PS263 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Buddhist Meditation, Dyslexia, Semipermeable Membrane
Document Summary
Mechanisms, control and integration of neurophysiological processes: genetic, cellular, tissue, organ, and whole body levels of organization. Emphasis on how the nervous and endocrine systems coordinate: perception, motivation, learning, memory, cognition and communication. Critical examination of groundbreaking scienti c studies that: have fundamentally changed how we understand neurophysiology, show the fascinating neuroplasticity of the human brain. Integration of functions across many levels of organization: atoms, molecules, tissues, organs, populations. Research: a systematic investigation to establish facts and reach new conclusions, a case study can be a systematic investigation (case. Experiment: tests one or more falsi able hypotheses, one or more variables are systematically manipulated to observe their effect(s) on an outcome variable. Variables: independent (iv): predictor variable, manipulated by experimenter, dependent (dv): outcome variable, observed by experimenter, changes in value associated with manipulation. Hypothesis: prediction about the state of the world, null hypothesis: h , alternative (experimental) hypothesis: h .
