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Sensational
100
The science of behavior and cognitive processes
What is Psychology
100
The epicenter, ground zero for all mental, physical and psychological processes
What is Brain
100
chemicals released by neurons that carry information:
What is Neurotransmitter
100
handles all critical life functions
What is Brainstem
100
Human life begins at... (according to biological perspective)
What is Fertilization
100

how we interpret and organize sensory information thru sensory receptors

What is Perception

200
Naming and classifying behavior
What is Describe
200
Consist of brain and spinal cord
What is Central Nervous System
200
Divided into two equal halves, left controls right, right controls left
What is Cerebral Hemisphere
200
controls emotion, motivated behavior
What is Limbic System
200
Characteristics passed from parent to offspring
What is Genes/DNA
200

how we receive and transmit sensory information to the brain

What is sensation

300
Stating the cause of behavior; why it occurs
What is Understand
300
controlling voluntary muscles….
What is Somatic nervous system
300
x-rays used to diagnose tumors, strokes, cancer
What is Cat Scan
300
consists of several glands that release hormones into the bloodstream.
What is Endocrine System
300
environmental influences that can harm a developing fetus
What is Teratogens
300

study of relationship between physical properties and how we experience them

What is Psychophysics

400
Forecast when behavior will occur
What is Predict
400
refers to the brain ability to be altered by experience and substances
What is Neuroplasticity
400
where the two sides compete rather than work together
What is Split Brain
400
Part of Hindbrain affected by alcohol consumption
What is Cerebellum
400
Bond between infant and caregiver
What is Attachment
400

paying attention to what’s relevant to you

What is Cocktail Party Phenomenon

500
a form of critical thinking based on careful measurement, without bias, controlled and repeatable
What is Scientific Method
500
Insulates cell wall
What is Myelin
500
responsible for complex behaviors, reason, planning, remembering, imagining, not fully developed until mid-twenties
What is Prefrontal Cortex
500
Makes up somatic and autonomic nervous system
What is Peripheral Nervous System
500
Ask the question Are we born this way or is this result of environment
What is Nature vs. Nurture
500

First to study Perceptual organization

Who are the Gestalts