Summary: Psychology A Concise Introduction | 9781464193040 | Richard A Griggs

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• 1 The science of psychology

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• what are the four major research perspectives?

  1. biological
  2. cognitive
  3. behavioral
  4. sociocultural

• research perspectives that focus on external factors

  behavioral and sociocultural perspectives

• Research methods in psychology

  1. descriptive
  2. correlational
  3. experimental

• inferential statistical analyses

  statistical analyses that allow researchers to draw conclusions about the results of a study by determining the probability that the results are due to random variation. the results are statistically significant if this probability is 0.05 or less.

• 2 Neuroscience

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• Where are glial cells responsible for?

  they constitute the support system for the neurons

• what is a dendrite?

  fibers projecting out of the cell body of a neuron whose function is to receive information from other neurons

• what is and what is the functie of the cell body of a neuron?

  The part of the neuron that contains its nucleus and the other biological machinery to keep the cell alive and that decides whether or not to generate a neutral impulse in order to pass incoming information on to other neurons

• Whats the function of a myelin sheath? and where can you find it?

  An insulating layer covering an axon that allows for faster neural impulses

• what is a neurotransmitter?

  a naturally occurring chemical in the nervous system that specializes in transmitting information between neurons

• what is a synapse?

  the microscopic gap between neurons across which neurotransmitters travel to carry their messages to other neurons.