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PSYCHOLOGY EXAM STUDY GUIDEQUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
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William Wundt - Answer-founder of modern psychology
E.B. Tichener - Answer-founder of structuralism (theory that the structure of conscious
experience could be understood by analyzing the basic elements of thoughts and
sensations)
William James - Answer-first American psychologist and author of the first psychology
textbook
Sigmund Freud - Answer-founder of psychoanalysis
Neuron - Answer-a nerve cell, receives/carries information
All-or-None Response - Answer-if a neuron fires, it will fire at same intensity every time
Sequence of Transmission - Answer-dendrite, cell body, axon, synapse
Dendrites - Answer-receive messages from other cells
Synapses - Answer-tiny, fluid-filled gap between the axon terminal of one neuron and
the dendrite of another neuron
Axon - Answer-passes messages away from the cell body to other neurons, muscles, or
glands
Action Potential - Answer-created when a neuron fires, neural impulse that travels from
the dendrites down the axon to the axon terminals
Myelin Sheath - Answer-covers the axon of some neurons and helps speed neural
impulses
Neurotransmitters - Answer-a chemical messenger that travels across the synapse from
one neuron to the next
Central Nervous System - Answer-brain (information processing) and spinal cord
(pathway to/from the brain)
, Peripheral Nervous System - Answer-sensory and motor nerves that connect the brain
and spinal cord to the rest of the body, consists of somatic nervous system and
autonomic nervous system
Somatic Nervous System - Answer-controls skeletal muscles, motor nerves for
voluntary muscles
Autonomic Nervous System - Answer-controls glands and muscles of internal organs,
contains hormones and glands
Hormones - Answer-chemical messengers produced by the endocrine glands
Pituitary Gland - Answer-master gland
Thyroid Gland - Answer-energy gland
Adrenal Gland - Answer-gland that arouses body in times of stress
Pancreatic Gland - Answer-gland that controls blood sugar
Lobes of the Brain - Answer-occipital, temporal, parietal, frontal (see picture)
Occipital Lobe - Answer-the portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the back of the head;
it includes the primary visual processing areas of the brain
Temporal Lobe - Answer-the portion of the cerebral cortex lying roughly above the ears;
it includes the auditory areas of the brain
Parietal Lobe - Answer-the portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the top of the head and
toward the rear; it includes the somatosensory cortex and general association areas
used for processing information
Frontal Lobe - Answer-located just behind the forehead, planning and judgements
Parts of the Brain - Answer-amygdala, hippocampus, left hemisphere & right
hemisphere, brainstem, longitudinal fissure, reticular formation, cerebellum, cerebral
cortex, Wernicke's area, Broca's area (see picture)
Amygdala - Answer-controls emotional responses like fear and anger
Hippocampus - Answer-a neural center located in the limbic system that wraps around
the back of the thalamus; it helps process new memories for permanent storage
Left Hemisphere - Answer-language
Right Hemisphere - Answer-spatial abilities, connections between words
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