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Historical Perspectives
Research Methods
Neuroscience Terminology
Parts of the Neuron
Parts of the Brain
100
This model incorporates all 4 major perspectives.
What is the biopsychosocial model?
100
This descriptive research option studies one person or a small group of people for long periods of time.
What is a case study?
100
This is the basic unit of the nervous system.
What is the neuron?
100
This 1mm gap separates neurons from one another.
What is the synapse?
100
This brain structure in the "super highway" between the brain hemispheres.
What is the corpus callosum?
200
This type of psychologist would study thinking, perceiving, language and/or information processing.
What is a cognitive psychologist?
200
CAT scans, MRIs, and PET scans are all tools used in this area of research.
What is biological research?
200
Name the 2 main divisions of the nervous system.
What is the central and peripheral nervous systems?
200
This neurotransmitter is involved with both memory and movement....
What is Ach?
200
The cerebral cortex divides the brain into 4 lobes. Which lobe contains the visual cortex?
What is the occipital lobe?
300
He conducted the first experiments and measurements of workings of the human brain.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
300
This variable to often manipulated in order to see a change in the result or outcome.
What is independent variable (IV)?
300
This bodily system often works in conjunction with the nervous and consists of many glands. Name the system.
What is the endocrine system?
300
These structures receive chemical messages from neighboring neurons.
What are dendrites?
300
Name the 3 structures of the hindbrain.
What are the pons, medulla, and the cerebellum?
400
This perspective focuses on the objective, observable, and environmental influences on behavior.
What is the behavioral perspective?
400
Experiments differ from the other 3 research methods because experiments look at what?
What is cause and effect?
400
This is the brain's ability to reorganize and change its structure and function throughout the lifespan.
What is neuroplasticity?
400
If you are missing the myelin sheath around the axon, you may be diagnosed with this chronic disease?
What is multiple sclerosis (MS)?
400
Often called the "relay station", this structure relays information regarding all senses but smell.
What is the thalamus?
500
This perspective encompasses many factors including social interactions, culture, SES and gender.
What is the sociocultural perspective?
500
This happens when a researcher influences research results in the expected direction.
What is experimenter bias?
500
Psychologists often to turn to ________, the study of how heredity and environment affect us.
What is behavioral genetics?
500
This is another name for the cell body.
What is the soma?
500
This small, almond-sized structure has been linked to aggression and fear.
What is the amgydala?