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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCH EXAM 3-4
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Question 1: ch. 4 - psychological process of interpreting sensory information
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perception
Question 2: colored area around the pupil
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iris
Question 3: ability to process olfactory stimuli (smell)
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olfaction Question 4: fatty tissue that insulates axons of the neurons during conduction of electrical impulses
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myelin sheath
Question 5: perception that missing limb still exists
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phantom limb
Question 6: individual brain cells that receive electrical signals
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neurons
Question 7: ch. 4 - report stimulus absent - stimulus actually absent
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correct rejection Question 8: spiral bone structure in the inner ear with auditory hair cells (receptors)
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cochlea
Question 9: all of the nerve cells that connect the CNS to all other body parts
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Peripheral Nervous System
Question 10: ch.
4. - GPGP: viewers tend to organize elements in the simplest way possible
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simplicity Question 11: measures brain activity by detecting presence of a radioactive substance in the brain initially injected into the bloodstream and then pulled in by active brain tissue.
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Positron Emission Tomography Question 12: ch. 4 - phenomena where the brain perceives the same stimulus in multiple ways
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reversible figures
Question 13: organization of the PSC that represents the arrangement of the body (size = sensitivity)
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somatotopic map
Question 14: ability to process auditory stimuli
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audition Question 15: associated with white matter but some text includes subcortical structures
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cerebrum
Question 16: the body's network for electrochemical communication
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nervous system
Question 17: ability to process gustatory stimuli (taste)
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gustation Question 18: flexible structure that accommodates its focus for objects at different distances
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lens
Question 19: adjustment of eye to high levels of light
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light adaptation Question 20: brain's trunk with medulla, pons, midbrain, and diencephalon, controls basic life support functions
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brain stem
Question 21: list 3 main roles of neurotransmitters
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release from presynaptic neuron, bind with postsynaptic neuron, and reuptake; degradation; and diffusion
Question 22: ch. 4 - report stimulus absent - stimulus actually present
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miss Question 23: ch. 4 - method for studying the ability to correctly identify sensory stimuli
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signal detection Question 24: perceive color and brightness by contrasting each image with its environment because the cerebral cortex compares various retinal patterns
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Retinex theory Question 25: ___ lobe: between frontal and occipital lobes; bodily sensations, visual attention, and integrating taste and touch
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parietal Question 26: the small space between the presynaptic terminal button and the postsynaptic dendrite spin, axon, or soma
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synaptic gap/cleft
Question 27: retinal area where optic nerve exits
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blind spot Question 28: 2 brain hemispheres process sensory info and motor commands for the opposite sides of the body
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contralateral