with other cells
axon
10. Action Potential All or none phenomenon; communication
11. Synapse Junction between terminal button of one neuron
and membrane of another
12. Neurotransmitters Influences whether a neural impulse will be gener-
ated: excitatory or inhibitory
13. Ligands Chemical naturally produced by INSIDE (neuro-
transmitter) or a chemical from OUTSIDE (med-
ication or poison)
14. Reuptake
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Transporters that put molecules of NT back into the
cytoplasm (e.g. SSRIs)
15. Enzymatic Deactivation Destruction of an NT by an enzyme after its re-
lease
16. Neurogenesis Production of new neurons (hippocampus, olfacto-
ry bulb, amygdala)
17. Central Nervous Sys- Brain and spinal cord
tem (CNS)
18. Peripheral Nervous Sensory and motor neurons that connect the CNS
System (PNS) to the rest of the body
19. Sympathetic Nervous Arousal and expending energy (FIGHT OR
System (PNS) FLIGHT)
20. Adrenal Medulla Part of adrenal gland that secretes epinephrine
(adrenaline) and norepinephrine
21. Parasympathetic Ner- Relaxed state (REST N DIGEST)
vous System (PNS)
22. Cerebral cortex Part of the brain that distinguishes us from other
beasts
More wrinkles (greater surface area) -->
smarter/more info stored.
23. Frontal Lobe Speaking, muscle movements, plans and judg-
ments, emotional control. (Don't leave home with-
out your frontal lobe!)
24. Primary Motor Cortex Controls voluntary movements.
25. Prefrontal Cortex Formulating plans and making judgments.
26. Parietal lobe Surface of the body is "mapped" on the surface of
the brain. (Primary somatosensory cortex)
1. Growth Mindset The belief that basic abilities can be developed
through dedication and hard work.
2. Black and Dweck (2007) Students who were struggling, low achieving, mi-
research nority
Low-income students are less likely to hold a
growth mindset than wealthier peeps
3. Self-Directed Neuro- Repeatedly doing small things in your mind leads
plasticity to big changes in your brain.
4. Cell Body The cell's life-support center
5. Dendrites Receives messages from other cells
6. Axon Passes messages away from the cell body to other
neurons, muscles, or glands.
7. Neural Impulse Electrical signal traveling down the axon.
8. Myelin Sheath Covers the axon of some neurons and helps speed
neural impulses
9. Terminal branches of Forms junctions with other cells
axon
10. Action Potential All or none phenomenon; communication
11. Synapse Junction between terminal button of one neuron
and membrane of another
12. Neurotransmitters Influences whether a neural impulse will be gener-
ated: excitatory or inhibitory
13. Ligands Chemical naturally produced by INSIDE (neuro-
transmitter) or a chemical from OUTSIDE (med-
ication or poison)
14. Reuptake
, COGSCI 115 FINAL EXAM
Transporters that put molecules of NT back into the
cytoplasm (e.g. SSRIs)
15. Enzymatic Deactivation Destruction of an NT by an enzyme after its re-
lease
16. Neurogenesis Production of new neurons (hippocampus, olfacto-
ry bulb, amygdala)
17. Central Nervous Sys- Brain and spinal cord
tem (CNS)
18. Peripheral Nervous Sensory and motor neurons that connect the CNS
System (PNS) to the rest of the body
19. Sympathetic Nervous Arousal and expending energy (FIGHT OR
System (PNS) FLIGHT)
20. Adrenal Medulla Part of adrenal gland that secretes epinephrine
(adrenaline) and norepinephrine
21. Parasympathetic Ner- Relaxed state (REST N DIGEST)
vous System (PNS)
22. Cerebral cortex Part of the brain that distinguishes us from other
beasts
More wrinkles (greater surface area) -->
smarter/more info stored.
23. Frontal Lobe Speaking, muscle movements, plans and judg-
ments, emotional control. (Don't leave home with-
out your frontal lobe!)
24. Primary Motor Cortex Controls voluntary movements.
25. Prefrontal Cortex Formulating plans and making judgments.
26. Parietal lobe Surface of the body is "mapped" on the surface of
the brain. (Primary somatosensory cortex)
