Glossary of Neurotransmitters quiz 1 pierce college
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- movement, learning memory, REM sleep
- acetylcholine
- movement, attention, learning, feeling of reward
- dopamine
- regulates mood, sleep
- serotonin
- inhibitory, relaxation
- gaba
- increase: covulsion, spasm, tremors
decrease: alzheimers, delusions - acetylcholine
- increase: aggression, schizophrenia
decrease: parkinson's, depression - dopamine
- increase: sleepiness, lack of movitation
decrease: insomnia, depression - serotonin
- increase: sluggish, unmotivated
decrease: anxiety, panic - gaba
- MAOI.
- monoamineoxydase inhibitor
- monoamineoxydase
- anti depressant
inhibits production of mao an dmakes it stay in synaptic cleft longer. controls depression
- manufactures neurotransmitters and metabolism
- cell body of a neuron
- extension of cells and receives impulses
- dendrites
- transmits impulse
- axons
- fatty coating, accelerates electrical impulse
- myelin sheath
- gaps in the myelin sheath. electrical impulse is regenerated at each gap. if there's no myelin sheath, it is regenerated at each end.
- nodes of ranvier
- the end of the axon where the neuron is released
- terminal button
- types of research methods
- case study
survey research
correlation method
experimental
naturalistic observation
- observe and record in a natural setting without attempt to influence
- naturalistic observation
- limitations to naturalistic observation
- observer bias: expectations, must wait for behavior could occur, cannot determine cause and effect
- intense investigation for an extended time generally for rare cases
- case study
- limitations for case study
- causes hard to estimate, observer bias, generalizations can't be made, small sample
- method that uses interviews or questionnaires to gather info about attitudes, beliefs, experiences etc.
- survey research
- limitations to survey research
- results can be affected by wording, content, etc. costly and time consuming, social desirability response
- establishing a degree of relationship between variables
- correlation method
- limitations to correlation method
- does not prove cause and effect, confounding variables, ethical reasons
- method that ID's cause and effects. contains dependent and independent variables
- experimental
- limitations to experimental research
- confounding variables, placebo effect, experimenter bias, ethical reasons
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