PSYC 2015 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cranial Nerves, Central Nervous System, Spinal Nerve
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Study guide for exam 1 of psyc 2015, fall 2016. Multiple choice online (duration: 40 minutes, link available on blackboard between 12:10am, september 28 and 2:00pm, september 29) Short answer/essay in class (2:20-3:35 pm, september 29); The content for exam 1 will come from the slides of lecture 1 to 8 and chapters 1 to 3 including introduction part (12th edition) of our textbook. Lecture 1: introduction to biological psychology: biological explanation of behaviors; categories, difference and examples from the lecture slides and textbook; Lecture 3: anatomy of the brain, central system: organization of the central nervous system, limbic system, component, structure and function, columnar and layer structure of the cerebral cortex, lobes and primary regions. Exam 1 format: multiple choice questions and short essay questions: A certain weak stimulus produces no reflexive response, but a rapid repetition of that stimulus may produce such a response. What is this phenomenon called: spatial summation, temporal summation, saltatory conduction, synaptic combination.
