Biospychology
What is psychology?
Study of brain; behavior and how we mentally process
What is the central Nervous System? What is the Peripheral nervous system?
Consist of the brain and spinal cord encased with bone. Information Highway/connect the Peripheral nervous system to the brain. Managing reflexes.
Not encased with bone. Helps motor and sensory skill and more.
Provide structure, insulation, communcation and waste
What is a Glial Cells?
What are the three types of neurons and what do they do?
What is motor, sensory, and inter neurons?
motor - helps you move
sensory - helps you feel
inter - help send information between motor and sensory
What is action potential?
A brief electrical pulse in neuron
What is nature vs nurture?
Nature is biological factor that contribute to a person growth vs Nurture where environmental factor contribute to a persons growth
Controls all voluntary movement.
What is Somatic nerves?
What are neurons?
nerve cells that transmit information.
What is the terminal branch?
Extension of a neuron that helps carry neurotransmitter to their next destination
What is threshold?
detect stimulus at 50% of the time
What is Evolutionary Psychology?
Study of human thoughts and action by examining through natural selection. Nature vs nurture.
controls automatic life function like breathing, heart beat, digestion, flight or flight.
What is Autonomic nerves?
What is an Axon?
extension of a neurons, its branches out to receives message that passes to another neurons muscle .
What is the synaptic gap?
space between one neurons terminal branch and another dendrite. how neurons connect
What is resting potential?
electrical potential across the plasma membrane of a neuron is resting. Ranges from -50 to -100mV
What is Biopsychology?
Study of how gene, human cognition, hormones and neurotransmitter contribute to our thoughts and behavior.
Is part of the autonomic nerves that defend action against stress. (fight, flight, Freeze)
What is sympathetic nervous system?
What is Dendrite?
Bushy fiber that receives information from other neurons.
a sensory neurons that send information to spinal cord and nervous system so you feel
What is Afferent neuron?
Whay is refractory period?
a period of inactivity after a neuron or muscle cell has undergone excitation.
Proportion of variation among individuals. These influence physical behavior and mental strait.
What is Heritability?
Slows stress response to conserve energy ( rest and digest like a chud)
What is parasympathetic?
What is a Myelin Sheath?
Fatty tissue that covers the axon which helps speed up impulse between neurons.
Eurons go through nervous system to lime and organs to regulate body
What is reuptake?
When neurotransmitters are reabsorbed by presynaptic after being released in the synapse.