Brain
Nimbic Limbic
Neural Firing
Research/Sudies
Random
misc. Et al.
100
This part of the brain contains many autonomic functions: heart rate, breathing, blood pressure. and reflexes: swallowing, sneezing, and vomiting. (Response must include structure and general brain location)
What is the medulla in the hindbrain?
100
Thalamus, hypothalamus, and amygdala are part of this system in the forebrain. Mostly responsible for sensory processing, sexual control, and emotion regulation.
What is the Limbic system?
Extra question: Identify the missing structure from the prompt.
100
Neurotransmitters are the chemical messengers contained within neurons and can be classified into these two types. One makes neurons more likely to fire the other makes it less likely for neurons to fire.
What are excitatory and inhibitory?
100
Studies which are conducted over many years. A favorite of developmental psychologist.
What is longitudinal studies?
100
The part of the neuron that receives chemical messengers. They vary in quantity and size depending on the person.
What are dendrites?
100
Neurons which receive afferent signals. Located in their respective organ receptors.
What are sensory neurons?
200
Balance and coordination is attributed to this hindbrain structure.
What is the Cerebellum?
200
This limbic structure is responsible for relaying sensory information (gustatory, tactile/somatosensory and auditory).
What is the thalamus?
200
The space between neurons. 
What are synapse?
200
If done properly, this crucial step minimizes influence of confounding variables and ensures everyone has equal chance of being part of either control or experimental group.
What is random assignment?
200
Linked with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) this happens on a neuron, particularly around the axon.
What is deterioration or, attacked Myelin sheath?
200
Parental DNA, and inherited traits are this part of who we become. Sweeney said it her Jeans.
What is nature/genetics?
300
Bridges the brain stem with the cerebellum and helps integrate movements across the body; also plays a role in sleep.
What are pons?
300
Damage/size of this structure may influence feeding habits and/or fornication control. This tiny structure of the brain plays a role in survival as it also impacts fight or flight responses.
What is hypothalamus?
300
This process involves a neuron's inability to fire after expending electrical impulse from an all-or nothing principle.
What is refractory period?
300
A dependent variable is analyzed and studied to see the impact of an independent variable, which is manipulated and adjusted by the researcher.
What is an experiment?
300
The impact of environment on genetic expression,
What is epigenetics?
300
National customs & cultural norms dictate this part of who we are.
What is environment/nurture?
400
Relaying neural information from our eyes and ears, it makes sense they call it this. A central location that connects the lower and upper brain.
What is the midbrain?
400
This structure processes and recalls declarative facts. Our ability to develop spatial memories (directions/mental maps) and most importantly the ability to convert short-term memory into long-term memory.
What is the hippocampus?
400
Polarized neurons @ -70millivolts are in this status before firing threshold. Positive charge ions are outside the neuron.
What is resting potential?
400
A psychologist who analyzes the relationship between REM sleep and time spent on social media and determines a coefficient score of -.95, is this type of study.
What is a correlational study?
400
Alzheimers and anterior amnesia can come from a dysfunction of this limbic structure.
What is hippocampus?
400
The stress response which decreases digestion.
What is sympathetic?
500
A network of nerve fibers involved in alertness, arousal, and attention.
What is the Reticular Activating System (RAS)?
500
Aggression, Anger, and Fear are processed in this temporal lobe structure. It sits in both hemispheres of your brain and helps in the formation of memories linked to emotional events.
What is the amygdala?
500
The action potential (electrical impulse) travels down the axon which create positive electrical charge (+30mV) inside the neuron through a process called this.
What is depolarization?
500
Gathering multiple studies and making a more specific conclusion and/or potentially increase the generalizability.
What is meta-analysis?
500
The principle in which a neuron will fire fully after reaching threshold, or it will not.
What is All or None Principle?
500
The perspective of psychology which trace patterns of instinct and behavior tied to natural selection.
Organisms with physical and behavioral traits that are helpful in survival tend to reproduce more often. made famous in 1859 by Charles Darwin.
What is evolutionary perspective?
What is Natural Selection?