For first-year intro psych students, AP Psychology students and anyone curious about how the mind works. Covers the history and methods of psychology, the brain, sensation and sleep, learning and memory, development and personality, psychological disorders and their treatment, and social psychology.
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Neurons and how they signal, neurotransmitters, the nervous and endocrine systems, the structures of the brain, and the tools used to study it.
44 total questions
Card #1
Neuron
Card #2
Dendrites
Card #3
Axon
1. Many antidepressants, known as SSRIs, block the reabsorption of serotonin by the sending neuron. What is the direct effect at the synapse?
2. The tremors and trouble starting movements seen in Parkinson's disease are linked mainly to the loss of neurons that produce which neurotransmitter?
3. The poison curare causes paralysis by blocking receptors at the junction between nerves and muscles. Which neurotransmitter can no longer act there?
1. The brain and spinal cord together make up the ___ nervous system.
Hint: CNS
2. The nerves that link the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body form the ___ nervous system.
Hint: PNS
3. The ___ nervous system controls the voluntary movements of your skeletal muscles.
Hint: From the Greek for body
