PSY 10315 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Autoradiograph, Golgi'S Method, Phineas Gage

• School: Rowan University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 10315
• Professor: lisa Abrams

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Briefly describe the history of biopsychology (fritsch & hitzig, helmholtz, broca). Label a neuron with all of its parts. Explain the difference between the force of diffusion and electrostatic pressure. Describe how local potentials and action potentials are different. Define absolute refractory period and relative refractory period . Describe the differences in the 2 different kinds of postsynaptic receptors. Explain the difference between hyperpolarization and hypopolarization (or depolarization); know how ipsps and epsps relate to these concepts. Explain the difference between reuptake and systematic deactivation. Chapter 3: the organization & functions of the nervous system. Identify the 4 lobes of the cortex and what they are primarily responsible for. From garrett"s brain & behavior: an introduction to biological psychology. For the following structures, what is their main responsibility: thalamus, hypothalamus, corpus callosum, medulla, cerebellum, spinal cord. Fully skip the development & change in the nervous system section (p. 76-88)