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2024 PSY 101 STRAIGHTERLINE
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ANSWERS

reticular formation - CORRECT ANSWERS-a nerve network in the brainstem
that plays an important role in controlling arousal & stereotyped patterns

medulla - CORRECT ANSWERS-governs breathing and reflexes

cerebellum - CORRECT ANSWERS-A large structure of the hindbrain that
controls motor coordination

pons - CORRECT ANSWERS-governs sleep and arousal

psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS-the scientific study of behavior and mental
processes

science - CORRECT ANSWERS-psychology uses systematic methods to
observe human behavior and draw conclusions

behavior - CORRECT ANSWERS-everything we do that can be directly
observed

mental process - CORRECT ANSWERS-The thoughts, feelings, and motives
that each of us experiences privately but that cannot be observed directly

critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWERS-thinking that does not blindly accept
arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns
hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions.

empirical method - CORRECT ANSWERS-gaining knowledge through the
observation of events, the collection of data, and logical reasoning

oxytocin - CORRECT ANSWERS-hormone and neurotransmitter that plays an
important role in the experience of love and social bonding

agonist - CORRECT ANSWERS-A chemical that mimics the action of a
neurotransmitter.

, antagonist - CORRECT ANSWERS-drug that blocks a neurotransmitter's
effects

brain lesioning - CORRECT ANSWERS-abnormal disruption in the tissue of the
brain resulting from injury or disease

Electroencephalogram (EEG) - CORRECT ANSWERS-records the brain's
electrical activity

hindbrain - CORRECT ANSWERS-medulla, pons, cerebellum; located at skull's
rear

thalamus - CORRECT ANSWERS-relays info b/w lower and higher brain
centers

hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWERS-governs eating, drinking, and sex; plays
a role in emotion and stress

structuralism - CORRECT ANSWERS-focus on identifying the elemental parts
or structures of the human mind; William Wundt

functionalism - CORRECT ANSWERS-A school of psychology that focused on
how our mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable us to
adapt, survive, and flourish; William James

natural selection - CORRECT ANSWERS-A process in which individuals that
have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates
than other individuals because of those traits; Charles Darwin

neurons - CORRECT ANSWERS-a nerve cell; the basic building block of the
nervous system

glial cells - CORRECT ANSWERS-cells in the nervous system that support,
nourish, and protect neurons

cell body - CORRECT ANSWERS-Largest part of a typical neuron; contains the
nucleus and much of the cytoplasm

dendrites - CORRECT ANSWERS-Branchlike parts of a neuron that are
specialized to receive information.

axon - CORRECT ANSWERS-the extension of a neuron, ending in branching
terminal fibers, through which messages pass to other neurons or to muscles
or glands

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