PSY-230 Midterm: Exam 1 Short Answer Prompts - Brain & Behavior
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Exam 1 short answer prompts - brain & behavior. Feel free to use supplementary diagrams, bullet point lists, Be sure to know all nine short answer questions: define and explain the 2 ways that we organize/classify etc. neurons (1-10 - 1-11, neuronal classification i. Be sure to mention the ions we discussed in class and how both the concentration and electrostatic forces act on them (1-16 - 1-17: ion distribution i. ii. The size of the shape is relevant: more sodium outside the cell than inside, less potassium outside the cell than inside, more chloride outside the cell than inside, forces that move ions i. ii. iii. These forces want to help get ions across cell membrane. Con - from high concentration to low concentration when allowed to do so: anti-social force - wants to spread out. Elec - like charges repel and opposites attract: ex. positively charged ions in one spot and neg.
