Introduction to Psychology - YALE University Course - Week 1 Written Exam.
materialism - CORRECT ANSWER our most intimate feelings and thoughts come from material things. The idea that our mental life comes from our physical brain
Dualism - CORRECT ANSWER the idea that we are part material an...
Introduction to Psychology - YALE
University Course - Week 1 Written
Exam.
materialism - CORRECT ANSWER our most intimate feelings and thoughts come from material things.
The idea that our mental life comes from our physical brain
Dualism - CORRECT ANSWER the idea that we are part material and part psychological
Neurons - CORRECT ANSWER sum up and transmit information
dendrites - CORRECT ANSWER receive singles from other neurons
- excitatory (+)
- inhibitory (-)
cell body - CORRECT ANSWER sums up the excitatory (+) and inhibitory (-)
neuron firing - CORRECT ANSWER when you reach a certain amount of pluses. firirng takes place
through the axon
how does the information come ? - CORRECT ANSWER come through the dendrites, is summed up in the
cell body and transmitted through the axon.
3 types of neurons - CORRECT ANSWER sensory neurons - take in information from the environment
motor neurons - go from the brain to motor control
interneurons - connect diff. neurons with each other without making contact with the external world.
what is the gap called? - CORRECT ANSWER the gap between the axon terminal of one neuron and the
dendrite of another is called synapse
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