PSYC 2410 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nicotine, Meninges, Stirrup

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2410
• Professor: Boyer Winters

Document Summary

Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 (not 7. 5), 11. Animal studies: comparative method, simpler brains, more direct analysis, fewer ethical restrictions. Human studies: can follow instructions, can report experiences, cheaper. Experimental method: a researcher manipulates a variable under highly controlled conditions: between subjects design: different groups are tested under different conditions, within subjects design: the same subject is tested under multiple conditions. Chapter 3 anatomy (lectures 2, 3, 4) Most nerves of pns project from the spinal cord, but 12 pair of cranial nerves project from the brain: olfactory, optic, occulomotor, trochlear, trigemental, abducens, facial, auditory, glossopharyngeal, vagus, spinal accessory, hypoglossal. Cavities of the cns: central canal small channel that runs through the spinal cord, cerebral ventricles lateral, third and fourth (third and fourth connected by cerebral aqueduct) Chapter 4 neural conduction and synaptic transmission. 4. 1 resting membrane potential and outside of a cell: membrane potential the difference in electrical charge between the inside.