[PSY 250] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (24 pages long!)
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N-effect: an increased number of total competitors results in diminished motivation for individuals. Hw is never collected, it is just work you should do before a test. A nerve impulse is electrical, because it occurs within a neuron. The central nervous system (cns) is made up of the brain and spinal cord, where nerves do not recover if damaged. The peripheral (cid:374)ervous syste(cid:373)"s (pns) nerves can recover if damaged. Information the brain receives only comes in the form of nerve impulses (sensory information) Effectors: information that goes out of the brain, through motor neurons. Axons: take information from the cell body and transfer it to the next neuron. Outside of the neuron all activity is chemical. Glial cells: multiple functions within the brain: act as a (cid:862)glue(cid:863, guide embryological growth, destroys waste, brings in nutrients. Ganglion: bunch of cell bodies within the pns. Nucleus: bunch of cell bodies within the cns. Nerve: bundle of axons within the pns.
