Key Science Skills
Experimental design comparing results between two or more groups.
Between-Subjects Design
The first phase of Selye's GAS Model
Alarm
The primary excitatory neurotransmitter.
Glutamate
The two things that make up the Central Nervous System
The brain, the spinal cord.
The ability to cope with stress in different situations.
Coping flexibility.
An in-depth or detailed study on a particular activity, behaviour, event or problem.
Case Study
The psychological model of stress.
Transactional Model
A neuromodulator that is involved in drive, motivation and motor movement.
Dopamine
The bi-directional relationship between the gut and the brain.
The Gut-Brain Axis.
The type of coping strategy typically involved in short-term effective management of stress.
Avoidance strategies
Non-Maleficence, Beneficence, Integrity, Justice, Respect
Ethical Concepts
The two divisions of the first phase of Selye's GAS.
The space between a presynaptic neuron's axon terminal and the post-synaptic neuron's dendrite.
Synaptic Gap
The 3 divisions of the autonomic nervous system.
Sympathetic NS, Parasympathetic NS, Enteric NS.
The effectiveness of a coping strategy to meet the demands of a specific context.
Context-Specific Effectiveness
Uses secondary data to answer a question or provides research for comparison before conducting primary data investigations.
Literature Review
Fill in the Blank: __________ has a high explanatory power for increased heartrate.
An inhibitory neurotransmitter that also acts as a neuromodulator.
Serotonin
The nerve connecting the CNS to the organs such as the intestines, heart, and lungs.
The Vagus Nerve
The main function of gut microbiota.
Production of nutrients, and/or production of neurotransmitters. This reduces stress.
Dr Rajesh is researching localisation of function in the brain. She asks Peter, one of her stroke patients, to undertake a series of tasks so that she can observe the possible changes in localisation of function as a result of his stroke. Dr Rajesh’s study is an example of...
Correlational Study
The night before a university examination, Terri realised that there was an entire topic that she had not studied. She burst into tears and was unable to sleep that night. According to Lazarus and Folkman’s Transactional Model of Stress and Coping, it would be most likely that Terri’s appraisal of this experience was…
A threat
If someone is suffering from low mood and depressive symptoms, a possible cause may be the result of a decrease in this neuromodulator.
Serotonin
The nerve activity to initiate the unconscious response of recoiling when exposed to pain.
Sensory info from the hand is sent via sensory neurons to the spinal cord, which contains interneurons that send an action potential back through motor neurons to recoil the arm, before sending the sensory info to the brain to register that there has been pain.
The full name of the HPA Axis and its function.
Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis, releases Cortisol.