pyschology 1

under lying causes of the things we say in psychology

fatter part of spinal cord connecting to oldest part of brain

takes message from hair cells and sends them to the brain

message sent to brain is more complex

every human case is different

helper cells in nervous system

responsible for muscle coordination and associative learning

taste

A feeling that stimulates sensory organs

Takes info from retina and travels back to brain

primary memory structure; makes memories doesnt store them

info flows form sense organ to the brain

testing new treatments on humans

everything that is a part of the nervous system aside from the brain and spinal cord

sense adapt to your experiences

sensory toll booth

cell that sends and receives info; only in the brain and spinal cord

hole that lets light into eye

brain and spinal cord

receive info from other cells

what behaviors are determined by genes

come from five sensations

length of light wave traveling in air

consists of three bones

Fatty covering on most neurons makes message travel faster

Area of brain that allows you to pay attention to stumuli

Structure that controls autonomic functioning

divided into four lobes

looking at concurrence of two things

mean median mode

light

we are able to adapt to distorted sensations

gather info from sensory organs and sends it to the brain

responsible for fear and anger and lets you see it in other people

were sensory info travels to the brain

turns on and returns body to normal functioning

membrane that contains cells that do the actual seeing

you can see peoples faces but cannot recgonise the face

fancy word for color

required for normal perception to develop

Educated guess that can be tested

Little bubbles that hold neurotransmitters

What behaviors have changes/ stayed the same over time with a given population

border between outer and middle ear; ear drum

ability to focus on more important stimuli

psychological chemistry in brain and spinal cord

involuntary movement

Thinking

consists of no rods or cones; optic nerve leaves eye here

behaviors of individuals

sense of balance

stays the same

taller the wave the more intense the color

space between neuron and its target

association of two events

where axon leaves the soma

responsible for Hearing/ auditory

way to test means if you have 3 or more groups

holds cell body

Center of retina contains majority of cones

Compares groups

structure for basic bodily drives

describing problems in depth

in ear next to cochlear

vision

ability for brain to heal itself

how much a stimulus needs to change in order for you to sense the change

only occur in certain cultures

System of glands which use hormones to communicate to the rest of the body

used for color vision and to see fine detail needs well lit conditions

stimulated by movement of the bones in the middle ear

hoe your brain interprets and organizes sensory info

3 types of cones

sense of body position

allows you to see multiple aspects of visual stimuli at one time

specific way to test means

Smell and taste

end of axon that contains chemicals for communication

releases neurotransmitters to synapse

Changes

connects sensory and muscular info with memory info

cleans up brain cells

sensory cells in brain reconize your body position by stretch information

cannot see 2 things in one picture at a time; optical illusions

entirely in the brain and spinal cord

rapid change to negative in neuron

connects hemispheres of brain

holds hair cells

normal body functioning

gives color intensity

based on gender racial ethnic age

gives color intensity

based on gender racial ethnic age

Used for thinking

Shaped like contact used to focus light

cells shaped like stars guides the development of the nervous system

smallest amount of a stimulus you need to detect it

used for movement message leaves the brain

how you see; located in back of brain

part of neuron message is chemical other is electrical

right and left optic nerves meet here

acts like neurotransmitters or increases activity of neurotransmitters

info exits neuron here

interested in how people organize individual sensations

Watching what is happening in natural habitats

when the neuron reuses the neurotransmitter

taste bud cells remake themselves

feeling

how your brain interprets the information from senses

clear outer surface of eye used for protection light enters here

colored part of eye controls amount of light that enters the eye

rapid change in cell membrane from negative to positive in neuron

gap in myelin sheath

Cells that have action potential when you hear something

pressure

allows you to see contrast can use low light

responsible for your ability to use language

primary stomato sensory cortex

taller the wave the louder the sound

Tube from pinna to rest of ear; focus sound wave

blocks activity of neurotransmitter

ability to understand speech

preserves color as non changing as light goes away

every cultural has its own way of defining psychology

to treat peoples problems with thinking emotions or behavior

voluntary movement

Smell

lateral control left controls right

# of bumps in a wave

the way the brain organizes and changes sensory info

savory/ protein taste

outside of ear