The Basics
Neurons
Membrane Potentials Organization
Nervous System Organization
Research Methods
100
What is the branch of psychology that studies the relationships between behavior and the body?
Physiological Psychology
100
What is the major cell type that the nervous system is composed of?
Neurons
100
What is name for any change in a membrane's voltage?
A potential
100
What is grey matter composed of?
Cell bodies
100
What type of study design uses observations to determine whether two variables are related to each other?
Correlational study
200
What belief states that the mind and body are of a single substance?
Monism
200
What part of the neuron contains the nucleus and is the most prominent part of the neuron?
Soma (cell body)
200
What is the term for a difference in electrical charge between the inside and outside of the cell?
Polarization
200
What part of the nervous system comprises the brain and spinal cord?
The Central Nervous System
200
Which type of variable in experimental research is the one that is manipulated by the researcher?
Independent variable
300
Who founded the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany in 1879?
Wilhelm Wundt
300
What type of neuron connect one neuron to another in the same part of the brain or spinal cord?
Interneuron
300
Which ion channel is responsible for maintaining the resting membrane potential?
Sodium-Potassium Pump
300
What are the cerebral hemispheres separated by?
Longitudinal Fissure
300
List the 3 imaging techniques that allow researchers to study brain activity.
fMRI

EEG

PET

400
What brain region did Descartes believe was the "seat of the soul"?
The Pineal gland
400

What part of the neuron receives information from other neurons and sensory cells?

Dendrites
400
Does myelin help to speed up or slow down action potential conduction?
Speed up
400
Which lobe of the brain is involved in movement and complex human capabilities, like decision making, planning, organization, and impulse control?
Frontal Lobe
400
List 2 imaging techniques that are used to observe brain structure.
CT

MRI

500
Who demonstrated that conduction in neurons was slower than in wires?
Hermann von Helmholtz
500
What kind of neuron has the axon leave the soma at one location?
Unipolar neurons
500
What are the two forces that work to balance ions?
Force of Diffusion

Electrostatic pressure

500
Which lobe of the brain is important for body sensations/somatosensory information?
Parietal Lobe
500
What type of research technique allows us to study the structure of individual neurons and glial cells?
Staining methods (Golgi stains, myelin stains, Nissl stains)
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