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Chapter 3 Test Review
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Neurons: function, parts, resting/action potentials, refractory period, all-or-none principle
Neurotransmitters: lock and key, post-synaptic potentials (excitatory/inhibitory), reuptake,
main neurotransmitters, agonist/antagonist
Nervous systems: CNS, PNS, Somatic/Autonomic, Sympathetic/Parasympathetic,
afferent/efferent nerves
Research methods for the brain: EEG, lesioning, ESB, CT, MRI/fMRI, PET
Parts of the brain: hindbrain, midbrain, forebrain; thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system,
hippocampus, amygdala, cerebrum/cerebral cortex, corpus callosum, hemispheres/lobes
Split-brain surgery: why is it performed?, what does it show
Endocrine system: hormones, pituitary gland
Behavioral genetics: definition, homo-/heterozygous, genotype/phenotype, family/adoption
studies
Evolutionary theory: genetic drift, mutation, and gene flow; inclusive fitness
Parental investment: polygyny, polyandry, monogamy
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Define sensation and perception
Psychophysics: thresholds, Just Noticeable Difference, Weber’s Law
Signal detection theory
Subliminal perception
Sensory adaptation
Vision: parts of the eye (includes parts of the retina), pathway of visual processing
Feature detectors
Color: additive/subtractive, trichromatic theory, opponent-process theory, color blindness
Perception: perceptual set, Bottom-up/Top-down processing, phi phenomenon, Gestalt
principles, distal/proximal stimuli, perceptual hypothesis
Monocular depth cues: motion parallax, pictorial depth cues
Hearing: hertz/decibels, parts of the ear, place/frequency theories, volley principle, localization
Taste, Smell, Pain (gate control theory), Kinesthetic system, Vestibular system