Introduction to Psychology Study Questions for Test 2 Chapter 3 1 What is the difference between a neuron and glia 2 Identify the following parts of a neuron dendrites cell body axon myelin sheath nodes of Ranvier terminal buttons synaptic cleft 3 Describe what happens during the resting potential and during the action potential including what happens when the action potential reaches the terminal buttons 4 What is the all or none principle 5 Describe the events that occur at the synapse including neurotransmitters binding to receptors reuptake enzyme deactivation I called it inactivation in class 6 What are dopamine serotonin and acetylcholine known for 7 What are agonists and antagonists 8 What are the two divisions of the nervous system What are the two subdivisions of the peripheral nervous system and what do they do 9 What is the endocrine system What are hormones and what types of functions do they serve 10 Describe the structures of the hindbrain and their basic functions 11 Identify the main functions of the thalamus hypothalamus hippocampus amygdala and corpus callosum Also be able to locate these structures on a picture 12 Identify the four lobes of the cerebral cortex and be able to locate them on a picture as well as know the functions of each lobe 13 Where are the primary somatosensory cortex primary motor cortex and prefrontal cortex located and what are their functions 14 What are some differences between brains of males and females 15 What is lateralization 16 Which hemisphere processes language Which hemisphere is involved with pattern recognition and emotion 17 What is synesthesia 18 What are chromosomes and genes behavior 20 What is heritability 19 What can twin studies and adoption studies tell us about the role of genes in 21 What is brain plasticity and how does it change with experience and age Chapter 4 22 What is the difference between sensation and perception 23 What is the difference between bottom up and top down processing 24 What is transduction 25 What are sensory receptors Where are sensory receptors located for the 5 senses 26 What characteristics of light determine color and brightness of visual stimuli 27 Be able to label the following parts of the eye cornea pupil iris lens retina fovea blind spot optic nerve 28 What are the functions of the following cornea pupil iris lens retina fovea rods and cones Describe how rods and cones are distributed on the retina 29 Describe the path that light information takes beginning with the cornea and ending with the what and where streams 30 Describe the 2 theories of color vision 31 What characteristics of sound determine pitch and loudness 32 Be able to label the following parts of the ear auditory canal tympanic membrane hammer anvil stirrup cochlea basilar membrane hair cells auditory nerve 33 Describe the path that sound info takes beginning with the auditory canal and ending with the primary auditory cortex 34 Describe the 3 principles of pitch perception 35 What is a feature detector 36 Describe the motto of Gestalt psychologists What does the motto mean 37 Identify and describe five Gestalt laws of grouping 38 Identify and describe ways that our visual system is able to perceive depth
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