General Psychology, Spring, 2022
Study Guide - Test 1
Research
Sample/Population
Random Sample
Random Assignment
What does it mean when 2 variables are correlated?
What does it mean when 2 variables are positively correlated?
What does it mean when 2 variables are negatively correlated?
You will be given a research problem and asked the most appropriate way to study it
Independent/Dependent Variable
Why do we do experiments? Difference between experiments and correlational studies.
What ethical considerations does the IRB consider?
Biology and Behavior
Main components of the nervous system
What is a neuron? What are the different parts of a neuron and what do they do?
Synapses
Action Potential
Neurotransmitters
You will have to know what certain neurotransmitters do
Autonomic and Somatic Nervous Systems
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems
Parts of the brain - Cerebral cortex/cerebellum/brainstem
Lobes of brain and what they do
Occipital/temporal/parietal
