PSY 351 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Axon Hillock, Central Nervous System, Radial Glial Cell
3 May 2016
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This guide does not tell you what will/will not be on your test. Rather, it is meant to help you focus your studies. If a term/concept/process is on here, that means i think it"s pretty important: introduction. Explaining particular instances of behavior as examples of general laws. Mostly used by psychologists ex. explaining the fear of dogs using classical conditioning. Explaining complex things into terms of simple components. Mostly used by physiologists ex. explaining how the movement of a muscle is in terms of the membranes of the muscles cells, chemicals, and the interactions among protein molecules. Proximal: mechanistic (physiological; what are the stimuli/ inside structure in the body ontogenetic (how behavior develops; one life) Ultimate/distal: evolutionary (developmental, many generations) functional (determine the goal/function of behavior, why?) Dualism: rene descartes- the mind and the body are different and exist independently. Every human possesses a unique mind and that it is different than the mind s physical housing: the brain.
