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| cells the nervous system use to communicate wit one anothother to perform info processing tasks |
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| insulating layer of fatty material covering the axon in many neurons |
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| Neuron resbonsible for connecting all the rest |
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| The time following an action potential during which a new action potential cannot be intiated |
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| A terminal button is filled with tiny vesicles bags that contain what? |
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| drugs that increase the action of a neurotransmitter |
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| The scientific study of mind and behavior |
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| (T/F)The mind is made up of perceptions memories and feelings |
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| Observable actions of the things you do with others solely. |
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| T/F Scientists sometimes say that form follows funtion. |
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| T/F William James says thinking is doing |
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| T/F Emotions are adaptive |
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| Structuarlists focus on how mental abilities allow people to adapt to their enviroment. T/F |
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| Analasyis of the basic elements that constitue the mind. |
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| study of the purpose mental processes serve in enabling people to adapt to their environment. |
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| mind imposes organization on what it perceives |
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| an approach that emphasizes the importance of unconscious mental processes |
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| Type of pyschology that puts the patient and therapist on equal footing. |
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| Links psychological processes to ativities in the nervous system and other bodily processes. |
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| The fiel that attempts to understand the links between cognitive processes and brain activity |
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| The product of exteranl and internal forces |
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| T/F Cultural psychology is the study of the causes and consequences of interpersonal behavior. |
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| T/F Procrastination can be thought as a mindbug |
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| Encoding, storage and retrevial are the 3 key functions of... |
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| T/F Memories are constructed, not recorded |
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| Long Term retention is greatest enhanced by.. |
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| Noticing the relatioship among a series of items |
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| Process by which we transform what our senses take in and what we experience into lasting memory |
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| Most dynamic model of limited capacity memory system developed |
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| Memory where people consciously or intentionally retrieve past experiences. |
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| The distinct perceptual experience where someone who hears musical notes and it evokes visual sensations of color |
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| The JND of a stimulus is a constant proportion despite variations in intensity |
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| Becoming adapt to things that affect your senses |
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| Things responsible for color perception |
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| Depicting frequency of sound |
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| ORNS initiates its action |
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| Related to phantom pain syndrome |
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| Marketers exploiting senses to promote a product |
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| The shift that laid the foundation of modern science |
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| How do we measure physical properties in the Scientific method? |
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