Biopsychology Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The Sensorimotor System (Cortex) Exam Questions and Answers hierarchical organization ANSWER association cortex at the highest level, muscles at the lowest advantage of hierarchical organization ANSWER the higher levels of the hierarchy are left free to perform more complex functions hierarchical systems ANSWER signals flow between levels over multiple paths; parallel structure enables the association cortex or company president to exert control over the lower levels of the hierarchy in...

The Sensorimotor System Exam Questions and Answers What are "Labeled Lines"? ANSWER Distinct Pathways for each sensory dimension What is "Sensory Transduction"? ANSWER The conversion of electrical energy from a stimulus into a change in membrane potential (generator potential) in a receptor cell The process in which a receptor cell converts the energy in a stimulus into a change in the electrical potential across its membrane Generator Potential ANSWER Graded potential generated ...

Biopsychology Chapter 8 (The Sensorimotor System) Q & A What does it mean that the sensorimotor system is hierarchally organized? ANSWER -It cascades down from association cortex/company president (highest level) to the muscles/workers (lowest level) -Commands from association cortex specify general goals rather than specific plans of action What is the advantage of hierarchal organization? ANSWER -Higher levels of hierarchy are left free to perform more complex functions What does it ...

Test Bank for Biopsychology, 10th Edition (Pinel, 2018) Chapter 1-18 | All Chapters. PART I: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHOLOGY? 1. Biopsychology as a Neuroscience: What Is Biopsychology, Anyway? PART II: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOPSYCHOLOGY 2. Evolution, Genetics, and Experience: Thinking about the Biology of Behavior 3. Anatomy of the Nervous System: Systems, Structures, and Cells That Make Up Your Nervous System 4. Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission: How Neurons Send and Receive Signals 5. The Research M...

Test Bank for Biopsychology, 10th Edition (Pinel, 2018) Chapter 1-18 | All Chapters. PART I: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHOLOGY? 1. Biopsychology as a Neuroscience: What Is Biopsychology, Anyway? PART II: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOPSYCHOLOGY 2. Evolution, Genetics, and Experience: Thinking about the Biology of Behavior 3. Anatomy of the Nervous System: Systems, Structures, and Cells That Make Up Your Nervous System 4. Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission: How Neurons Send and Receive Signals 5. The Research M...

Test Bank for Biopsychology, 10th Edition (Pinel, 2018) Chapter 1-18 | All Chapters. PART I: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHOLOGY? 1. Biopsychology as a Neuroscience: What Is Biopsychology, Anyway? PART II: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOPSYCHOLOGY 2. Evolution, Genetics, and Experience: Thinking about the Biology of Behavior 3. Anatomy of the Nervous System: Systems, Structures, and Cells That Make Up Your Nervous System 4. Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission: How Neurons Send and Receive Signals 5. The Research M...

Test Bank for Biopsychology, 10th Edition (Pinel, 2018) Chapter 1-18 | All Chapters. PART I: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHOLOGY? 1. Biopsychology as a Neuroscience: What Is Biopsychology, Anyway? PART II: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOPSYCHOLOGY 2. Evolution, Genetics, and Experience: Thinking about the Biology of Behavior 3. Anatomy of the Nervous System: Systems, Structures, and Cells That Make Up Your Nervous System 4. Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission: How Neurons Send and Receive Signals 5. The Research M...

Test Bank for Biopsychology, 10th Edition (Pinel, 2018) Chapter 1-18 | All Chapters. PART I: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHOLOGY? 1. Biopsychology as a Neuroscience: What Is Biopsychology, Anyway? PART II: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOPSYCHOLOGY 2. Evolution, Genetics, and Experience: Thinking about the Biology of Behavior 3. Anatomy of the Nervous System: Systems, Structures, and Cells That Make Up Your Nervous System 4. Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission: How Neurons Send and Receive Signals 5. The Research M...

Test Bank for Biopsychology, 10th Edition (Pinel, 2018) Chapter 1-18 | All Chapters. PART I: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHOLOGY? 1. Biopsychology as a Neuroscience: What Is Biopsychology, Anyway? PART II: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOPSYCHOLOGY 2. Evolution, Genetics, and Experience: Thinking about the Biology of Behavior 3. Anatomy of the Nervous System: Systems, Structures, and Cells That Make Up Your Nervous System 4. Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission: How Neurons Send and Receive Signals 5. The Research M...

Test Bank for Biopsychology, 10th Edition (Pinel, 2018) Chapter 1-18 | All Chapters. PART I: WHAT IS BIOPSYCHOLOGY? 1. Biopsychology as a Neuroscience: What Is Biopsychology, Anyway? PART II: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOPSYCHOLOGY 2. Evolution, Genetics, and Experience: Thinking about the Biology of Behavior 3. Anatomy of the Nervous System: Systems, Structures, and Cells That Make Up Your Nervous System 4. Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission: How Neurons Send and Receive Signals 5. The Research M...