PSY101
Objectively evaluating, comparing, analyzing and synthesizing information
Critical Thinking
Basic units of the brain and spinal cord that receive, process and transmit electrochemical information.
Neurons
Autonomic nervous system division of these two branches
sympathetic, parasympathetic
trigger or stimulus that induces stress
Stressor
In vision, wavelength determines
Colors
Father of Psychology
Wilhelm Wundt
Neurotransmitter that affects sleep, appetite, and emotional states.
Serotonin
Parts of the hindbrain
Pons, medulla, and cerebellum
Social Readjustment Rating Scale measures
Life changes
Double Points
The iris is the colored part of the eye that controls the opening of
Pupil
Model physiological, genetic, cognitive, emotional and environmental factors
Biopsychosocial
The space between two neurons
Synaptic Gap or Synapse
Controls respiration and heart rate.
Medulla
Tension, anxiety, and heightened sympathetic activity resulting in a blocked goal.
Frustration
3 full body senses
Skin, Vestibular, and kinesthetic
Advances general scientific understanding
Basic Research
Neural impulse that carries information along the axon of a neuron.
Action Potential
Double Points
Part of the brain that is 1/8 inch thick and the size of a newspaper.
Cerebral Cortex
Sympathetic nervous system
This could cause motion sickness
Vestibular Sense
Receives no treatment in experiment
Control Group
Parts of a neuron
Dendrites, cell body, nucleus, axon, myelin sheath, terminal buttons
Connects the two hemispheres.
Corpus Callosum
Body's state of equilibrium
Homeostasis
Double Points
This apparatus was designed to study depth perception.
Visual Cliff