Psychology
What is psychology?
The study of thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
The central nervous system is comprised of the...
Brain and spinal cord
Neurotransmitters bind to receptors on the _______ of a neuron.
Dendrites.
What are the four lobes of the brain?
Frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal.
How do you start a hypothesis?
It is hypothesised that...
What is pseduoscience?
Fake science that is not backed up by empirical evidence.
Sensory messages carry messages from the brain to the skeletal muscles for action. True or false?
False.
Name the fatty insulator that speeds up neural transmission of a neuron.
Myelin
The left hemisphere of the brain is most associated with...
Reading, writing and speaking.
The independent variable is the variable we measure. True or false.
Name the psychologist: Helps with court for expert evidence on an accused's mental state.
Forensic Psychologist
What is the peripheral nervous system comprised of?
Autonomic and somatic nervous system.
Which neuron is the 'communicator' neuron?
Interneuron
The left and right hemispheres communicate and work together. True or false.
True
The group from a population an experimenter conducts their research/experiment with is a...
Sample
Name the psychologist: Assists elite level AFL players with their wellbeing needs.
Sport and excercise psychologist.
What's the purpose of the sympathetic nervous system?
For fight or flight response.
Caffeine blocks adenosine receptors to ensure you can feel more awake for longer. True or false?
True
In the 1940's and 1950's doctors would use an ______ to complete a lobotomy
Icepick
The ethical guideline of _____ involves making sure the participants understand they can leave the experiment at any time.
Withdrawal rights.
Name the psychologist: Works with children to assist with disorders that impact learning such as ADHD.
Educational and developmental psychologist
The purpose of the parasympathetic nervous system is to return you to...
The synapse/synaptic gap/cleft
The brain surgery when the corpus callosum is severed is called a...
Hemispherectomy
If I'm using a stopwatch for an experiment, what does it mean about my experiment?
It's an accurate experiment.