PS101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Acupuncture, Behaviorism, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Aristotle: body works for the mind, observation and experiments, overt behavior. Nature of psychological inquiry: non reactive naturalistic observation, look and observe, case study. Intense study of one individual: nomothetic: cohort or group. Idiographic: 1 person: correlation, how two variables move. Chapter 2: experimental, scientific method, self correcting, quantifiable, dependent variable = behaviour. Independent = manipulation of factors: function of stimulus: others, organismic variable: you, response variables: past effect present. Chapter 3: basic components of the nervous system are nerve cells and glia cells, glia cells are like glue, structure and insulation for neurons. Graded, vary in size neurotransmitters: reuptake : neurotransmitters are sponged up from the synaptic cleft by the presynaptic membrane. 3 types of neurons: sensory/ afferent, motor/ efferent, scent, touch, hearing, glandular, muscular, connect everything, interprets between sense and motor. Characteristics of neurons: amino acids, specific, many produce only one but respond to many.
