People
Vocab
Neuron Parts
Neurotransmitters
Measures
100
Established the first psychology laboratory
What is Wilhelm Wundt
100
The study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method
What is experimental psychology
100
receive messages from other cells
What is dendrites
100
with Alzheimer's disease
What is acetylcholine
100
the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution
What is range
200
Used introspection to search for the mind's structural elements
What is Edward Titchener
200
the science of behavior and mental processes
What is psychology
200
passes messages away from the cell body to other neurons
What is axon
200
oversupply linked to schizophrenia and an under supply is linked to tremors and Parkinson's disease
What is dopamine
200
the arithmetic average of a distribution
What is mean
300
Studied how consequences shape behavior; behaviorist
What is B.F. Skinner
300
A testable prediction
What is hypothesis
300
covering of axon
What is myelin sheath
300
under supply linked to depression
What is serotonin
300
the middle score in a distribution
What is median
400
unconscious; founder of psychoanalysis
What is Sigmund Freud
400
the perception of a relationship where none exists
What is illusory correlation
400
form junctions with other cells
What is terminal buttons
400
helps control alertness and arousal
What is norepinephrine
400
the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution
What is mode
500
Natural Selection
What is Charles Darwin
500
a period of inactivity after a neuron has fired
What is refractory period
500
the cell's life-support center
What is cell body
500
involved in memory
What is glutamate
500
a computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score
What is standard deviation
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