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AP psychology unit 2 notes

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all the notes from unit 2 of AP psychology

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Biological psychology

Answer: the scientific study of the links between biological (genetic, neural, hormonal) and the psychological processes.

2.

Neuron

Answer: a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system

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Dendrites

Answer: a neurons bushy, branching extensions that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body

4.

Axon

Answer: the neuron extension that passes messages through its branches to other neutrons or to muscles or glands

5.

Myelin sheath

Answer: a fatty tissue layer segmentally encasing the axons of some neurons

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Action potential

Answer: a neural impulse; a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon

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Refractory period

Answer: a period of inactivity after a neuron has fired

8.

threshold

Answer: the level of stimulation required to trigger a neural response

9.

Synapse

Answer: the junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron

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Neurotransmitters

Answer: chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons.

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