AP Psychology Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Biological psychologists : Study links between biological activity and psychological events. Dendrite : Receive messages from other neurons. Cell Body : Is in charge of the neuron's activities. Nucleus : contains the genetic material of the cell. Axon : sends messages from the cell body to the dendrites of other neurons. 2 Axon Terminals : Are the hair like ends that receive the message. Myelin Sheath : covers the axons insulates them and speeds their impulse. Action potential :...

Multiple sclerosis is a result of degeneration in the...? : Myelin sheath Following the release of neurotransmitters across the synapse, and an action potential, what most likely takes place? : The sending neuron reabsorbs the neurotransmitter for reuse In order for a neuron to generate an action potential, what must be true? : Excitatory impulses must outnumber inhibitory impulses Phrenology has been discredited, but which of the following ideas has its origins in phrenology : Specif...

neuron : a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system cell body : the part of a neuron that contains the nucleus; the cell's life support center 2 dendrites : a neuron's often bushy, branching extensions that receive and integrate messages, conducting impulses toward the cell body axon 3 : the neuron extension that passes messages through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands myelin sheath : a fatty tissue layer encasing the axons of some neurons;...

Biological psychology : The scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes. Neuron : A nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system Dendrites : A neuron's bushy, branching extensions that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body Axon : The neuron extension that passes messages through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands Myelin sheath 2 : A fatty tissue layer segmentally encasing the axons of some neu...

Action potential : A neural response; a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon Endorphins : Morphine within; natural, opiate-like neurotransmitters linked to pain control and to pleasure All-or-none response : A neuron's reaction of either firing or not firing Myelin sheath : A fatty tissue layer segmentally encasing the axons of some neurons; enable vastly greater transmission speed as neural impulses hop from one node to the next Axon 2 : The neuron extension that pas...

Nervous System : the body's communication network, consisting of nerve cells of the peripheral and central nervous system. central nervous system (CNS) : the brain and spinal cord biological psychology : the scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes. neuron : a nerve cell dendrites 2 : a neuron's bushy, branching extensions that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body axon : the neuron extension that passes messages through ...

biological psychology : the scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes Neuron : a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system Dendrites : a neuron's bushy, branching extensions that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body Axon : the neuron extension that passes messages through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands myelin sheath 2 : a fatty tissue layer segmentally encasing the axons of some neuron...

Plato : located the mind in the spherical head -- perfect form Aristotle : believed mind was in the heart, pumping warmth and validity to the body Franz Gall : proposed phrenology, studying bumps on the skull (could reveal a person's mental abilities and character traits Localization of Function : idea that various brain regions have particular functions Biological Psychology : scientific study between biological and psychological processes 2 Discoveries about the interplay of our ...

Biological psychology : The scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes. Neuron : A nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system Dendrites : A neuron's bushy, branching extensions that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body Axon : The neuron extension that passes messages through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands Myelin sheath 2 : A fatty tissue layer segmentally encasing the axons of some neu...

Biological psychologists : Study links between biological activity and psychological events. Dendrite : Receive messages from other neurons. Cell Body : Is in charge of the neuron's activities. Nucleus : contains the genetic material of the cell. Axon : sends messages from the cell body to the dendrites of other neurons. 2 Axon Terminals : Are the hair like ends that receive the message. Myelin Sheath : covers the axons insulates them and speeds their impulse. Action potential :...