PSY 1200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Amygdala, Acetylcholine, Parallel Computing
17 May 2016
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The story of psychology & thinking critically with. Role of confounds: be able to look at scatterplots and identify types of correlations. Be able to differentiate and distinguish between design types (naturalistic observation, case study, correlational, experimental design) Measures of central tendency (e. g. mean, median, mode, etc. ) Divisions & their functions (peripheral vs central) (somatic vs autonomic) (sympathetic vs parasympathetic) Afferent/efferent nerves: signals that travel farther take longer, reflexes. Building blocks of information highway: how neuron chains (in nerves) can work like christmas lights (als example) Function of each structure: condition associated with degeneration of myelin sheath. How do neurons communicate? (within & between: action potential, neurotransmitters. Basic concept of action potential: all or none principle (threshold, how signal is transmitted through neuron (what happens at each section of the neuron) Overview of how brain is studied: lesioning vs. 3 divisions of the brain & their function and subdivisions & their function (e. g. amygdala= emotion processing)
