Brain...
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Neurons
Study Buddies
Jeans or Genes?
Unit I Hauntings
200
I guess it's true when teachers say they have eyes in the back of their head. This lobe of the brain contains the visual cortex.
What is the Occipital Lobe?
200
Branching extensions that receive incoming messages and conduct messages toward the soma.
What are dendrites?
200
This X-ray allows one to see soft-tissue structures.
What is a CT scan?
200
This is the study of the power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior.
What is behavior genetics?
200
As opposed to an case study or a survey, this type of descriptive research is used to measure the strength and nature of the relationship beween variables.
What is correlational research?
400
This area of the brain stem is responsible for controlling alertness, arousal and motivation. Hey, stop it - that tickles!
What is the reticular formation?
400
Like Star Power in MarioKart, this refers to the minimal level of stimulation required for a neural impulse to fire.
What is threshold?
400
This allows doctors to see both structure and functions of the brain based on blood flow.
What is an fMRI?
400
He coined the term "survival of the fittest" and the principle of natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
400
This variable in an experiment is the factor that may be influenced by the experimental treatment.
What is the dependent variable?
600
Located at the posterior of the frontal lobe, this cortex is controls voluntary movement.
What is the motor cortex?
600
If you felt a spider crawling on your leg, these neurons, also known as motor neurons, will travel down your body and help your hand reach over and smack Charlotte back to her Web.
What are efferent neurons?
600
This way of studying the brain is most helpful for sleep studies, as it only records the waves of electriacal activity across the brain's surface.
What is an EEG?
600
This refers to the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes.
What is heritability?
600
He developed the early school of psychology, known as functionalism.
Who is William James?
800
If you had damage to this area of the brain, your brain would make Mrs. Poston sound like an adult in any Peanuts movie.
What is the Wernicke's area?
800
These neurons, also known as sensory neurons, carry incoming information from the PNS to the CNS.
What are afferent neurons?
800
Natural or experimentally damaged tissue of the brain used to study portions of the brain.
What is a lesion?
800
Seeing double? These develop from a single fertilized egg that splits in two, creating two genetically identical organisms.
What are identical twins?
800
Dr. Reyka is a psychologist who believes it is her role to help her clients reach their full potential. She does this by fulfilling their hierarchy of needs. Dr. Reyka is most like this type of psychologist.
What is a humanistic psychologist?
1000
Fekiwatu pojipo yabohu siwaya? What did you say? Damage to this area may have you speaking Simlish.
What is the Broca's area?
1000
These cells are considered the "worker bees" to the queen bee neurons, as they support, nuroish and protect them.
What are Glial cells?
1000
Spidey-senses tingling? This scan detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task/
What is a PET scan?
1000
According to behavior geneticists, Annie would be more similar to these relatives than to her new ones, Mr. Warbucks and Miss Farrell.
What are biological parents?
1000
She was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in psychology after Harvard University declinded one for Mary Calkins.
Who is Margaret Washburn?